Lightning strikes on fighter jets are not very uncommon, but jets are built to survive. With its clever design, protective systems, and careful pilot training, most jets handle lightning with only minor damage. 

Can a fighter jet survive lightning strikes?

In Pics: Indian Prime Minister Modi soars high in Tejas fighter aircraft

India bolsters defence along China border with fighter deployments, enhanced infra, and real-time monitoring

Japan inks pact with UAE for defence equipment, tech transfer

Ukraine will launch counteroffensive without Western fighter aircraft, says Zelensky

As the war in Ukraine is raging, two Ukrainian pilots are undergoing an evaluation in the US. They are being assessed to see how long they would take to fly fighter aircraft including F-16s. This is a sharp hint that Ukraine might soon get fighter jets in its arsenal, which has been denied until now by the Western allies.

Ukrainian pilots undergo evaluation program to see how long they would take for flying fighter jets

India's indigenous fighter aircraft Tejas lands at UAE for maiden international exercise

Women in the Indian Air Force are operating fighter aircraft and choppers extensively over Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. India's first female weapons operator deployed in Tezpur.

Female Pilots flying India's Eastern sector operations

Philippines sends fighter aircraft over Chinese vessels in South China Sea

Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft crashes in Bengaluru, 2 pilots succumbed to injuries

In a tweet, Gandhi speculated that Prime Minister Modi could re-tender the contract and "favour friends" involved with the controversial Rafale deal.

Rahul steps up attack on PM Modi over 110 fighter aircraft purchase plan to 'favour friends'

Flying officer Avani Chaturvedi was the first woman IAF pilot to go solo

Flying officer Bhawana Kanth becomes second woman pilot to fly solo in fighter aircraft

Chaturvedi's achievement has put India on the list of the countries such as Britain, the United States, Israel, and Pakistan, where women are allowed to fly fighter jets

Fighter jet doesn't care if pilot a man or woman: Avani Chaturvedi

Three women pilots, Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh, had undergone strenuous training programme to fly fighter jets.

Avani Chaturvedi becomes first Indian woman to fly fighter jet

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