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Pilot Shivangi Singh: First Woman Rafale Pilot In India

Highlights:

  • India's first female Rafale pilot is Shivangi Singh. At the Republic Day celebrations, she was a part of the Indian Air Force Tableau. In 2017, she enlisted in the Indian Air Force.
  • She is only the second woman pilot to take part in the Tableau of the Indian
  • Air Force. Bhawna Kanth, a fighter jet pilot, was the first woman to take part in the IAF tableau.
  • Shivangi Singh was part of the second group of female fighter pilots to be commissioned. Before Rafale, she was a MiG-21 pilot.
  • She is a member of the squadron known as the Golden Arrows. 
  • Shivangi Singh was born in the Indian state of Bihar.
  • Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology was where she earned her bachelor's degree in technology.
  • She continued her education at Jaipur's Malaviya National Institute of Technology. 
  • "Indian Air Force Transforming for the Future" was the theme of the 2022 IAF Tableau.
  • The tableau included the Aslesha radar and indigenously produced Light
  • Combat Helicopters. The Gnat aircraft was also displayed by the IAF.
Golden Arrows Squadron:
  • Its headquarters are in Ambala, Punjab. 
  • Dassault Rafale jets were used to resurrect the squadron in 2016.
  • During the 1965 India-Pakistan war, it was relocated to Delhi to safeguard the capital. It's been Rafale since 2019.
  • It's a low-weight radar with a lot of features. It can be used in a variety of environments, including deserts, plains, high altitudes, and mountain peaks.
  • The British came up with the idea for Gnat. 
  • It's a fighter jet with a subsonic speed. 
  • It's used for both combat and training. Different squadrons in India fly the Gnat.