India's first woman Rafale jet pilot Shivangi Singh part of Air Force tableau
Republic Day parade 2022: Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh, the first woman fighter pilot on the Rafale combat aircraft, was part of the Indian Air Force (IAF) tableau at the 73rd Republic Day parade on Wednesday.
Singh was present on the tableau as the fighter pilot of Rafale Aircraft, during the display. It is worth mentioning that Singh is the only second woman fighter jet pilot to ever be part of the IAF tableau.
Varanasi's Singh was flying MiG-21 Bison before being inducted into the Golden Arrows squadron of the Indian Air Force. She joined IAF in 2017.
Notably, IAF was the first force to allow women officers in combat and has the highest percentage of female officers.
'Indian Air Force Transforming for the Future' was the theme of the Indian Air Force's tableau at the Republic Day parade 2022. The scaled-down replicas of the MiG-21, Gnat, Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), Aslesha radar and Rafale aircraft were displayed in the tableau.
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The MiG-21s strike served as the final straw in convincing the opposition to yield, resulting in a resounding victory in the 1971 war. The first indigenous aircraft, the Gnat, was equipped with 30 mm Aden guns and rockets. The Gnat, also known as the 'Sabre Slayer,' was considered to be the best aircraft for fighting an enemy plane in a dogfight.
The Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), developed indigenously, is capable of high-altitude operations and is armed with the Dhruvastra anti-tank guided missile.
Aslesha MK-1 is a multi-beam ground-based 3D Surveillance Radar with a three-dimensional Low-Level Light Weight. It can detect and track a wide range of air targets, including helicopters, fighter jets, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), at low and medium altitudes.
GSAT 7A is a geostationary satellite that improves the IAF's Network Centric Warfare capabilities by interconnecting all ground-based radars, airbases, Airborne Early Warning and Control Radars in order to detect aircraft and vessels.
Rafale, with its advanced technology and wide range of weapons, is a game-changer in terms of achieving air supremacy.
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