Indian Helicopter Discussion

[Windjammer]

PAF Female Fighter Pilots.

 

[mfreak]

Women are not in general as tough PHYSICALLY as men. I'm assuming you meant physical toughness and strength

If you compare absolutely then yes, women are not physically as strong as men. But this does not mean that in a hand to hand combat scenario, a trained female soldier cant beat a male soldier even if he is stronger. Of course the reverse could happen too, but this is irrespective of gender.

But that said yeah I agree with the rest of your post.

 

[veekysingh]

PAF Female Fighter Pilots.

do some more affort on aman ki asha yaar , maybe i get to date some of them .

 

[Thorough Pro]

For that you don't need to impart any training, just send them over Paistan airmen I am sure would have better taste though .................

Just to show that Indian women are more than enough for enemy air force.

Missiles se nahin to Teekhi Najaron se maar girayengi Dushman ko.

 

[Thorough Pro]

The day you get to date these Shaheen's would be the day get shot out of the sky with an A2A in your birds hiny....

do some more affort on aman ki asha yaar , maybe i get to date some of them .

 

[Thorough Pro]

In Israel they induct women becasue of low population, there is no shortage of men in india though....

Yup PAF has women flying F16s. These guys should learn. We should induct women as much as men like in Israel/US for all combat roles in all 3 branches.

 

[asad71]

BANGALORE: Another male bastion, this time in the air, has gone to women. For the first time ever, the Indian Air Force is preparing two of its women pilots for combat roles.

Flight Lieutenants Alka Shukla and M P Shumathi were trained at the Yelahanka station in flying twin-engine Mi-8, a utility and medium-size assault helicopter. Both pilots are at their operational units where they will continue with their armament and special heli-operations training.

Women pilots were only asked to operate single-engine helicopters such as Cheetah and Chethak, used only on non-combat missions. For Alka, this opportunity came her way after she spent over three years in a Chetak helicopter unit in West Bengal, performing casualty evacuation operations in Sikkim and Bhutan. "When I was at Bagdogra station, my senior told me that I have to go to Bangalore. Initially, it didn't click. By the time I realized the magnitude of the offer, I had all my colleagues congratulating me," she said.

Alka is thrilled by the new combat manoeuvres that she is flying. "I'm being trained in hovering above to enable troops slither down the ropes. This manoeuvre was similar to the ones carried out during the 26/11 strikes in Mumbai," she said. "The two women officers had the same curriculum and training as their male counterparts and they performed very well," said Wing Commander N D Mahajan, chief flying instructor of the unit.

They will be trained in bombing, rocket attack, combat search and rescue, and special heli-borne operations. Deepak Kumar Vats, commanding officer of Alka's 112 helicopter unit, said his unit has twin roles: training pilots who are switching over from single-engine helicopters to twin-engine ones, and an operational role. "As of now, our operations have more to do with civilian aid such as flood-relief operations. But in case of a contingency, our units could be moved to the northwest where Alka may be part of the operations," he said.

In a first, IAF puts women pilots in attack mode - The Times of India

Why just men have all the fun.....

Photos of these girls ?

 

[Thorough Pro]

Yup PAF has women flying F16s. These guys should learn. We should induct women as much as men like in Israel/US for all combat roles in all 3 branches.

I don't think any female pilot in Pakistan has yet made it to F-16 yet. I think most are flying F7's.

 

[janon]

I don't think any female pilot in Pakistan has yet made it to F-16 yet. I think most are flying F7's.

How many women pilots are there in the PAF? Are the future career prospects (promotion) the same for them as the men? Upto what rank can they rise?

 

[mfreak]

In Israel they induct women becasue of low population, there is no shortage of men in india though..

Yeah, that further strengthens my point, that women can actually take the place of men in battle. And since there is no compromise on the quality of the force, women should be allowed to serve if they choose to. Without relegating them to administrative or other non combat roles alone.

 

[joekrish]

I'm not really sure how you can differentiate physical and mental torture based on gender roles. If the enemy plans to torture a soldier captured as prisoner of war only the mode of torture will be different based on gender. At the end of the day, every soldier will face a risk. Any person, male or female who joins the army is well aware of that. If they choose to join the army, they do so knowing the risks.

So true, every soldier knowns what he or she is signing up for and personally I dont believe in the logic that men can handle more torture than women.

 

[isro2222]

@Thorough pro i dont support female pilots in IAF, army and Navy.... The answer is our enemies.... Female pilots or army females if get caught they 99.99 percent fall victim to rape.... Female pilots should guard well within inside our borders and we shouldnt let them go in attack mode inside enemy countries.... Its as simple as that....

 

[janon]

So true, every soldier knowns what he or she is signing up for and personally I dont believe in the logic that men can handle more torture than women.

Very few people can handle torture anyway, men or women. Most of us commenting here, men or women, wouldn't stand two minutes of torture without breaking down completely. The only difference is that people who join the armed forces have chosen to undertake that risk, and after training maybe they can stand more than us. But I don't think anyone can withstand torture indefinitely, and shouldn't be expected to. Tortured men or women will break down, so I don't see why women alone have to be shielded from that.

@Thorough pro i dont support female pilots in IAF, army and Navy.... The answer is our enemies.... Female pilots or army females if get caught they 99.99 percent fall victim to rape.... Female pilots should guard well within inside our borders and we shouldnt let them go in attack mode inside enemy countries.... Its as simple as that....

Could you tell me how that statistic was arrived at, where you learnt that from?

Are you aware that 99.99% percent of all statistics are made up on the spot by people to make a case for their argument?

 

[Thorough Pro]

How many women pilots are there in the PAF? Are the future career prospects (promotion) the same for them as the men? Upto what rank can they rise?

There are no restrictions based on gender in any arms branch, they may go as high as their talent can take them

 

[Hindustani]

@Thorough pro i dont support female pilots in IAF, army and Navy.... The answer is our enemies.... Female pilots or army females if get caught they 99.99 percent fall victim to rape.... Female pilots should guard well within inside our borders and we shouldnt let them go in attack mode inside enemy countries.... Its as simple as that....

That's BS. Neither India nor pakistan has given their women an opportunity on the frontline. I wonder what the general feelings of both Indian and pakistani women are about combat?