Who Is Wing Commander Vyomika Singh? The Iaf Pilot Who Led The Operation Sindoor Briefing

Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, a dressed up chopper aviator pinch nan Indian Air Force, took nan nationalist spotlight arsenic she led nan tri-services media briefing pursuing Operation Sindoor—India’s cross-border precision onslaught connected panic camps successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. 

For Wing Commander Singh, nan travel to nan IAF began early. The sanction “Vyomika,” meaning girl of nan sky, mirrored her puerility ambition. From her schoolhouse days, she was wished to fly. 

She joined nan National Cadet Corps (NCC), pursued engineering, and yet became nan first successful her family to subordinate nan equipped forces. On December 18, 2019, she was granted a imperishable committee successful nan IAF’s flying branch arsenic a chopper pilot.

With complete 2,500 flying hours logged, Singh has operated helicopters for illustration nan Chetak and Cheetah crossed immoderate of India’s astir challenging terrain—from high-altitude sectors successful Jammu and Kashmir to distant areas successful nan Northeast. 

In 2020, she led a cardinal rescue cognition successful Arunachal Pradesh, flying successful utmost conditions to evacuate civilians. Her mettle was again proven successful 2021 erstwhile she joined an all-women tri-services mountaineering expedition to Mt. Manirang (21,650 ft).

At nan Operation Sindoor property conference—held aft India avenged nan sidesplitting of 26 civilians successful Pahalgam—Singh not only briefed nan federation but embodied a displacement successful really India’s subject communicates and who represents it. 

Published on: May 7, 2025 11:22 AM IST