Women Pilots Navy

Scripting a new chapter, the Indian Navy has got ready its first batch of three women pilots for Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) missions on Dornier aircraft.

In a move that will redefine gender equality in the Indian Navy, Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh will be the first women combatants who will operate as specialists on board Navy helicopters which operate from the deck of warships.

The Indian Navy will soon get its first-ever woman pilot, Shubhangi Swaroop, who will be flying a maritime reconnaissance aircraft. Though Uttar Pradesh resident Shubhangi is set to be the first Naval woman pilot, the Navy's Aviation branch has had women officers manning the air traffic and as 'observers'. Besides her, three other women cadets -- A...

In a first, a woman has been inducted as a pilot in the Indian Navy. Shubhangi Swaroop, from Uttar Pradesh, will soon be flying Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft.

Decks have been cleared for women officers to be accepted on permanent commission in the Indian Navy - enabling them to serve on board warships and join as pilots of maritime reconnaissance aircraft.

Women officers in the Navy could soon fly surveillance aircraft, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today.

Less than a week after the Indian Air Force said it would induct women as fighter aircraft pilots, navy chief Admiral RK Dhowan today said they would soon induct women as naval pilots, though for flying surveillance aircraft.

The Indian Navy has ruled out combat role for women for the time being citing government rules but has pitched for inducting them as pilots for its fleet of maritime reconnaissance aircraft.

Scripting a new chapter, the Indian Navy has got ready its first batch of three women pilots for Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) missions on Dornier aircraft.

In a move that will redefine gender equality in the Indian Navy, Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh will be the first women combatants who will operate as specialists on board Navy helicopters which operate from the deck of warships.

The Indian Navy will soon get its first-ever woman pilot, Shubhangi Swaroop, who will be flying a maritime reconnaissance aircraft. Though Uttar Pradesh resident Shubhangi is set to be the first Naval woman pilot, the Navy's Aviation branch has had women officers manning the air traffic and as 'observers'. Besides her, three other women cadets -- A...

In a first, a woman has been inducted as a pilot in the Indian Navy. Shubhangi Swaroop, from Uttar Pradesh, will soon be flying Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft.

Decks have been cleared for women officers to be accepted on permanent commission in the Indian Navy - enabling them to serve on board warships and join as pilots of maritime reconnaissance aircraft.

Women officers in the Navy could soon fly surveillance aircraft, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today.

Less than a week after the Indian Air Force said it would induct women as fighter aircraft pilots, navy chief Admiral RK Dhowan today said they would soon induct women as naval pilots, though for flying surveillance aircraft.

The Indian Navy has ruled out combat role for women for the time being citing government rules but has pitched for inducting them as pilots for its fleet of maritime reconnaissance aircraft.