Wing Commander Anjali Singh, an aeronautical engineer who specialises in handling fighter jets has taken over as the Deputy Air attaché at the Indian embassy in Moscow.
She is the first woman officer has been posted as a defence attaché in an Indian mission abroad.
She also holds the distinction of being the first female Indian Armed Forces Officer to be posted as a military diplomat in “any” of the Indian missions abroad.
India has over 100 defence attachés or advisers (DAs) posted in different countries across the globe.
Only some countries like the US, UK and Russia have representatives from all the three Indian Services - the Army, Navy and IAF.
About
A military attaché is a military expert who is attached to a diplomatic mission, often an embassy.