Retired Royal Navy sub-lieutenant to march from Hayling Island to Portsmouth in memory of friends

Sub Lt Dawes joined the Royal Navy in March 1977, becoming a commissioned officer in September 1986. His career was largely ...
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#WomenInSpotlight: Astha Poonia Makes History as the First Woman to Be Trained as Navy Fighter Pilot

Sub Lieutenant Aastha Poonia recently became the first woman in Indian history to be trained as a fighter Pilot in the Indian Navy. As she was training, she was awarded the coveted 'Wings of Gold' and ...
Business Line

Sub Lt Aastha Poonia is the first woman fighter pilot of Naval Aviation

Indian Navy on Friday finally joined two other services -- Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Army -- to have women fighter pilots. Sub Lt Aastha Poonia became the first woman to be inducted into the ...
Hindustan Times

Navy assigns first woman officer to fighter stream

Aastha Poonia, who is in her early 20s, will fly Hawk advanced jet trainers for another year before she can qualify on the MiG-29K fighters Sub Lieutenant Aastha Poonia has become the first woman ...
Mid Day

Sub-Lieutenant Aastha Poonia to be the first woman naval officer to fly fighter jets

Sub-Lieutenant Aastha Poonia, in her early 20s, has become the first woman to be assigned by the Indian Navy to the aviation fighter stream. She now needs to fly the Hawk advanced jet trainers (AJT) ...
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Meet Sub Lt Aastha Poonia: India's first woman fighter pilot trainee of Indian Navy

Sub Lieutenant Aastha Poonia created history by becoming the first woman to be inducted into the fighter stream of naval aviation of Indian Navy, reported PTI on Friday. Sub Lieutenant Aastha Poonia ...
Indiatimes

After IAF, Navy gets 1st woman fighter pilot

Following the IAF's lead, the Navy is preparing its first woman fighter pilot. Sub-Lieutenant Aastha Poonia received her "Wings of Gold" after completing transitional fighter training on Hawk advanced ...