India’s First Woman Rafale Pilot

• Pilot Shivangi Singh is India’s first Woman Rafale pilot. 

• The Indian Air Force is the first Force to have allowed women officers in combat and has the highest percentage of female officers.

• She was a part of the Indian Air Force Tableau at the Republic Day celebrations. 

• She joined the Indian Air Force in 2017. 

• She is the only second woman pilot to participate in the Indian Air Force Tableau. 

• Fighter Jet pilot Bhawna Kanth was the first woman pilot to participate in the IAF tableau.

• The IAF has 10 women fighter pilots and 18 women navigators. 

• The total strength of women officers serving in the IAF is 1,875.