Unit Name: | No. 115 Helicopter Unit |
Dates: | 1 April 1967 - Present |
Country: | Republic of India |
Garrison: | Tezpur AFS |
Nickname: | "Hovering Angels" |
Motto: | Apatsu Mitram A friend in time of need |
Aircraft Attack: | HAL Dhruv |
No. 115 Helicopter Unit (Hovering Angels) is a Helicopter Unit and is equipped with HAL Dhruv and based at Tezpur Air Force Station.[1]
President of India awarded Standards to 115 Helicopter Unit of Indian Air Force at Tezpur, Assam on 21 November 2014.
The unit took part in Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 and cyclone relief operations in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in May 1979 and Super Cyclone in 1999.[2]