Meet Avani, first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo

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Meet Avani, first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo

Context:

Flying Officer Avani Chaturvedi has become the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo

Details:

  • She flew a MiG-21 Bison
  • She undertook the sortie from IAF’s Jamnagar base
  • Three women pilots — Ms. Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh — had undergone strenuous training programme to fly fighter jets.
  • They were commissioned as Flying Officers in July 2016
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