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Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth is IAF’s first combat-ready woman fighter pilot

Bhawana Kanth, Abhinandan Varthaman, Wing Commander, Flight Lieutenant, MiG-21 Bison jet, Indian Air Force, First woman fighter pilot, Pakistan, National newsPhoto India Air Force women pilots sen along with Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth (extremely left).

New Delhi: Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth is now the first woman fighter pilot to qualify for combat missions.

 

Bhawana Kanth, Abhinandan Varthaman, Wing Commander, Flight Lieutenant, MiG-21 Bison jet, Indian Air Force, First woman fighter pilot, Pakistan, National news

 

She completed the operational syllabus on Wednesday on MiG-21 Bison jet. Posted in Nal airbase on the border with Pakistan, she is now qualified for night flying operations as well.

 

Bhawana Kanth, Abhinandan Varthaman, Wing Commander, Flight Lieutenant, MiG-21 Bison jet, Indian Air Force, First woman fighter pilot, Pakistan, National news

 

Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth becomes IAF’s first woman fighter pilot:

 

Bhawana Kanth, Abhinandan Varthaman, Wing Commander, Flight Lieutenant, MiG-21 Bison jet, Indian Air Force, First woman fighter pilot, Pakistan, National news

 

Bhawana was one of the three women along with Mohna Singh and Avani Chaturvedi in 2016. Since then, IAF has inducted six women into the fighter stream.

 

Bhawana Kanth, Abhinandan Varthaman, Wing Commander, Flight Lieutenant, MiG-21 Bison jet, Indian Air Force, First woman fighter pilot, Pakistan, National news

 

MiG-21 Bison is the same fighter jet that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flew when he downed Pakistan Air Force’s F-16 durig an aerial combat on February 27.

 

Bhawana Kanth, Abhinandan Varthaman, Wing Commander, Flight Lieutenant, MiG-21 Bison jet, Indian Air Force, First woman fighter pilot, Pakistan, National news

 

Bhawana Kanth, Abhinandan Varthaman, Wing Commander, Flight Lieutenant, MiG-21 Bison jet, Indian Air Force, First woman fighter pilot, Pakistan, National news

 

Bhawana Kanth, Abhinandan Varthaman, Wing Commander, Flight Lieutenant, MiG-21 Bison jet, Indian Air Force, First woman fighter pilot, Pakistan, National news