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Indian Navy gets first batch of women pilots for Maritime Reconnaissance missions

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Indian Navy got its first batch of women pilots for Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) missions on Dornier aircraft. The pilots completed Dornier Operational Flying Training (DOFT) on October 20 at INS Garuda in Kerala's Kochi.

They were operationalised by the Southern Naval Command (SNC) and have been identified as Lieutenant Shubhangi Swaroop, Lt Divya Sharma and Lt Shivangi.

The three women pilots were part of six pilots who underwent the 27th Dornier Operational Flying Training (DOFT) course. Upon completion of the course, they graduated as fully operational MR Pilots at a ceremony held at INS Garuda on October 22.