By June 2017 first batch of women fighter pilots would be serving the
Indian Air Force, altering dramatically the male dominated Indian
military’s combat frontiers.
“The Ministry of Defence has approved the induction of women into the
fighter (combat) stream of the IAF,” a statement from the Ministry of
Defence said Saturday Oct 24,2015
According to the announcement, the first women pilots for flying
fighters would be selected from the batch which is presently undergoing
flying training at Air Force Academy in Hyderabad. “After successful
completion of ab-initio training, they would be commissioned in the
fighter stream in June 2016. Thereafter, they would undergo advanced
training for one year and would enter fighter cockpit by June 2017,” the
statement said.
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