About Minty Agarwal
Minty Agarwal was an Indian aircraft pilot.
Squadron Leader Minty Aggarwal YSM is an IAF fighter controller.
Career Aggarwal was commissioned in the logistics branch of the IAF as a flying officer on 18 June 2011, holding a short-service commission. She was promoted to flight lieutenant on 18 June 2013 and to squadron leader on 18 June 2017.
She served as the fighter controller for the MiG-21 that was shot down during the 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes. In August 2019, she was awarded the Yudh Seva Medal (YSM) by President Ram Nath Kovind, becoming the first woman to receive it.
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Who was Minty Agarwal?
fighter controller in Indian Air Force
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Minty Agarwal was an aircraft pilot.
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