Parwinder SandhuNew Delhi, June 13 -- A total of 231 flight cadets, including the first batch of women cadets from the National Defence Academy (NDA), were commissioned as officers in the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday after graduating from the Air Force Academy (AFA) at Dundigal near Hyderabad.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the Combined Graduation Parade of the 217th Course and awarded the President's Commission to the graduating cadets, marking the successful completion of their pre-commissioning training for the Flying and Ground Duty branches of the IAF.
The graduating batch comprised 194 men and 37 women. In addition, nine officers from the Indian Navy, three from the Indian Coast Guard and two officers from Vietnam wer...