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Two women army officers selected to undergo helicopter pilot training
For the first time, two women Army officers have been selected to train as helicopter pilots at Combat Army Aviation Training School at Nashik in Maharashtra.
This development comes months after army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane cleared a proposal for allowing women officers to opt for the armyâs aviation wing. Till now, women officers were assigned only ground duties in the Army Aviation Corps.
Women officers in the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy fly helicopters while the Army Aviation Corps only inducted male officers until now. Pilots have to go through a stringent selection process.