Captain Abhilasha Barak on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, became the Indian Army's first woman combat aviator.
Captain Abhilasha was awarded the coveted 'wings' along with 36 Indian Army pilots at a ceremony at the Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik.
"Captain Barak became the first woman officer to join the Army Aviation Corps as a combat aviator after successful completion of the combat army aviation course," an officer said.
Captain Abhilasha is the daughter of Colonel S Om Singh (retd) and hails from Haryana. She was commissioned in the Army Air Defence Corps in September 2018.
Captain Abhilasha has done a number of professional military courses before joining the Army Aviation Corps.
