Group Captain Shaliza Dhami, who has been chosen by the Indian Air Force to take over command of a frontline fight unit in the Western sector. File
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In the first command appointment for a woman officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF), Group Captain Shaliza Dhami has been chosen to take over the command of a frontline fight unit in the Western sector, the IAF mentioned on Tuesday.
“Having been commended by the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief on two occasions, the officer is presently posted in the Operations branch of a frontline Command Headquarters,” the IAF mentioned in a press release.
Group Captain Dhami was commissioned in 2003 as a Helicopter pilot and has over 2,800 hours of flying expertise. A Qualified Flying Instructor, she has served as Flight Commander of a Helicopter Unit in the Western sector.
Congratulating the officer, Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur (Retd.), former Additional Director General of the suppose tank Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), mentioned on Twitter, “Her younger brother was with us in CAPS, now an Assistant Professor in Imphal.”
The armed forces have opened up command appointments for girls officers following a Supreme Court verdict. The Army not too long ago carried out interviews and accredited the first batch of girls officers for command appointments.
