India’s first woman Rafale pilot Shivangi Singh takes part in R-Day parade.

Why In News

• The country’s first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot Shivangi Singh was part of the Indian Air Force tableau at the Republic Day parade recently. She is only the second woman fighter jet pilot to be part of the IAF tableau.
• Last year, Flight Lieutenant Bhawna Kanth became the first female fighter jet pilot to be part of the IAF tableau.

About Indian Air Force Tableau

• The IAF tableau was based on the theme — ‘Indian Air Force transforming for the future’.
• Scaled down models of Rafale fighter jet, indigenously developed light combat helicopter (LCH) and 3D surveillance radar Aslesha MK-1 were part of the Tableau.
• It also featured a scaled down model of MiG-21 aircraft that played a major role in the 1971 war in which India defeated Pakistan, leading to the creation of Bangladesh, as well as a model of India’s first indigenously developed aircraft Gnat.