Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh becomes the first woman fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force to fly by day on a Hawk advanced jet aircraft.
a. Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh
b. Flight Lieutenant Mohini Singh
c. Flight Lieutenant Manju Singh
d. Flight Lieutenant Meenakshi Singh
Details:
- She landed after a grueling 4-aircraft combat sortie at Kalaikunda Air Force station in West Bengal.
- The other women officers - Bhawana Kanth and Avani Chaturvedi - joined the fighter stream in June 2016.
- Last week, Flight Lt. Bhawana Kanth became the first daytime woman fighter pilot to fly a MiG-21 Bison.
- She involved flying both air-to-air combat and air-to-ground missions.
- She has undertaken many practice missions which involved firing of rockets, guns and dropping high caliber bombs and has also participated in various Air Force level flying exercises.
- She has a total of over 500 hours of incident-free flying of which 380 hours are on the Hawk Mk 132 jet.
Question:
Q. Who has become the first woman fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force to fly by day on a Hawk advanced jet aircraft?a. Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh
b. Flight Lieutenant Mohini Singh
c. Flight Lieutenant Manju Singh
d. Flight Lieutenant Meenakshi Singh
