साल 2021 में तमिलनाडु के कुन्नूर में देश के तत्कालीन चीफ ऑफ डिफेंस स्टाफ बिपिन रावत का हेलीकॉप्टर क्रैश हो गया था। इस हादसे में बिपिन रावत और उनकी पत्नी मधुलिका रावत समेत 12 अफसरों ने बलिदान दिया था। बलिदानियों में एक नाम स्क्वाड्रन लीडर कुलदीप सिंह राव का भी था। अब इन्हीं कुलदीप सिंह राव की पत्नी वीरांगना यश्विनी ढाका ने सेना में लेफ्टिनेंट बनकर पति से किया अपना वादा निभाया है। बलिदानी कुलदीप सिंह राजस्थान के झुंझुनू जिले के घरड़ाना खुर्द के रहने वाले थे। अपने पति की आखिरी यात्रा में यश्विनी ढाका ने सेना में शामिल होने का वादा किया था। वायु सेना में लेफ्टिनेंट बनने पर यश्विनी ढाका ने कहा कि यह अंत नहीं है। यह तो बस शुरुआत है।
Kuldeep Singh Rao's wife Yashvini Dhaka became a lieutenant, this is just the beginning.
In the year 2021, the helicopter of the then Chief of Defense Staff of the country, Bipin Rawat, crashed in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. In this accident, 12 officers including Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat sacrificed their lives. One of the names among the martyrs was that of Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh Rao. Now the wife of this Kuldeep Singh Rao, Veerangana Yashvini Dhaka, has fulfilled her promise to her husband by becoming a lieutenant in the army. Martyr Kuldeep Singh was a resident of Ghardana Khurd in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. In her husband's last journey, Yashvini Dhaka had promised to join the army. On becoming a lieutenant in the Air Force, Yashvini Dhaka said that this is not the end. This is just the beginning.
After hard work, Yashvini passed the five-day SSB exam and medical test. After this, from 2023, she took 11 months of training at the Officer Training Academy in Chennai. After the completion of the training, she got commissioned in the Air Force. On September 7, a total of 297 Indian cadets completed their 11-month training in Chennai. These included 258 men and 39 women. After this, all of them were commissioned as lieutenants in the army. Along with these cadets, 15 foreign military personnel, including six officers of the Maldives Armed Forces, also received training.