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Flight Lieutenant Bhawna Kanth, the first female fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force, will be a part of the Air Force tableau in the Republic Day Parade. For the first time fighter jet Rafal will also fly over Rajpath. A total of 42 aircraft will flypast including two Rafals.
Pride of india
The tableau of the Indian Air Force will see light combat aircraft Tejas, light combat helicopters, Rohini radars, Akash missiles and Sukhoi-30. Flight Lieutenant Bhawna Kanth will also be in the tableau. Bhavana, who hails from Bihar, is part of the first batch of the Airforce which included three female fighter pilots, including Bhavna. He joined Airforce in 2016. Bhavna joined Fighter Squadron in November 2017 and in March 2018, after flying the MiG-21 Bison alone, prepared for the role of fighter pilot in combat.
Respect for me – Bhavna Kanth
Bhavna Kanth said that I have been watching Republic Day parade on TV since childhood and it is an honor for me to be a part of it. She said that now I fly MiG-21 Bison and I want to fly all kinds of fighter aircraft.
Brahmastra Formation at the end of the second Rafael flypast
The Airforce flypast will have two Rafale fighter jets. One will appear in the Rafal Ekalavya Formation and the other will form the Brahmastra Formation at the end of the Rafal flypast. Multirole fighter jet Rafal joined the Indian Airforce in September 2020. So far 8 Rafals have joined the Air Force and a total of 36 Rafals are to come. Of the 42 aircraft involved in the flypast, 15 will be fighter aircraft, 5 transport aircraft, 17 helicopters, 1 vintage, and 4 Army aviation helicopters. The Air Force squad parading Rajpath on Republic Day will include 4 officers and 96 air warriors.
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