New Delhi - Avani Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman pilot to fly a solo jet fighter. The air force said the 24-year-old woman was flying Bison Mig-21 for 30 minutes earlier this week.

"This is a record-breaking," spokesman Anupam Banerjee told the BBC, quoted on Friday (2/23/2018).

Banerjee called it a "big day" in the history of the Indian armed forces.

Chaturvedi is one of the first three female combat pilots inducted by the Indian air force.

The Indian Air Force then uploaded a photo of Chatuver in the middle of standing next to the plane after his flight on Monday, 19 February.

Nevertheless, the news about the flight was just published on Thursday, February 22.

Chaturvedi graduated in June 2016 along with two other women, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh, who will also make the same flight soon as part of their training.

Banerjee said the air force is committed to creating a "high level playing field".

"This is another step towards that commitment," he added.

Before 2016, women only controlled 2.5 percent of the Indian armed forces. Generally they work on non-combat sectors.

Its neighboring country, Pakistan has about 20 female combat pilots. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) began inaugurating women to fight in 2006.

Youngest Female Aviator Boeing 777

Another woman who triumphed in the air is Anny Divya.

Although being a pilot is not easy, it challenges gender stereotypes and becomes a much more difficult female aviator. However, whatever it does not stop Anny Divya's determination to fly the plane.

The woman is now listed as the youngest female pilot of Boeing 777 aircraft in the world! Divya was crawling along with Air India, the culmination of her childhood dream to air.

"I've always wanted to be a pilot, since childhood, no one next to me knows about the pilot world at the time, I do not have a guide ... all I want to do is fly," Divya told CNN as quoted on 7 August 2017.

The woman is driven by her desire and determined to succeed. He is looking for people he thinks can help him achieve his dreams. Until finally, he was sent a flyer flight brochure by a friend.

It did not take long, at the age of 17 he signed up. "I was elected ..."

However, on the other side Divya is banged on the fact that her new friends have a flying experience or a family working in the airline industry. While for women it is alien.

"I do not know anything about the plane, the technology, anything, I've never had a flying background or anyone to guide me, it's completely new to me," Divya explained.

On his way to success, Divya finds so many differences to deal with. He himself comes from Vijayawada, a small town in southeast India.

Arriving in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, Divya had to adapt. "I have problems with language and cultural change, even my dressing is different because I come from a small town".

"Others are from good cities and they are educated in good schools and universities, I have language barriers, as well as culture," she said.

According to Divya, it's hard. However, work ethic and commitment to succeed make it endure.

"We all have some success stories and fails, but we have to focus on what we need and keep learning.I want to be a pilot, that's what I want to do, so even though at first I felt bad, I was determined to do it," Divya.

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