Mohana Singh became the first female pilot to fly Tejas

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Newsdesk:
Squadron Leader Mohana Singh has become the first female fighter pilot to join the distinguished ’18 Flying Bullets’ squadron operating indigenous LCA Tejas fighter jets.  Mohana Singh, a resident of Dhani Jeetarwal in Papda village in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunun district, had recently flown in a Tejas fighter jet during the 'Tarang Shakti' exercise in Jodhpur.
Squadron Leader Mohana was part of the first group of three women.   Mohana was flying MiG-21s by now.  She was recently posted to the LCA squadron at Nalia air base in the Gujarat sector bordering Pakistan.  During the flight of the LCA Tejas fighter jet at the ‘Tarang Shakti’ exercise in Jodhpur, she was seen giving instructions to the Deputy Chiefs of Army and Navy.

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