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IN PICS: History Created! Meet Captain Abhilasha Barak - 1st Woman Officer to join Army Aviation Corps as Combat Aviator
- Written by Prashant V. Singh
Published: 2:05 PM, May 26, 2022
|Updated: 2:05 PM, May 26, 2022
Captain Abhilasha Barak has created history by becoming the first woman officer to join the Army Aviation Corps as Combat Aviator.
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Officials said she has been awarded the coveted 'wings' along with 36 Army pilots by the director-general of the Army Aviation during a ceremony held at Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik.
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She hails from Haryana and was commissioned into the Army Air Defence Corps in September 2018.
The combat aviator is the daughter of Col S Om Singh (Retd).
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Captain Abhilasha has done a number of professional military courses before joining the Army Aviation Corps, said the official.
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"Captain Barak became the first woman officer to join the Army Aviation Corps as combat aviator after successful completion of the combat Army aviation course," an official said.
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The Army Aviation Corps is a component of the Army that was formed in November 1986. The Corps is headed by a Lt Gen rank officer known as Director General of Army Aviation.
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