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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
