Indian Air Force Gets Its First Woman In Command Position

The Indian Air Force has given the first command appointment for a woman officer. It needs to be mentioned Group Captain Shaliza Dhami has been given the orders to take over the command of a frontline combat unit in the Western sector of the country.

IAF Gets Its First Woman To Command Combat Unit

“Having been commended by the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief on two occasions, the officer is presently posted in the Operations branch of a frontline Command Headquarters,” mentioned a statement.

In 2003, Group Captain Shaliza Dhami was commissioned as a helicopter pilot. Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur (Retd.) and former Additional Director General of the think tank Centre for Air Power Studies wrote on Twitter, “Her younger brother was with us in CAPS, now an Assistant Professor in Imphal.”

 

 

“A total of 244 women officers are being considered for promotion against 108 vacancies, from 1992 batch to 2006 batch, in various Arms and Services (Engineers, Signals, Army Air Defence, Intelligence Corps, Army Service Corps, Army Ordnance Corps and Electrical & Mechanical Engineers),” stated an official.