Currently she is posted in a border area in Punjab. Hailing from Ludhiana, she will command a missile unit near India-Pakistan border in Punjab, sources said.
New Delhi: Group Captain Shaliza Dhami of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday, March 7, created history as she became the first woman from among the three services to command a combat unit, a report in The Tribune, Chandiigarh.
She has been selected to command a frontline combat unit of the force along the western sector.
Gp Capt Shaliza Dhami is currently posted in a border area in Punjab. Hailing from Ludhiana, she will command a missile unit near India-Pakistan border in Punjab, sources said.
The missile unit, tasked for an air defence role, has surface-to-air-missiles in its arsenal. Ground-based missile units are the first line of defence to tackle any air intrusion from the western front – Pakistan.
Commissioned into the IAF in 2003 as a helicopter pilot, Group Captain Dhami has over 2,800 hours of flying experience.
A Qualified Flying Instructor, she has served as Flight Commander of a helicopter unit in the western sector, where she was the second-in-command.
Her early schooling was done from the government school on the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) campus, and higher studies from Khalsa College for Women in Ludhiana.
She was commended by the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief on two occasions, and is at present posted in the operations branch of a frontline command.
Women have been inducted in the Indian Air Force for more than 30 years.
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