Abhilasha Barak

Abhilasha Barak is an officer in the Indian Army from Haryana. She completed her graduation from Delhi Technological University in 2016. She did her training from Officers Training Academy Chennai in 2017. She is known for becoming the first woman combat aviator in the Indian Army in 2022. She completed her one year of training from the Combat Army Aviation Training School at Nashik in Maharashtra in unit 6657 Army Aviation Corps.

Early life

Barak is from Rohtak, Haryana. She is the daughter of a retired colonel. She was born in Military Hospital, Wellington when her father was undergoing a course at Defence Services Staff College. She was commissioned into the Army Air Defence Corps in September 2018. She led the contingent for Corps of Army Air Defence on 28 Sep 2019 when former President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the President's Colours to the Corps on completion of 25 years of service.