Capt Abhilasha Barak becomes Indian Army’s first woman combat aviator

Captain Abhilasha Barak is now the first woman officer to join the Indian Army as a combat pilot.

Captain Abhilasha Barak became the first woman officer to join the Army Aviation Corps as a combat aviator after completing the combat army aviation course.

She was awarded the coveted wings along with 36 other army pilots by the Director-General and Colonel Commandant of Army Aviation during a valedictory ceremony held at the Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik.

Captain Barak hails from Haryana and was commissioned into the Army Air Defence Corps in September 2018. She is the daughter of Col S Om Singh (retd).

Captain Barak did many professional military courses before joining the Army Aviation Corps.