Creating history in IAF: Meet India's first three women fighter pilots

[caption id=“attachment_2842654” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Union Minister Manohar Parrikar with the three newly commissioned women fighter pilots, Flying Officer Avani Chaturvedi, Flying Officer Bhavana Kanth and Flying Officer Mohana Singh at the Air Force Academy in Hyderabad. This is the first time in the history of Indian military that women pilots have been commissioned. “This is a golden day in the history of IAF,” said Parrikar. PIB[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2842652” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Kanth hails from Darbhanga in Bihar. Chaturvedi is an engineer from Satna, Madhya Pradesh. Her family members have served in the Army. Singh comes from an Air force background; her father is currently in service. PIB[/caption]