R-Day 2021 Flypast To Debut With 1st Women Fighter Pilot
For the first time in Indian history, a woman fighter pilot will take part in the Republic Day flypast on January 26. Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth, one of the first women fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in the flypast of the Republic Day. Currently posted at a Rajasthan airbase, Bhawana who was born and brought up in Bihar, flies the Mig-21 Bison fighter plane.