Squadron Leader Bhawana Kanth has become the first Indian woman to earn the title of "Top Gun" combat pilot after successfully clearing the Fighter Combat Leader (FCL) course, one of the toughest programmes in the Indian Air Force (IAF). In another milestone for women in the armed forces, Captain Shivani Sehrawat has become the first woman officer to be appointed Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the Army chief, reported TOI.
Commissioned in June 2016 as one of the first three women fighter pilots, alongside Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh, Sq Ldr Kanth completed the rigorous 20-week FCL course at the Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment in Gwalior this month.
