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Her story: 1st woman to be inducted into fighter stream of naval aviation
The New Indian Express Bengaluru
|July 05, 2025
AASTHA POONIA is the first maritime fighter pilot of the Indian Navy.
The graduate from the Second Basic Hawk Conversion Course at INS Dega, Visakhapatnam, was inducted into the fighter stream of naval aviation on Friday.
This story is from the July 05, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bengaluru.
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