New Delhi: After IAF, which now has more than 20 female fighter pilots, the Navy now has a female officer, who is ready to qualify as a full MiG -29K pilot to start from one year of one year of complete training, capable of tearing into the sky from an aircraft carrier on high seas.Sub-Lieutenant Aastha Pononia and Lieutenant Atul Kumar Dhul received their prestigious “Wings of Gold” after completing their transitional fighter training on Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers, including learning to learn intensive battlefield at Inse Deta in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
An official said, “Sub-Lieutenant Pononia has become the first woman to stream in the fighter stream of naval aviation, to disintegrate obstacles and pave the way for a new era of female fighter pilots in the Navy,” an official said.In its early -20s, sub -LT Ponia will now undergo extensive training on real fighters, with a aircraft carrier’s deck.