IAF Pilot Shivangi Singh, Who Pakistan Once Claimed Was Captured, Poses With President Murmu

Final Up to date:October 29, 2025, 14:09 IST

Singh, India’s first and solely feminine Rafale pilot, hails from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi and was commissioned within the Indian Air Pressure in 2017

President Droupadi Murmu, who took a 30-minute sortie in a Rafale fighter jet on Wednesday, posed with Squadron Chief Shivangi Singh at Haryana’s Ambala Air Pressure base, dealing an enormous blow to Pakistan’s agenda that the latter’s fighter jet had been shot down throughout Operation Sindoor and she or he had been taken prisoner of battle.

Singh, India’s first and solely feminine Rafale pilot, hails from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi and was commissioned within the Indian Air Pressure in 2017 as a part of IAF’s second batch of girls fighter pilots. She was then shortlisted as a Rafale pilot in 2020, and on Wednesday, puncturing holes in Pakistan’s claims, she gave a hands-on, first-person tour of the brand new Rafales to the President.

Her identify was again within the headlines throughout Operation Sindoor—India’s precision strikes to remove terror hubs in Pakistan and PoK within the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror assault—when Pakistan claimed that India had misplaced a number of fighter jets, together with a Rafale, and Singh had been captured close to Sialkot after ejecting from her plane that was shot down.

One other video went viral just a few days in the past, claiming that IAF Chief, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, had visited Singh’s residence. Nonetheless, the federal government rapidly refuted the declare, with the fact-check wing clarifying on X that the footage was from August 14, 2025, when AP Singh had visited the household of the late Sergeant Surendra Kumar in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, who misplaced his life within the line of responsibility throughout Operation Sindoor.

The federal government had additionally cleared the air on Pakistan’s claims through the media briefings on Op Sindoor, with Indian Air Pressure’s Director Normal of Air Operations (DGAO) Air Marshal Bharti saying the forces had achieved their aims and all of the pilots had been again house.

“We’re in a fight situation; losses are part of fight. The query you have to ask us is… have we achieved our goal of decimating the terrorist camps? And the reply is a thumping sure. And the outcomes are for the entire world to see,” he had mentioned. “As for the small print, what might have been… what number of numbers… which platform did we lose… right now I might not prefer to touch upon that as a result of we’re nonetheless in a fight scenario. If I touch upon something, it’ll solely be advantageous. So, we don’t wish to give him any benefit at this stage,” he had added.

Apoorva Misra

Apoorva Misra is Information Editor at News18.com with over 9 years of expertise. She is a graduate from Delhi College’s Girl Shri Ram School and holds a PG Diploma from Asian School of Journalism, Chennai. S…Learn Extra

Apoorva Misra is Information Editor at News18.com with over 9 years of expertise. She is a graduate from Delhi College’s Girl Shri Ram School and holds a PG Diploma from Asian School of Journalism, Chennai. S… Learn Extra

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