Woman flying officer accuses wing commander of sexual assault; IAF says cooperating with police probeThe Indian Air Force is collaborating with local police in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam to investigate a sexual assault complaint filed by a ...
10 Sep, 2024, 06.56 PM IST
India Air Force proudly says it is gender agnostic: IAF chief"The India Air Force proudly... we say we are gender agnostic. In the officer's cadre, every branch, every stream, every substream has got ...
20 Sep, 2023, 10.41 PM IST
Supreme Court asks IAF to consider 32 women ex-SSC officers for grant of permanent commission to give pensionary benefitsA bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices Hima Kohli and J B Pardiwala, however, refused to order their reinstatement o...
16 Nov, 2022, 08.47 PM IST
IAF to induct women officers to fly Light Combat Helicopter fleetThe women officers are already flying the ALH Dhruv and other helicopters in the fleet. They would be flying the LCH fleet also and women o...
10 Oct, 2022, 08.47 PM IST
Women flying high in the armed forces but still a miniscule minoritySlowly but steadily, often with help from the Supreme Court, women are shattering multiple glass ceilings in the overwhelmingly male-domina...
29 Mar, 2022, 10.19 AM IST
Two Punjab pilots part of IAF's first all-women crew to fly Mi-17 chopperThe helicopter was certified airworthy by Squadron Leader Richa Adhikari the unit Engineering officer, the release said.
27 May, 2019, 11.35 PM IST
IAF's mission to build modern, credible aerospace power: Arup RahaAir Chief Marshal Arup Raha today said Indian Air Force's mission was to build a modern, flexible and credible aerospace power with full sp...
13 Jul, 2018, 04.43 PM IST
In a first, Indian Air Force to induct women as fighter pilotsThe plan to induct women into a fighting arm is a first in the three services which were earlier not open to the idea of women taking part ...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.15 PM IST
IAF officer Avani Chaturvedi becomes first Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft soloShe undertook the sortie from IAF's Jamnagar base.
22 Feb, 2018, 11.57 AM IST
Big leap: 340 women officers get permanent commission in Indian armed forcesThe number is miniscule considering there are over 60,000 officers in the 1.3 million strong armed forces.
01 Aug, 2015, 11.08 AM IST
Indian Air Force's Sarang gets women officersSquadron Leader Deepika Misra and engineering officer Flight Lieutenant Sandeep Singh made their debut in the 'Aero India' air show here.
20 Feb, 2015, 04.32 PM IST
- Military dead against permanent commission for women across the board
Australia are dismantling all gender barriers to allow female troops to serve on the frontlines, India remains extremely reluctant to even ...
07 Nov, 2011, 09.12 AM IST
- IAF opens up flying branch to its men in short-service
To increase pilot strength, the Indian Air Force has revised norms to allow men in Short Service Commission (SSC) to join its flying branch...
26 Sep, 2010, 11.27 AM IST
- Permanent comm in IAF for women ahead
IAF has begun the gender-equality process .
17 Jun, 2010, 05.06 AM IST
- Soon, NDA may open doors to women cadets
They may still not be allowed to fly fighter jets, serve on warships or join the infantry, but they are now within striking distance of sto...
06 Aug, 2008, 08.46 AM IST
- No bias against women officers: IAF
The Indian Air Force has denied it has discriminated against two of its women short service commissioned officers who had moved the Delhi H...
23 Oct, 2007, 06.24 PM IST
- 'No Lashkar men in Air Force'
The intelligence agencies and the IAF have carried out a check into the reported infiltration by two LeT activists into the IAF and found t...
24 Jul, 2006, 12.00 AM IST