Shaliza Dhami

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.[2][3] She became first woman IAF officer to get selected in front-line combat unit.[4][5][6]

Group Captain

Shaliza Dhami
BornLudhiana, Punjab, India
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Air Force
Years of service2003–present
RankGroup Captain
Service number27773
Spouse(s)Vineet Joshi[1]

Career

Born in Ludhiana, Punjab.[3][7] Dhami holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Communication.[8][2] 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,[9] and was promoted to flight lieutenant on 20 December 2005 and to squadron leader on 20 December 2009.[10][11]

Promoted wing commander on 20 December 2016,[12] Dhami became a Flight Commander in August 2019, the first woman officer in India to do so.[3] She is a flight commander of a Chetak helicopter unit at Hindan Air Force Station.[13] 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.[14]

  • Dhami's first solo flight was in a HAL Deepak
    Dhami's first solo flight was in a HAL Deepak
  • She is the first woman flying instructor for HAL Chetak
    She is the first woman flying instructor for HAL Chetak

See also

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