Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth is set to be the
first woman fighter pilot to take part in the Republic Day parade. Bhawana will join the IAF’s tableau displaying mock-ups of indigenously-manufactured Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, Light Combat Helicopter Rudra, Rohini radars, and BrahMos.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare
Harsh Vardhan posted a congratulatory tweet and called the moment marks “the dawn of empowered women-led New India.”
Currently posted at the Rajasthan airbase and commissioned on a MiG-21 Bison fighter plane, Bhawana has been shattering glass ceiling through her journey in the armed forces, and is no stranger to being first.