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NEW DELHI: The first air combat exercise between India and Japan this month will register a first exercise. team leader Avani Chaturvedi will fly high in his Sukhoi-30MKI jet, becoming the first aircraft air Force female fighter pilots take part in such air war games abroad.
Squadron Leader Chaturvedi, who became the first woman to fly a MiG-21 ‘Bison’ alone in February 2018, was part of the IAF team heading to Japan to participate in the ‘Veer Guardian’ exercise. between January 12 and 26 at Hyakuri Air Base, an IAF officer said Saturday.
The aerial combat exercise is an important development in the continued upward trajectory in military ties between India and Japan, with both countries wary of an aggressive and expansionist China, as TOI made the news last month.
India is deploying four Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets, along with two C-17 Globemaster-III strategic transport aircraft, an IL-78 aerial refueling aircraft and about 150 IAF personnel, to the mission. exercise. In contrast, Japan will deploy F-2 and F-15 fighters along with the assets.
“Although female fighter pilots have participated in combat exercises held in India, this is the first time that one of them has participated in such drills in India,” the official said. foreign.
Squadron Leader Chaturvedi, who grew up in a small town near Rewa in Madhya Pradesh and later earned a B.Tech degree in computer science from Jaipur, was one of the first three women to be included in the fighter jet line. of the IAF after basic training in June 2016. breaking the ingrained combat exclusion policy in the Indian armed forces.
There are currently 17 female fighter pilots in the IAF. The Chaturvedi captain and her classmate Bhawana Kanth are currently flying a Russian-origin Sukhois at Jodhpur Air Base. In contrast, Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh became the first woman to take to the skies aboard the new French-origin Rafale multirole jet as part of the 17th ‘Golden Arrow’ Squadron in Singapore. Ambala.
With more than Rs 15 million spent on training a single fighter pilot, the IAF has long opposed the introduction of women into the combat stream as it feels it would disrupt the “combat flight schedule”. tight” if they get married and have children.
But that’s a thing of the past now. There are also more than 145 female helicopter and transport pilots in the IAF, Army and Navy today. Nearly 30 female officers have also been deployed on frontline warships, while another 100 have become Army-trained female military police officers.
However, female officers are still not allowed to serve in the Army’s main combat forces such as infantry, armored corps, motorized infantry, and artillery or submarines in the Navy.
Squadron Leader Chaturvedi, who became the first woman to fly a MiG-21 ‘Bison’ alone in February 2018, was part of the IAF team heading to Japan to participate in the ‘Veer Guardian’ exercise. between January 12 and 26 at Hyakuri Air Base, an IAF officer said Saturday.
The aerial combat exercise is an important development in the continued upward trajectory in military ties between India and Japan, with both countries wary of an aggressive and expansionist China, as TOI made the news last month.
India is deploying four Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets, along with two C-17 Globemaster-III strategic transport aircraft, an IL-78 aerial refueling aircraft and about 150 IAF personnel, to the mission. exercise. In contrast, Japan will deploy F-2 and F-15 fighters along with the assets.
“Although female fighter pilots have participated in combat exercises held in India, this is the first time that one of them has participated in such drills in India,” the official said. foreign.
Squadron Leader Chaturvedi, who grew up in a small town near Rewa in Madhya Pradesh and later earned a B.Tech degree in computer science from Jaipur, was one of the first three women to be included in the fighter jet line. of the IAF after basic training in June 2016. breaking the ingrained combat exclusion policy in the Indian armed forces.
There are currently 17 female fighter pilots in the IAF. The Chaturvedi captain and her classmate Bhawana Kanth are currently flying a Russian-origin Sukhois at Jodhpur Air Base. In contrast, Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh became the first woman to take to the skies aboard the new French-origin Rafale multirole jet as part of the 17th ‘Golden Arrow’ Squadron in Singapore. Ambala.
With more than Rs 15 million spent on training a single fighter pilot, the IAF has long opposed the introduction of women into the combat stream as it feels it would disrupt the “combat flight schedule”. tight” if they get married and have children.
But that’s a thing of the past now. There are also more than 145 female helicopter and transport pilots in the IAF, Army and Navy today. Nearly 30 female officers have also been deployed on frontline warships, while another 100 have become Army-trained female military police officers.
However, female officers are still not allowed to serve in the Army’s main combat forces such as infantry, armored corps, motorized infantry, and artillery or submarines in the Navy.
