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Detailed explanation-1: -The country’s first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot Shivangi Singh was part of the Indian Air Force tableau at the Republic Day parade on Wednesday.

Detailed explanation-2: -The country’s first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot, Shivangi Singh, was part of the IAF tableau at the Republic Day parade.

Detailed explanation-3: -Republic Day: Shivangi Singh is only the second woman fighter jet pilot to ever be part of the Indian Air Force (IAF) tableau.

Detailed explanation-4: -Decades back, during the broadcast of a Republic Day parade, when the camera zoomed into the face of a woman officer marching alongside her male counterpart, Komalpreet Kaur was awestruck and now recalls it as a life-changing moment.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 2018 Avani was promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant. In 2023, she became the first woman fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force to take part in an aerial wargame abroad, which she did in Japan. Chaturvedi is posted in Indian Air Force No. 23 Squadron Panthers in Suratgarh, Rajasthan.