Gunjan Saxena (born 1975)[1] is an Indian Air Force officer and former helicopter pilot.

[4][5] Her autobiography, The Kargil Girl, was released along with the movie by Penguin Publishers, which she had co-written with author-duo Kiran Nirvan.

[4] Saxena's first posting was in Udhampur, as part of the 132 Forward Area Control as a flight lieutenant.

[3][5] In the Kargil War, as part of Operation Vijay, apart from evacuating the wounded[a], she helped transport supplies to troops in the forward areas of Dras and Batalik.

[3] She was one of the ten pilots based in Srinagar who flew hundreds of sorties during the war, evacuating over 900 casualties, wounded and killed.

[5] Saxena's husband, Wing Commander Gautam Narain, is also an Indian Air Force pilot.