India's first female fast jet pilot
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India's first female fast jet pilot
Well done young lady.
And that's one hell of a piece of big old heavy iron Soviet jet that she's flying.
Avani Chaturvedi: First Indian woman to fly fighter jet - BBC News
And that's one hell of a piece of big old heavy iron Soviet jet that she's flying.
Avani Chaturvedi: First Indian woman to fly fighter jet - BBC News
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Good old Auntie Beeb. The Bison was a 1950s Soviet bomber (well, Bison was the NATO codename for it, with 'b' for bomber being a bit of a clue as opposed to 'f' for fighter as in "Fishbed").
Edited to add - if Bison is the Indian Air Force name for the MiG-21, I stand corrected
Edited to add - if Bison is the Indian Air Force name for the MiG-21, I stand corrected
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
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Edited to add - if Bison is the Indian Air Force name for the MiG-21, I stand corrected
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Good to see that at last the bastions of Indian male chauvinism and discrimination are being slowly broken down. Maybe following the lead of the UAE who have for sometime had at least one F16 qualified mem'?
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India in general is very far from breaking down the last bastions. In many parts of Indian society the first bastions are still flourishing. Go Google.
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Good to see that at last the bastions of Indian male chauvinism and discrimination are being slowly broken down. Maybe following the lead of the UAE who have for sometime had at least one F16 qualified mem'?
Neighbouring Pakistan has about 20 female fighter pilots - the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) began inducting women into combat roles in 2006.
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The RAAF graduated its first two lady F/A18A drivers last December.
Heard there was one in the pipeline for Super Hornets, but not Classics - would be interested to hear more!
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Australia?s first female fighter pilots graduate | Australian Aviation
Our inspirational Defence Minister murmured it on social media back in December. Didn't get much media beyond the Oz and Australian Aviation. Possibly because they haven't released their names for security reasons.
Our inspirational Defence Minister murmured it on social media back in December. Didn't get much media beyond the Oz and Australian Aviation. Possibly because they haven't released their names for security reasons.
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Evanelpus,
Because they are firsts and they have every right to be proud of their achievements.
And if you'd bothered to read any news media lately you'd see that it is FAR from an equal world!
Because they are firsts and they have every right to be proud of their achievements.
And if you'd bothered to read any news media lately you'd see that it is FAR from an equal world!
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