‘I Thought I Would Fly a Plane’: How a Doctor Became the IAF's First Woman Air Marshal

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• Dr Padmavathy Bandopadhyay joined the Indian Air Force in 1968, when few women served in the armed forces.
• On 1 October 2004 she became the first woman Air Marshal of the IAF, capping a 37-year career.