Shaliza Dhami Explained

Honorific Prefix:Group Captain
Shaliza Dhami
Birth Place:Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Allegiance: India
Serviceyears:2003–present
Rank:Group Captain
Servicenumber:27773
Spouse:Vineet Joshi

Group Captain Shaliza Dhami is an officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF). She is the first woman officer in the IAF to receive a permanent commission and the first woman to become a Flight Commander. She became first woman IAF officer to get selected in front-line combat unit.[1] [2] [3]

Career

Born in Ludhiana, Punjab.[4] Dhami holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Communication.[5] [6] Her first solo flight was in 2003 in a HAL HPT-32 Deepak. She was commissioned a flying officer in the Air Force on 20 December 2003 on a short-service commission,[7] and was promoted to flight lieutenant on 20 December 2005 and to squadron leader on 20 December 2009.[8] [9]

Promoted wing commander on 20 December 2016,[10] Dhami became a Flight Commander in August 2019, the first woman officer in India to do so.[11] She is a flight commander of a Chetak helicopter unit at Hindan Air Force Station.[12] She also became the first woman flying instructor of the IAF for Chetak and Cheetah helicopters; this makes her the first woman flying instructor in the IAF. On 18 December 2018, Dhami became the first woman officer in the Indian Air Force to be granted a permanent commission.[13]

See also

References

  1. Web site: 2023-03-08 . 'Sent her to a govt school, never questioned her choices': IAF officer Shaliza Dhami's proud parents . 2023-03-08 . The Indian Express . en.
  2. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2023-03-07 . Group Captain Shaliza Dhami becomes the first woman IAF officer to get command appointment . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-03-08 . 0971-751X.
  3. News: 2023-03-07 . First woman officer selected to command a frontline combat unit in IAF . The Times of India . 2023-03-08 . 0971-8257.
  4. Web site:
    1. GoodNews: In a First, Woman IAF Officer Becomes Flight Commander
    . 28 August 2019. The Quint. en. 2019-08-30.
  5. Web site: Shaliza Dhami Is First Woman Air Force Officer To Become Flight Commander. Sharma. Aditya. 27 August 2019. NDTV. ANI. 2019-08-30.
  6. Web site: The Indian Air Force Just Got its First Female Flight Commander. Joshi. Shamani. 28 August 2019. Vice. en. 2019-08-30.
  7. News: Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Air Branch) . 443 . 1 April 2006 . The Gazette of India.
  8. News: Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Air Branch) . 796 . 28 June 2008 . The Gazette of India.
  9. News: Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Air Branch) . 487 . 5 March 2011 . The Gazette of India.
  10. News: Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Air Branch) . 1791 . 6 July 2019 . The Gazette of India.
  11. Web site: Shaliza Dhami is India's first woman Flight Commander. 29 August 2019. Femina. 2019-08-30.
  12. Web site: Wing Commander S Dhami becomes first female officer to become Flight Commander. 28 August 2019. Hindustan Times. 2019-08-30.
  13. News: Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Air Branch) . 1472 . 3 April 2021 . The Gazette of India.

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