#IAF to induct women pilots in fighter stream: Air Chief Arup Raha

Hindon Air Force Base, Ghaziabad: In an enormous announcement, Indian Air Force Chief Arup Raha, Thursday, stated that women shall be inducted as fighter pilots quickly.

Speaking on the 83rd IAF Day celebrations, Raha stated, “We have women pilots flying transport plane and helicopter. We at the moment are planning to induct them into the fighter stream to meet the aspiration of younger women of India.”

The announcement is critical because it signifies the breaking of the ultimate glass ceiling by women IAF pilots.

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Interestingly, Air Chief Raha had final yr rejected the thought of women as fighter pilots as they weren’t bodily suited to fly fighter planes, particularly when they’re pregnant or produce other well being points.

However, nobody ever had any doubts on the capabilities women pilots. They have been discovered as proficient as their male counterparts in flying excessive-danger rescue and different missions.

Some of them have even flown sorties of AN-32 plane to Daulat Beg Oldi in Ladakh, the world’s highest superior touchdown floor at sixteen,500-ft, in addition to IL-seventy six heavy-raise plane to Leh.

Also, Squadron Leader Deepika Misra just lately stormed a fiercely male bastion by becoming a member of the helicopter show group ‘Sarang’.

It actually was time women received an opportunity to soar excessive, as excessive males can.