When the 51 Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft zoom over the Kartavya Path (formerly Rajpath) on January 26 as part of the 75th Republic Day parade, piloting one of the fighter jets in the flypast would be a woman officer from Mysuru.
Flight Lieutenant (FLT LT) Punya Nanjappa, who will be piloting the MiG-29 fighter, is among the eight women pilots who will be flying in various formations at the Republic Day parade.
Commissioned into the IAF in December 2020, FLT LT Punya is from the No. 47 Squadron of IAF.
