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#GoodNews: Kanth Becomes 1st Woman to Fly MiG-21 by Day

Flight Lt Bhawana Kanth completed Day Operational syllabus on MiG-21 Bison aircraft on Wednesday.
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Flight Lt Bhawana Kanth completed Day Operational syllabus on MiG-21 Bison aircraft on Wednesday.
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Flight Lt Bhawana Kanth completed Day Operational syllabus on MiG-21 Bison aircraft on Wednesday.
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Flight Lt Bhawana Kanth has become the first woman fighter pilot to be qualified to undertake missions by day on a fighter aircraft, news agency ANI reported on Wednesday, 22 May.

Kanth, who had joined fighter squadron in 2017, completed Day Operational syllabus on MiG-21 Bison aircraft on Wednesday.

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Kanth is from the first batch of women fighter pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF). She took her first solo flight on MiG-21 Bison aircraft in March last year.

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Published: 22 May 2019,08:43 PM IST

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