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{{Short description|Indian Air Force officer}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
'''Tanushka Singh''' (born 2001){{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} is a woman pilot from [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. She is the first woman pilot to be inducted into the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Jaguar fighter jet squadron.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-03-02 |title=जगुआर फाइटर स्क्वाड्रन में पहली महिला पायलट बनीं तनुष्का सिंह: हॉक MK 132 में ली स्पेशल ट्रेनिंग; जानें कंप्‍लीट प्रोफाइल |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/career/news/tanushka-singh-became-the-first-female-pilot-in-the-jaguar-fighter-squadron-134570694.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312165441/https://www.bhaskar.com/career/news/tanushka-singh-became-the-first-female-pilot-in-the-jaguar-fighter-squadron-134570694.html |archive-date=12 March 2025 |access-date=2025-04-03 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi |url-status=live }}</ref> She is a flying officer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Udayavani |title=Mangaluru's Tanushka Singh becomes first woman IAF officer assigned to Jaguar fighter jet squadron |url=https://www.udayavani.com/english-news/mangalurus-tanushka-singh-becomes-first-woman-iaf-officer-assigned-to-jaguar-fighter-jet-squadron |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Udayavani |language=kn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=जगुआर उड़ाने वाली पहली महिला पायलट, जानें कौन हैं तनुष्का सिंह |url=https://www.timesnowhindi.com/web-stories/education/meet-lucknow-girl-tanushka-singh-who-become-first-female-pilot-to-fly-a-jaguar-tanushka-singh-success-story-on-womens-day/photostory/151240270.cms |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=www.timesnowhindi.com |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-02 |title=Tanushka Singh {{!}} ఫైటర్‌ జెట్‌కు తొలి మహిళా పైలట్‌.. తనుష్క సింగ్‌ అసాధారణ ఫీట్‌ |url=https://www.ntnews.com/national/mangalurus-tanushka-singh-becomes-first-woman-jaguar-fighter-jet-pilot-of-indian-air-force-1903012 |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=www.ntnews.com |language=te}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Singh was born in Uttar Pradesh but is residing in [[Mangalore|Mangaluru]] from 2007.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-03-01 |title=Meet Tanushka Singh, first woman pilot in Air Force's Jaguar squadron |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tanushka-singh-first-woman-pilot-iaf-jaguar-squadron-2687412-2025-03-01 |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> Her father, a retired lieutenant colonel Ajay Pratap Singh, and grandfather, retired captain Devendra Bahadur Singh, served in the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tanushka Singh Becomes First Woman Pilot In IAF's Jaguar Squadron {{!}} Femina.in |url=https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/tanushka-singh-becomes-first-woman-pilot-in-iafs-jaguar-squadron-286080.html |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=www.femina.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sawhney |first=Kriti |date=2025-03-06 |title=Lucknow's Tanushka Singh Makes History: First Female Jaguar Pilot |url=https://www.lucknowwants.com/people/lucknows-tanushka-singh-makes-history-first-female-jaguar-pilot |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=LucknowWants |language=en}}</ref> She did her schooling at DPS MRPL School in [[Surathkal]] and later completed her pre-university course at Sharada PU College in Mangaluru. She graduated in BTech in electrical and electronics engineering from [[Manipal Institute of Technology]], Mangaluru in 2022. She was a cadet of the NCC at the college.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MIT Alumnus Flying Officer Tanushka Singh Creates History as India's First Female Jaguar Pilot. |url=https://www.manipal.edu/mit/news-events/Flyingofficer.html |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Manipal |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==
She passed the [[Short-service commission|Short Service Commission]] and underwent 18 months of training at the [[Air Force Academy, Dundigul|Air Force Academy in Dundigal]], [[Medchal-Malkajgiri district]], [[Telangana]]. She later took specialised training on the [[BAE Systems Hawk|Hawk MK 132]] aircraft.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pioneer |first=The |title=First woman officer tames Jaguar |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2025/pioneer-exclusive/first-woman-officer-tames-jaguar.html |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=The Pioneer |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian Air Force officers]]
[[Category:Indian women aviators]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Uttar Pradesh]]
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