Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh First Women Combat Aviators

Another Glass Ceiling set to he broken!! 02 lady officers, Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi & Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh selected for operating as “Observers” (Tactical Officers) in the helicopter stream Indian Navy. Paving way for women air combatants operating from frontline warships. Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh are part of a group of 17 officers of the Indian Navy, including four women officers and three officers of the Indian Coast Guard (13 officers of Regular batch and 4 woman officers of Short Service Commission batch) who were awarded “Wings” on graduating as “Observers” (airborne tacticians) at a ceremony held on Monday at INS Garuda, Kochi.

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Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh have been selected to join as 'Observers' (Airborne tacticians) in the helicopter stream. They were awarded 'Wings' on graduating as 'Observers' at a ceremony held today at INS Garuda, Kochi: Indian Navy Two women officers Sub Lieutenant (SLt) Kumudini Tyagi and SLt Riti Singh selected to join as “Observers” (Airborne Tacticians) in helicopter stream of IndianNavy. They would in effect, be the first set of women airborne combatants who would be operating from warships. ⚔️🇮🇳❤️🔥 @ssbcrackexams

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