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| The women officers are currently at the IAF academy near Hyderabad, in the second phase of a three stage training programme (video below) |
March 9, 2016, NewsCrunch
If all goes well officers Bhawana Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh will be inducted as first Indian women fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force.
They are currently at the IAF academy near
They have completed stage-I training on the Swiss Pilatus PC-7 turboprop aircraft and are now flying the Kiran Mark-II aircraft.
Next, they will undergo the final Stage-III combat flying training on Hawk advanced jet trainers for six months.
That would prepare them to getting inducted into regular fighter squadrons, which could range from Mirage-2000s to Sukhoi-30MKIs, reports The Times of India.
What are their chances of clearing the final challenges?
IAF sources told India Today that they are impressed with the mental strength and physical fitness of all the three women, who have to meet then same expectations as their male counterparts.
“Once we put them in a fighter cockpit we will test them to take more than 5 G + (more than five times the gravitational pull the body experiences) while flying,'' sources told India Today.
Video: Watch officers Bhawana Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singhtraining to become first Indian women fighter pilots
First women fighter pilots under training in Hyderabad; to be inducted in Indian Air Force by June this yearhttps://t.co/nnnGL9GQ6R— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) March 8, 2016