Flying Officer Priya Sharma - Indian Air Force
By Samarth Jerry The Blue Skies of Air Force Academy turned vibrant with a taste of Grit, Pride and Happiness in wind flowing above by the passing out Cadets turned Officers. Hyderabad,15 December, Flying Officer Priya Sharma got commissioned into the Indian Air Force as a Fighter Pilot. She was among 139 cadets who passed out from Indian Air Force Academy located at Dundigal, on the outskirts of city. Flying Officer was from Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. She will be seventh woman Fighter Pilot to be inducted in Indian Air Force and third from Jhunjhunu district. Among 139 Flying Officers belonging to different streams who were inducted into IAF on Saturday, there are two other women officers, Flying Officer V. Chandrika Charu, Flying Officer Shraddha Suresh who chose the Helicopter Stream. She did her schooling from IIIT, Kota. She was in awe of Hawk and Jaguar planes of which she was aware as she used to see them regularly as her father was an Air Traffic Control Officer wh...