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India to get female fighter pilots in June

short by Nihal Thondepu / 11:20 am on 08 Mar 2016,Tuesday
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha announced on Tuesday that India will see its first female fighter pilots batch on June 18. He said the three women trainees who volunteered for the fighter stream are currently in the second phase of training. Earlier, the Air Chief Marshal had expressed concern that women are “not physically suited for flying fighter planes”.