Description: It had a separate training centre for women and was one of the first to enlist women when the WAC(I) manned its operation rooms and drove lorries. They defended key installations, protected cities, served with field formations, participa-ted in amphibious operations.
Brief description: COLONEL MANDEEP SINGH is a professional air defence gunner with over thirty-three years of experience. A regular contributor to _Indian Defence Review_ and _Delhi Defence Review_, Colonel Singh is also the author of _Baptism Under Fire_, which examines the role of air defence artillery in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965\. He maintains a blog entitled _Ack Ack: All about Air Defence_, which can be seen at: www.airdefence.in