Kapurthala-based Ahluwalia brothers take to the skies

Tribune News Service

Kapurthala, June 30

It is a proud moment for the Ahluwalia family as both their sons have been selected in the Indian Armed Forces. While Lieutenant Arjunbir Singh Ahluwalia had cleared NDA and has been serving as a pilot in the Indian Navy since May 2017, his younger brother Flying Officer Ajaybir Singh Ahluwalia passed out from the Indian Air Force Academy, Hyderabad, on June 19 and has been picked as a fighter pilot.

Sharing the information, their father Gurdeep Singh Jaspal Ahluwalia said Ajaybir had even lifted the ‘Best in Tactical Formation Flying Trophy’ at the completion of his training. He said both his sons had studied at Lawrence School, Sanawar.

Serving as a Development Officer in the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), Kapurthala, Gurdeep said both his sons had fulfilled the desire that he had nurtured for his sons since their childhood, “I had cleared my CDS exam, but could not qualify the medical examination. My sister Col (Dr) PK Jaspal is serving in the Army. My father Ranjit Singh Jaspal was in the IAF and the boys have fulfilled his wish. Sadly, he passed away just a few weeks before Ajaybir was to passout.”

Arjunbir and Ajaybir’s mother Ranbir Ahluwalia has served as a teacher at Sanawar. The family said not just their relatives, but residents from the city and Congress MLAs Rana Gurjeet Singh and Navtej Singh Cheema had extended their good wishes to them.