Flying officer ‘Avani Chaturvedi’ has become the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo. She flew a MiG-21 bison in her first solo sortie from Indian Air Force, Jamnagar base in Gujarat.
Note: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.