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Chandigarh Girl Is Air Force’s First Woman Flight Engineer

Darpan News Desk IANS, 17 Feb, 2019 12:10 AM

    The Indian Air Force today opened a new page in aviation history when Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal from Chandigarh became the first woman flight engineer.


    Though women engineers have been serving as ground duty officers, they have not been part of the aircrew. The flight engineers’ branch was opened to women officers in 2018. The IAF has had women pilots, both for fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters, for many years.


    Commissioned in 2015, Jaiswal is from the 112th Helicopter Unit at Yelahanka airbase, near Bengaluru. She served as a battery commander in a frontline surface-to-air missile squadron before being selected for the six-month flight engineer course.


    Jaiswal did her schooling from Chandigarh and then completed her BTech from Panjab University.


    As a flight engineer, Jaiswal will be posted to operational helicopter units that undertake flying missions in varied geographical and climatic conditions, ranging from Siachen Glacier to hot deserts and coastal areas.


    A flight engineer is a member of the flight crew responsible for monitoring and operating complex aircraft systems.


    “The new assignment also brings with it added responsibilities and tougher duties,” said her father DK Jaiswal, who retired in November 2018 as a senior auditor from the office of the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts. The family has been residing in Chandigarh since the 1980s.


    “Hina was the first woman officer in the IAF to apply for the flight engineer’s course when she was posted at Jamnagar and this step was well appreciated by her colleagues as well as seniors. The family has stood by her at all times and backed all her decisions,” he added.

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