- Captain Abhilasha Barak of Haryana at the age of 26 has become the Indian Army’s first woman combat aviator.
- On 25th May 2022, she successfully completed her Combat Army Aviation Course which was of six months to join the Army Aviation Corps as a helicopter pilot.
- Captain Barak has been designated to the 2072 Army Aviation Squadron’s second flight which operates the Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH).
- Captain Abhilasha Barak is the daughter of Colonel (Retired) S Om Singh. In September 2018, she was commissioned into the Indian Army’s Army Air Defence Corps.
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