Guwahati, May 7 -- Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, who led a high-risk rescue operation in Arunachal Pradesh in 2020, took the national spotlight as she took charge of the tri-services media briefing following Operation Sindoor, the precision cross-border strike India carried out on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Operating under extreme weather and rugged terrain, she evacuated stranded civilians in Arunachal Pradesh in 2020, reinforcing her capability as one of the Indian Air Force's most dependable helicopter pilots.

Her mettle was again proven in 2021 when she joined an all-women tri-services mountaineering expedition to Mt. Manirang (21,650 ft).

Her journey into the skies began long before that mission. True ...