Ghaziabad: “Women should not have any inhibition. They should dream big. There is nothing that they cannot achieve today. There are 10 fighter pilots now, but soon the number will be 100,” said Anjali, who flies Sukhoi-30. The fighter pilot and 13 other women officers were at Hindon Air Force station on Sunday, a day before International Women’s Day, for a media meet.
Group Captain Shakti Sharma, who was commissioned in 1994 and was the first woman to be selected for the post, said the IAF has about 13% women, the highest number among the three branches of the armed forces. “It is even higher than the number in the police force,” she said.