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Sub Lt Astha Poonia Becomes 1st Woman To Be Trained As Navy Fighter Pilot
Sub Lieutenant Astha Poonia has become the first woman to be trained as a fighter pilot of the Indian Navy. She may eventually fly the MiG-29K or the naval version of the Rafale fighter jet off India's aircraft carriers.
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Israel Stops Training Women Combat Soldiers Over 'Health Risks'
IDF said the medical data indicated potential health risks for the women if they continued the current training.
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Blue Origin: Trailblazing Female Pilot Will Go to Space at Age 82 With Jeff Bezos
Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos will be joined by Wally Funk, one of the 13 women who passed NASA's astronaut training programme in the 1960s, on the first crewed flight into space from his rocket company Blue Origin later this month.
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Oxygen Express Piloted By All Women Crew Brings 120 Tonne Oxygen To Bengaluru
An Oxygen Express train piloted by an "All Female Crew" arrived in Bengaluru with 120 metric tonnes of medical oxygen from Jamshedpur, the Railways said today.
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In A First For Western Railway, All-Women Crew Pilots Goods Train
In a first for the Western Railway, an all-women crew has piloted a goods train from Maharashtra to Gujarat.
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Meet The Navy's First Women Combat Aviators To Be Deployed On Warships
In a move that will redefine gender equality in the Indian Navy, Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh will be the first women combatants who will operate as specialists on board Navy helicopters which operate from the deck of warships.
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First All-Women IAF Crew Fly Mi-17 Helicopter In Battle Training Mission
Three women Indian Air Force officers from Punjab were part of the country's first all-women crew to fly a medium lift helicopter Mi-17 V5 on Monday.
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Female Pilots In China Strain To Hold Up Half The Sky
When Han Siyuan first decided to apply for a job as a pilot cadet in 2008, she was up against 400 female classmates in China on tests measuring everything from their command of English to the length of their legs. Eventually, she became the only woman from her university that Shanghai-based Spring Airlines picked for training that year. She is now ...
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Dreams Take Flight: Saudi Aviation Academy Set To Train Women Pilots
Oxford Aviation Academy, a leading trainer and crew recruiter, has already received applications from hundreds of women hoping to start lessons in September at a new branch in the eastern city of Dammam.
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India's First Woman Navy Pilot To Train At Air Force Academy In Hyderabad
The Indian Navy will soon get its first-ever woman pilot, Shubhangi Swaroop, who will be flying a maritime reconnaissance aircraft. Though Uttar Pradesh resident Shubhangi is set to be the first Naval woman pilot, the Navy's Aviation branch has had women officers manning the air traffic and as 'observers'. Besides her, three other women cadets -- A...
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3 Indian Air Force Women Pilots To Make History, Set To Fly Military Jets
The first three women fighter pilots of the country are set to script history next month when they will fly military jets after completing a strenuous training in the coming three weeks.
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Women Fighter Pilots Advised To Put Off Motherhood By 4 Years
India's first three women fighter pilots have been advised by the Indian Air Force (IAF) to restrain from motherhood for the next four years so as not to adversely impact their ongoing training process.
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Pakistan Female Fighter Pilot Dies in Jet Crash
One of Pakistan's few female fighter jet pilots was killed in a training crash Tuesday, the air force said in a statement, adding that she was the first of its women pilots to "embrace martyrdom".
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Training Problems in Having Women Fighter Pilots: Manohar Parrikar
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said there "can be operational and training problems" in inducting women fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force (IAF) even though he said he agreed to the move "in principle".
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First Women to Pass US Army's Ranger School Speak Out
The first women to pass the grueling training course at the US Army's elite Ranger School said Thursday they hoped their success would open doors for women seeking jobs in frontline combat.
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Sub Lt Astha Poonia Becomes 1st Woman To Be Trained As Navy Fighter Pilot
Sub Lieutenant Astha Poonia has become the first woman to be trained as a fighter pilot of the Indian Navy. She may eventually fly the MiG-29K or the naval version of the Rafale fighter jet off India's aircraft carriers.
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Israel Stops Training Women Combat Soldiers Over 'Health Risks'
IDF said the medical data indicated potential health risks for the women if they continued the current training.
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Blue Origin: Trailblazing Female Pilot Will Go to Space at Age 82 With Jeff Bezos
Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos will be joined by Wally Funk, one of the 13 women who passed NASA's astronaut training programme in the 1960s, on the first crewed flight into space from his rocket company Blue Origin later this month.
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Oxygen Express Piloted By All Women Crew Brings 120 Tonne Oxygen To Bengaluru
An Oxygen Express train piloted by an "All Female Crew" arrived in Bengaluru with 120 metric tonnes of medical oxygen from Jamshedpur, the Railways said today.
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In A First For Western Railway, All-Women Crew Pilots Goods Train
In a first for the Western Railway, an all-women crew has piloted a goods train from Maharashtra to Gujarat.
-
Meet The Navy's First Women Combat Aviators To Be Deployed On Warships
In a move that will redefine gender equality in the Indian Navy, Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh will be the first women combatants who will operate as specialists on board Navy helicopters which operate from the deck of warships.
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First All-Women IAF Crew Fly Mi-17 Helicopter In Battle Training Mission
Three women Indian Air Force officers from Punjab were part of the country's first all-women crew to fly a medium lift helicopter Mi-17 V5 on Monday.
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Female Pilots In China Strain To Hold Up Half The Sky
When Han Siyuan first decided to apply for a job as a pilot cadet in 2008, she was up against 400 female classmates in China on tests measuring everything from their command of English to the length of their legs. Eventually, she became the only woman from her university that Shanghai-based Spring Airlines picked for training that year. She is now ...
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Dreams Take Flight: Saudi Aviation Academy Set To Train Women Pilots
Oxford Aviation Academy, a leading trainer and crew recruiter, has already received applications from hundreds of women hoping to start lessons in September at a new branch in the eastern city of Dammam.
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India's First Woman Navy Pilot To Train At Air Force Academy In Hyderabad
The Indian Navy will soon get its first-ever woman pilot, Shubhangi Swaroop, who will be flying a maritime reconnaissance aircraft. Though Uttar Pradesh resident Shubhangi is set to be the first Naval woman pilot, the Navy's Aviation branch has had women officers manning the air traffic and as 'observers'. Besides her, three other women cadets -- A...
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3 Indian Air Force Women Pilots To Make History, Set To Fly Military Jets
The first three women fighter pilots of the country are set to script history next month when they will fly military jets after completing a strenuous training in the coming three weeks.
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Women Fighter Pilots Advised To Put Off Motherhood By 4 Years
India's first three women fighter pilots have been advised by the Indian Air Force (IAF) to restrain from motherhood for the next four years so as not to adversely impact their ongoing training process.
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Pakistan Female Fighter Pilot Dies in Jet Crash
One of Pakistan's few female fighter jet pilots was killed in a training crash Tuesday, the air force said in a statement, adding that she was the first of its women pilots to "embrace martyrdom".
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Training Problems in Having Women Fighter Pilots: Manohar Parrikar
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said there "can be operational and training problems" in inducting women fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force (IAF) even though he said he agreed to the move "in principle".
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First Women to Pass US Army's Ranger School Speak Out
The first women to pass the grueling training course at the US Army's elite Ranger School said Thursday they hoped their success would open doors for women seeking jobs in frontline combat.
