Mohana Singh

Avani Chaturvedi, Mohana Singh and Bhawana Kanth are training on the Hawk advanced jet trainer aircraft.

These brave women pilots flew dozens of helicopter sorties through the Kargil war zone to air-drop supplies to troops and evacuate injured Indian Army soldiers.

The Indian Air Force inducted its first batch of women pilots into its fighter squadron on Saturday. The passing-out parade organized at the Indian Air Force Academy in Hakimpet, Hyderabad marked a landmark event in the history of IAF