Who is Mohana Singh, the first woman pilot to fly the Tejas fighter jet, closely related to Rajasthan? Trending Global News

New Delhi: Squadron Leader Mohana Singh has become India’s first female pilot to be part of the IAF’s Tejas fighter squadron. Mohana Singh was one of the first three female fighter pilots to join the Indian Air Force in June 2016. He is assigned to No. 18 ‘Flying Bullets’ Squadron based at Nalia, Gujarat, recently, Mohana participated in the multi-dimensional air combat exercise called Tarang Shakti. She was formerly part of No. 3 Fighter Squadron, based in Naal, Rajasthan, and flew the MiG-21 Bison aircraft. Avani Chaturvedi, Bhavana Kanth and Mohana Singh were among the first batch of female fighter pilots of the Indian Air Force. She was commissioned in the IAF in 2016, within a year of the government’s decision to open the fighter stream to women on a pilot basis.

She has done many miracles before.

In February 2018, Avani Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman to fly a fighter jet solo, flying a MiG-21 Bison, which took off from the Indian Air Force’s Jamnagar base. Recently, the Ministry of Defense announced that the pilot scheme for women fighter pilots launched in 2022 has now been converted into a permanent scheme.

Who is Squadron Leader Mohana Singh?

Squadron Leader Mohana Singh is a distinguished female fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force. He was born on 22 January 1992 in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. His father Pratap Singh is a retired Air Force officer and his mother Manju Singh is a teacher. Mohana Singh received her early education from the Air Force School in Delhi and later received her B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication from the Global Institute of Management and Emerging Technologies in Amritsar, Punjab. She joined the Indian Air Force in June 2016 and became part of the group of first female fighter pilots along with Oni Chaturvedi and Bhavana Kanth. Mohana Singh flew the MiG-21 and now commands a squadron of LCA Tejas fighter jets. She was also awarded the Nari Shakti Praskar in 2020.