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“For quite some years, I was the only lady officer in the air force. There may have been only a dozen women officers in the army and navy together. Image
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Initially, I was scared to work with men, but I was brave and thought to myself, I could face anything", recalled Wing Commander (retd) Vijayalakshmi Ramanan in a 2018 interview.
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The first woman officer of IAF, Wing Commander Ramanan, was a breaker of glass ceilings in the truest sense.

She was not only the first woman to wear a saree as a uniform, but she also designed it in the signature IAF blues.
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"Ae mere Watan ke logon...the song changed my life. I used to live with my family in Delhi and wanted to become an IAS officer. During the 1962 war, 20 people out of 50 households were martyred.⁠ Image
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Just like that, the thought of becoming an IAS was erased from my mind, and I insisted on doing something for the country and becoming a soldier.⁠

It was around then that the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) was founded in Pune.
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It was a godsend. I was the first batch of women to join the armed forces, there was no provision for maternity leaves, but I managed my deliveries and children. Everything takes time to change."⁠

-- India’s first woman Air Marshal Dr Padmavathy Bandopadhyay.⁠
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Air Chief Marshal R K Bhadauria inspecting the guard of honour during the 88th #AirForceDay celebration in Hindon airbase.
Express Photo | @parveennegi1
@shibasahu2012
#AirForceDay2020 #IndianAirforceDay
@parveennegi1 @shibasahu2012 As the guardians of Indian skies turn 88 today, here is a look back at 'Operation Rahat' launched by the IAF after Uttarakhand was rocked by flash floods in 2013.
#IndianAirforceDay #AFDay2020 #IAFDay #Airwarriors
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@parveennegi1 @shibasahu2012 #Rafale soars high in the sky at the 88th #IndianAirforceDay celebration in Hindon airbase.
Express Photos | @parveennegi1
@shibasahu2012 @IAF_MCC
#IAFDay #IndianAirForce
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Hi @dhruv_rathee, love your channel :) but that's a Typhoon you've got there in your graphic, not a Rafale. Image
Hi @dhruv_rathee, it’s Eurofighter ‘Typhoon’, not Tycoon. Image
Hi @INCIndia & @INCRajasthan, that aircraft on your kites is a Sukhoi Su-27, not a Rafale. Image
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