Squadron Leader Shivangi Singh has become qualified flight instructor.
Valedictory ceremony for the 159th #QFIC was conducted at FIS AFS Tambaram on 09 Oct 25. Air Mshl Tejbir Singh, SASO TC IAF was the Chief Guest. 59 officers from IAF, sister services & friendly foreign countries were conferred the coveted ‘#QualifiedFlyingInstructor’ badge. pic.twitter.com/WUnVEzt22a
— TRACOMIAF_CMCC (@tracomiaf) October 10, 2025
The valedictory ceremony for the 159th QFIC was conducted in Tambaram on 9th October 2025 with Air Marshal Tejbir Singh as the chief guest. Sqn Ldr Shivangi was the Rafale pilot the Pakistani forces claimed to have captured during the Operation Sindoor that India launched to destroy terror camps in Pakistan as well as Pakistan Occupied Kashmir following the Pahalgam terror attack.
Pakistan as well as Pakistan friendly media such as Al Jazeera were busy spreading fake news regarding her capture on 11 May, 2025.
Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder confirms speculation that Pakistan captured a female Indian Air Force pilot,
— علی مصطفی | Ali Mustafa (@Ali_Mustafa) May 10, 2025
but the Pakistani government did not disclose this ahead or after the ceasefire #IndiaPakistanWar2025 pic.twitter.com/won7IbDWxw
Pakistani media and social media users spread rumours that Sqn Ldr Singh, India’s first woman to fly the Rafale was in Pakistan custody. It was reported that she was captured after her jet was shot down near Sialkot.
However, as it is clear from the image above, Sqr Ldr Shivangi is very much in India.
