New Delhi, January 26: India’s first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot Flight lieutenant Shivangi Singh was part of the Indian Air Force Tableau at the 73rd Republic Day parade at the Rajpath in Delhi on Wednesday.
She comes out as the second woman fighter jet pilot to be a part of the IAF tableau.
Shivangi Singh who hales from Varanasi joined the IAF in 2017 and was commissioned in the second batch of IAF woman fighter pilots.
Moreover, before flying the rafale she had been flying MiG-21 Bison aircraft.
She is part of the IAF’s Golden Arrows squadron based out of Ambala in Punjab.
Last year, Flight Lieutenant Bhawna Kanth became the first female fighter pilot to be a part of the IAF tableau.
This year the theme of the IAF tableau was
‘Indian Air Force Transforming for the future.’
It showcased scaled-down models of MiG-21, Gnat, Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), Aslesha radar and Rafale aircraft.
The MiG-21 was an aircraft that played a major role in the India-Pakistan war in 1971 in which India defeated Pakistan.
