Runs in the family: Fighter pilot father-daughter 1st in Indian military aviation to fly in formation
Hindustan TimesFighter pilots Air Commodore Sanjay Sharma and Flying Officer Ananya of the Indian Air Force have cemented their place in the country’s military aviation history by becoming the first father-daughter pair to fly in a formation of jets, officials familiar with the development said on Tuesday. Ananya was commissioned into IAF as a fighter pilot in 2021, while her father, Air Commodore Sharma, joined the air force in 1989, said one of the officials cited above asking not to be named. “Air Commodore Sharma and Ananya may have scripted bigger history as we haven’t heard of a father and daughter flying together in any global air force,” said Air Marshal Anil Chopra, director general Centre for Air Power Studies. In a video posted on Twitter by Disha, the official handle of the officers’ induction publicity cell of IAF, Air Commodore Sharma said, “Ananya always used to say, ‘Papa I want to be a fighter pilot like you.’ And after her commissioning when she came out as Flying Officer Ananya Sharma and saluted me, I was really proud.
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