In 2021, the then Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said that women will be inducted as pilots in the Army Aviation Corps from 2022. He further informed that women pilots would be flying helicopters to forward locations and would also be part of operations at the borders.
The helicopters are used mostly for observation, casualty evacuation, reconnaissance, combat search and rescue, and essential load drops. At times these machines also carry out evacuation of injured troops during operations or health emergencies especially in high altitude areas.
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