For the first time in the histoꦯry of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Group Captain Shaliza Dhami will take over command of a frontline combat unit 🙈in the Western sector.
Dhami is also the♎ air force's first woman-qualified flying inst🐻ructor.
Commissioned into the IAF in 2003, Dhami is a qualified flying instructor and has logged more than 2,800 hours of flying, the of🍬ficials said on the eve of International 𓆏Women's Day.
Qualified Flying Instructor, she has served as Flight Com𒆙mande🃏r of a Helicopter Unit in the Western sector.
A Group Captain in the IAF is equivalent to a Colo🍒nel in the Army.
Having been commended by the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief on two occasions, the officer is presently posted in the Operatio❀ns branch of a fr🧜ontline Command Headquarters.
