Inspector Bhawna Chaudhary has become the first woman flight engineer in the BSF air wing in over 50 years. She completed a two-month in-house training program alongside four male officers and was awarded her flying badge by BSF DG Daljit Singh Chawdhary
Inspector Bhawna Chaudhary (right) with BSF DG. PIC/X@BSF_India
The Border Security Force (BSF) air wing has got its first woman flight engineer in its over 50 years history following completion of a first in-house training capsule. Inspector Bhawna Chaudhary along with four male subordinate officers were recently awarded their flying badges by BSF Director General Daljit Singh Chawdhary.
The BSF border force has been tasked to operate the aviation unit of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) since 1969 and it caters to the operational requirements of all the paramilitary forces and special forces like the NSG and the NDRF.
Officials said that five subordinate officers were “trained ab-initio by the instructors of the BSF air wing and they recently completed their two-month long training.” The BSF air wing has been facing a critical shortage of flight engineers in its Mi-17 helicopter fleet. Inspector Chaudhary is the first women flight engineer of the BSF air wing, he said.
The unit operates a fixed wing Embraer jet for VIP duties apart from helicopters such as Mi 17 1V, Mi 17 V5, Cheetah and ALH Dhruv. The about 3 lakh personnel strong BSF was raised in December, 1965 and it is primarily tasked to guard Indian borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh apart from rendering a variety of duties in the internal security domain of the country.
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