No. 10 Squadron IAF explained

Unit Name:No. 10 Squadron
Dates:20 February 1944 - 31 March 2019
Country: Republic of India
Role:CAS
Interdiction
Reconnaissance
Garrison:Jodhpur AFS
Nickname:"Winged Daggers"
Motto:Yudhay Krutnischay
Into war with determination

No. 10 Squadron (Daggers) was a fighter squadron equipped with MiG-27. It was based at Jodhpur Air Force Station.[1] The squadron was number plated in March 2019.[2]

History

No. 10 Squadron, Indian Air Force was the last squadron of the Indian Air Force to be created during the Second World War, and was formed in 1944.

The squadron was presented with its President's Standard on 18 March 1985, at Jodhpur.

Assignments

Aircraft

! Aircraft !! From !! To !! Air Base
Pre-Independence (1944–47)
May 1944 August 1945 Lahore[3] [4]
July 1944 September 1947
August 1945 January 1947 AFS Yelahanka
Post-Independence (1947–Present)
Hawker TempestJanuary 1947 January 1954 AFS Ambala
Vampire FB52January 1954 January 1955 AFS Palam
Vampire NF54September 1955 May 1964
Douglas C-47July 1958 July 1964
HAL HF-24 MarutApril 1967 1971 AFS Pune
December 1971 August 1980 AFS Uttarlai
MiG-23January 1981 December 1993 AFS Jodhpur
MiG-27January 1994 31 March 2019

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Squadrons and Helicopter Units. Bharat Rakshak. 3 December 2015.
  2. Web site: No.10 Squadron Winged Daggers. Bharat Rakshak. 18 January 2021.
  3. Web site: No.10 Squadron Winged Daggers. Bharat Rakshak. 2021-06-20.
  4. Web site: No.10 Squadron. Bharat Rakshak. Pushpinder. Singh. 2017-06-14. 2021-06-20.