TNPSC Thervupettagam

First woman Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter pilot from South India

June 19 , 2018 2160 days 857 0
  • Flying Officer Meghana Shanbough MR, an engineering graduate, has become the sixth female fighter pilot to join the ranks of Indian Air Force (IAF).
  • She is the first Woman from Karnataka and South India. She graduates from the Air Force Academy (AFA) in Dundigal.
  • The other fighter pilots
    • Avani Chaturvedi from Madhya Pradesh,
    • Bhawana Kanth from Bihar and
    • Mohana Singh from Rajasthan

have already scripted history by becoming the first-ever women to undergo fighter pilot training in IAF at Hakimpet Air Force station in Hyderabad.

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