Group Captain Shaliza Dhami is all to become the first woman officer to command a combat unit in Indian Air Force (IAF). This is for the first time ever in the IAF's history that a woman officer has been given command of a frontline combat unit.
Group Captain Dhami has been selected by IAF to take over command of a frontline combat unit in the Western sector. For the unversed, a Group Captain in the IAF is equivalent to a Colonel in the Indian Army.
She is presently posted in the Operations branch of a frontline Command Headquarters. She was commissioned in 2003 as a Helicopter pilot and has over 2,800 hours of flying experience.
She is a qualified flying instructor and has served as Flight Commander of a Helicopter Unit in the Western sector.
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