印度空軍女飛行員開始接受訓練

BENGAlURU: IAF’s first women pilots are all set to begin their simulation training on the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer at the Bidar air force station (AFS) in Karnataka.

卡納塔克邦的比達爾空軍基地，印度空軍首批女飛行員開始在鷹式高級教練機上進行模式飛行訓練。

Flying officers Bhawana Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh completed their first leg of training on Kiran and Pilatus aircraft at the Dundugal air force academy two months ago.

2個月前，巴娃娜、阿瓦尼和莫哈娜，在Dundugal空軍學院完成了第一階段的訓練。

Sources told TOI the trio will initially train on Hawk simulators before flying supersonic aircrafts. After their training in basic formations for combat flying here, the women will proceed to the AFS in Midnapore, West Bengal, for advanced training.

消息人士對印度時報說，三人最初會在鷹式教練機模擬器上訓練，然後再開超音速飛機。接受基本的戰鬥編隊飛行訓練後，這些女飛行員將會進一步接受高級訓練。

“They will continue to fly Hawks there as well. But, the level of training will differ,” the source added.

“她們仍然會繼續開鷹式教練機，就是訓練水平會有所不同。”

With their induction into the IAF, the women had put to an end the prolonged debate over women involvement in combat roles.

隨着這些女飛行員加入印度空軍，有關女性是否能承擔戰鬥角色的曠日持久的爭論隨之戛然而止。

Although the move by IAF is experimental, lasting only three years, experts believe it will have a significant impact in the future.

雖然印度空軍這次是試驗性的，歷時3年，不過專家相信對未來會具有重大影響的。