The Indian Air Force has appointed Group Captain Shaliza Dhami as the first female commander of a combat unit

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The Indian Air Force has selected Group Captain Shaliza Dhami to take over command of a frontline combat unit in the Western sector.

IAF appoints Group Captain Shaliza Dhami as first female commander of a combat unit
Group Captain Dhami was commissioned in the year 2003 as a Helicopter pilot and has over 2800 hours of flying experience. A Qualified Flying Instructor, she has served as Flight Commander of a Helicopter Unit in the Western sector.

IAF appoints Group Captain Shaliza Dhami as first female commander of a combat unit
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.
Capt Shraddha Shivdavkar who was posted as an Army Air Defence officer in Jalandhar, she was living her dream but something still felt missing in her life.

Lt Kritee Saxena a first-generation Army officer completed her training from Officers Training Academy, Chennai, on November 21, 2020 and got commissioned into Army Aviation.
She has been an active participant in co-curricular activities and has displayed a flair for literature by being an editorial member of journals at college, the Officers Training Academy, and during her course after being commissioned into service.

She has represented India at Global Students Forum, and World Engineering Education Forum twice at Italy and South Korea respectively before joining the Army.

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