INAS 314
INAS 314
WHY IN
NEWS?
Indian Navy’s women officers have created history after they
completed the first-ever all-women independent maritime reconnaissance and
surveillance mission in the North Arabian Sea onboard a Dornier 228 aircraft.
IMPORTANCE:
The mission
was carried out by five officers of the Indian Navy Air Squadron (INAS) 314
based at Naval Air Enclave at Gujarat’s Porbandar.
The aircraft
was captained by the Mission Commander, Lt Cdr Aanchal Sharma, who had pilots,
Lt Shivangi and Lt Apurva Gite, and Tactical and Sensor Officers, Lt Pooja
Panda and SLt Pooja Shekhawat in her team. For this, the women officers
received months of ground training and comprehensive mission briefings in the
run-up to this historical sortie, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
The INAS 314 is a frontline Naval Air Squadron based at Porbandar, Gujarat.
This “first-of-its-kind military flying mission” is expected to pave the way
for women officers in the aviation cadre to assume greater responsibility and
aspire for more challenging roles.


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