Shaliza Dhami
Shaliza Dhami | |
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Born | Ludhiana, Punjab, India |
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Years of service | 2003–present |
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Service number | 27773 |
Wing Commander Shaliza Dhami is an officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF). She is the first woman officer in the IAF to receive a permanent commission and the first woman to become a Flight Commander.[1][2]
Career[]
Born in Ludhiana, Punjab.[2][3] Dhami holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Communication. [4][1] Her first solo flight was in 2003 in a HAL HPT-32 Deepak. She was commissioned a flying officer in the Air Force on 20 December 2003 on a short-service commission,[5] and was promoted to flight lieutenant on 20 December 2005 and to squadron leader on 20 December 2009.[6][7]
Promoted wing commander on 20 December 2016,[8] Dhami became a Flight Commander in August 2019, the first woman officer in India to do so.[2] She is a flight commander of a Chetak helicopter unit at Hindan Air Force Station.[9] She also became the first woman flying instructor of the IAF for Chetak and Cheetah helicopters; this makes her the first woman flying instructor in the IAF. On 18 December 2018, Dhami became the first woman officer in the Indian Air Force to be granted a permanent commission.[10]
Dhami's first solo flight was in a HAL Deepak
She is the first woman flying instructor for HAL Chetak
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Joshi, Shamani (28 August 2019). "The Indian Air Force Just Got its First Female Flight Commander". Vice. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Shaliza Dhami is India's first woman Flight Commander". Femina. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "#GoodNews: In a First, Woman IAF Officer Becomes Flight Commander". The Quint. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Sharma, Aditya (27 August 2019). "Shaliza Dhami Is First Woman Air Force Officer To Become Flight Commander". NDTV. ANI. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Air Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 1 April 2006. p. 443.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Air Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 28 June 2008. p. 796.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Air Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 5 March 2011. p. 487.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Air Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 6 July 2019. p. 1791.
- ^ "Wing Commander S Dhami becomes first female officer to become Flight Commander". Hindustan Times. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Air Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 3 April 2021. p. 1472.
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