The decision came months after the Supreme Court paved the way for the entry of women into the prestigious National Defence Academy (NDA), ...

From the country’s oldest fighter jets to the newest, Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh is getting set to graduate to flying the omni-role R...

The woman pilot is undergoing training to fly Rafale aircraft, they said. She has been flying MiG-21 fighters and was selected for the Rafa...

The three women pilots said they consider themselves "fortunate" and were excited to take on their duties.

Bhawana Kanth, Mohana Singh and Avani Chaturvedi are the trainees who qualified for the fighter stream after it was thrown open to women in...

The government has clarified that the recently-announced historic move to induct women fighter pilots will be only an experimental one for ...

In 1943, Subhas Chandra Bose's Indian National Army raised the all-women Rani of Jhansi regiment to operate as guerilla infantry to fight a...

IAF sources clarified that the advisory is not legal binding and is to ensure that their training does not get affected.

The trio will also shatter the long-standing combat-exclusion policy for women in the forces once they become full-fledged fighter pilots b...

"As of now three women trainees have volunteered to join the fighter stream. They are under the second phase of their training," Raha said.

It is in keeping with the aspiration of women to serve the country as equals to men, and is in line with the trends in developed nations.

According to the MoD release, the first women pilots would be selected from the batch which is presently undergoing flying training at Air ...

The IAF's proposal will be discussed at a meeting called by defence minister Manohar Parrikar with the three Service chiefs next week.

Flying jets solo does not mean they promptly turn into fullfledged fighter pilots, capable of handling the intricacies of high-voltage comb...

Women officers in the US even serve on ballistic missile submarines, and may be joined in the underwater nuclear arm by enlisted women sail...

President Pratibha Patil, who on Wednesday became the first woman head of state to fly in a combat plane, has made out a strong case for th...

IAF might be all set to fly President Pratibha Devisingh Patil in a Sukhoi-30MKI 'air dominance' fighter on November 25 but has no immediat...