No.2 Squadron (Winged Arrows) is a unit dedicated to CAS in the Indian Air Force. No. 2 Sqn falls under the Eastern Air Command.[1]
No. 2 Squadron | |
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Type | Su-30MKI |
Role | Air superiority |
Garrison/HQ | Tezpur AFS |
Nickname(s) | "Winged Arrows" |
Motto(s) | Amogh Lakshya True To Aim |
Insignia | |
Identification symbol | Winged Arrow |
Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | Sukhoi Su-30MKI |
History
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editAircraft
editAircraft | From | To | Air Base |
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Pre-Independence (1941–47) | |||
Westland Wapiti IIA | 1 April 1941 | December 1941 | Kohat[2][3] |
Hawker Audax | July 1941 | January 1942 | Peshawar |
Westland Lysander | December 1941 | October 1942 | South India |
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB | October 1941 | December 1944 | Ranchi |
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC | January 1945 | March 1946 | |
Harvard IIB | October 1945 | September 1947 | Samungli |
Spitfire VIII | February 1946 | January 1947 | |
Post-Independence (1951–Present) | |||
Spitfire VIII | August 1951 | November 1953 | AFS Palam |
Harvard IIB | |||
Vampire FB52 | November 1953 | June 1956 | |
Dassault Ouragan | June 1956 | May 1962 | |
Folland Gnat I | May 1962 | March 1983 | |
HAL Ajeet | December 1983 | April 1991 | |
MiG-27 | July 1991 | October 2003 | |
Su-30 MKI | July 2009 | Present | AFS Tezpur |
References
edit- ^ Dutch Aviation Society. OrBat of the Indian Air Force Archived 22 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No.2 Squadron Winged Daggers". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ Pillarisetti, Jagan (14 June 2017). "No.2 Squadron". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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