Abhilasha Barak is an officer in the

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. She did her training from Officers Training Academy, Chennai.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

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Early life

Barak is from

. She is the daughter of a retired colonel. She was commissioned into the Army Air Defence Corps in September 2018.

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