Abhilasha Barak becomes the Indian Army’s first woman combat aviator
Highlights:
- Haryana’s Captain Abhilasha Barak has become the first woman officer to join the Army Aviation Corps as a combat aviator after successfully completing her training.
- She was awarded the coveted wings along with 36 other army pilots by the DG and Colonel Commandant of Army Aviation in Nashik.
- She has been assigned to the second flight of the 2072 Army Aviation Squadron.
- She was commissioned into the Indian Army from the Officers Training Academy, Chennai in 2018.
- Captain Barak is an alumnus of The Lawrence School, Sanawar.
- She completed her graduation with B-Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Delhi Technological University in 2016 and was placed at Deloitte, USA.
- During her attachment with the Corps of Army Air Defence, she was selected as a Contingent Commander for Presentation of Colours to Army Air Defence by President Ram Nath Kovind.
- She attained an ‘A’ grading in the Army Air Defence Young officers course, 75.70 per cent in Air Traffic Management and Air Laws course and passed the promotional exam, Part B, in her first attempt.
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