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Detailed explanation-1: -Captain Abhilasha Barak becomes the First Woman Officer to join the Army AviationCorps as Combat Aviator after successful completion of training. The Army Aviation Corps is a component of the Army that was formed in November 1986.

Detailed explanation-2: -Captain Abhilasha Barak on Wednesday became the first woman combat aviator in the Indian Army. Officials said she has been awarded the coveted ‘wings’ along with 36 Army pilots by the director-general of the Army Aviation during a ceremony held at Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik.

Detailed explanation-3: -Born on 21 March 1913, Sabiha Gökçen, one of the adopted daughters of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and first President of Turkey, enrolled in the Military Aviation Academy in Eskisehir in 1936 and undertook training at the First Aircraft Regiment there.