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Two Women Officers Make History By Leading Operation Sindoor

by Shivashangkari Chandran
May 8, 2025
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In a moment that blended strategic communication with symbolic strength, two senior women officers of the Indian Armed Forces, Colonel Sophia Qureishi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, led the official briefing on Operation Sindoor, India’s strike on terror camps across the border. The operation itself was a response to the Pahalgam, Jammu, and Kashmir terror attack on 22nd April, leaving 26 women widowed. Named after the traditional symbol of marital commitment, Sindoor, the mission and it’s message was to pay a tribute to the women left behind and was led powerfully by women themselves.

Colonel Sophia Qureshi, an officer from the Indian Army’s Corps of Signals, and Wing Commander Vyomika, an experienced helicopter pilot from the Indian Air Force, addressed an initial statement by Foreign Secretary Vikram Visri. Their presence at the forefront of national military communication was a clear, deliberate decision, and a testament to the evolving role of women in India’s defense force.

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Colonel Sophia has long been a trailblazer in the Indian Army. In 2016, she became the first woman officer to lead a multinational military exercise, a prestigious role during an 18-nation participated event in Pune. Her career in the Corps of Signals, the communication nerve centre of the Army, has been marked by operational excellence and leadership under pressure. She is also married to a frontliner combat unit commander.

Wing Commander Vyomika, equally a distinguished person, brings over 2,500 flying hours to her name. Commissioned into the IAF in 2004, she has flown both the Chetak and Cheetah helicopter in some of the country’s toughest areas including high-altitude regions in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast. Her background in engineering and experience with rescue missions add layers of capability to her delivery at the press conference.

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The selection to have both of them in this operation wasn’t ceremonial. It was a strategic, with Operation Sindoor serving as a counter terror strike rooted to pay a tribute to the lost lives, having women at the helm of communication sent a message, that the Indian Armed Forces are not only gender inclusive but also deeply aware of power of representation.

Colonel Sophia announced that nine terror camps were destroyed, emphasizing that the targets were selected based on ‘credible intelligence’ and that no Pakistani military infrastructure was touched.

Wing Commander Vyomika, reinforced this stating while Indian exercised significant control in its response, the armed forces remain ‘fully prepared to respond’, should Pakistan attempt escalation.

Sources: Hindustan Times, NDTV

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