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Who has become the first woman Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter pilot from South India?

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Asistha Singh
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Bhaanupriya
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Bhawana Kanth
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Meghana Shanbough
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The correct option is C Meghana Shanbough
Flying Officer Meghana Shanbough MR, an engineering graduate, has become the sixth female fighter pilot to join the ranks of Indian Air Force (IAF). She is the first from Karnataka and South India. She graduates from the Air Force Academy (AFA) in Dundigal. The other fighter pilots: Avani Chaturvedi from Madhya Pradesh, Bhawana Kanth from Bihar and Mohana Singh from Rajasthan have already scripted history by becoming the first-ever women to undergo fighter pilot training in IAF at Hakimpet Air Force station in Hyderabad.

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