Indian Army gets first woman command of Communication Zone Mechanical Transport Battalion

Indian Army gets first woman command of Communication Zone Mechanical Transport Battalion

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Category : Defense Published on: June 10 2023

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Colonel Shuchita Shekhar became the first woman officer of the Army Service Corps to assume command of a Communication Zone Mechanical Transport Battalion responsible for the maintenance of the Supply Chain of the fully operational Northern Command.
Col Priyanka Singh is the first woman Commanding Officer of a frontline Divisional Army Service Corps Battalion for providing intimate supplies and transport cover.
On May 25, Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh hit headlines after flying the fighter aircraft over the Ladakh sector area amid the standoff with China. Singh shot fame after becoming Indian Air Force’s first woman pilot to fly the Rafale fighter aircraft in the multinational Exercise Orion in France.
She was only the second woman fighter jet pilot to be part of the IAF tableau. Last year, Flight Lieutenant Bhawna Kanth became the first female fighter jet pilot to be part of the IAF tableau.

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