Pic courtesy Twitter/ADG-PI Indian Army
New Delhi: Captain Abhilasha Barak has made history by becoming India’s first female Combat Aviator.
“Golden Letter Day in the history of #IndianArmy Aviation.. Captain Abhilasha Barak becomes the First Woman Officer to join #ArmyAviationCorps as Combat Aviator after successful completion of training,” Indian Army informed on Wednesday.
Captain Abhilasha has been awarded the ‘coveted wings’ along with 36 Army Pilots by Director General & Colonel Commandant Army Aviation, Additional Directorate General of Public Information, IHQ of MoD (Army) tweeted, sharing pictures of the ceremony.
Earlier, women were only part of ground duties in the Army Aviation Corps. Last June, two female officers were selected for helicopter pilot training for the first time.
A total of 15 women officers had applied to join Army Aviation. Of whom only two made the grade after Pilot Aptitude Battery Test and going through medical tests.
They were then trained at the Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik.
Cuttack: Badambadi police have arrested six persons for allegedly gangraping and blackmailing a college girl…
New Delhi: A day after the threat to Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood actor Salman Khan…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has sent notices to Secretaries of Food &…
New Delhi: Even as his recently-released horror comedy ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’ continues to mint money…
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: After over 20 days of investigation and analysing more than 700 CCTV cameras,…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has closed proceedings on a petition challenging the Rajiv…
Mumbai: ‘12th Fail’ actor Vikrant Massey recently got trolled after pictures of him touching his…
Mumbai: Mumbai Police swung into action immediately after Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received a…