Flying Officer Raghav Arora, an alumnus of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI), Mohali, was awarded with the prestigious ‘Sword of Honour’ and the trophy for ‘Best in Flying’ at the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) held at Air Force Academy, Dundigal, Hyderabad. Raghav, who hails from Pathankot, graduated from 6th Course of AFPI to go to the National Defence Academy in 2018. His parents are doctors and currently running a pharmaceutical business. He has excelled in Volleyball and Squash, and also does sketching and oil painting in his leisure time besides being a part of the NDA sailing team. He has been allotted the fighter stream and would now be proceeding to Air Force Station Bidar for his phase-III flying training on the Hawk-Mk-132 Aircraft. Shubhdeep Singh Aulakh, another alumnus of Maharaja Ranjit Singh AFPI (6th Course), was also commissioned in the flying branch of the Indian Air Force and assigned the fighters stream.
