No. 2 Squadron IAF explained

Unit Name:	No. 2 Squadron
Dates:	1 April 1941 - 15 December 1947 15 July 1951 - 2003 March 2009 - Present
Country:	Republic of India
Type:	Su-30MKI
Role:	Air superiority
Garrison:	Tezpur AFS
Nickname:	"Winged Arrows"
Motto:	Amogh Lakshya True To Aim
Identification Symbol:	Winged Arrow
Aircraft Fighter:	Sukhoi Su-30MKI

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]

History

Assignments

• World War II
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Aircraft

! Aircraft !! From !! To !! Air Base

Pre-Independence (1941–47)
	1 April 1941	December 1941	Kohat^[2] ^[3]
	July 1941	January 1942	Peshawar
	December 1941	October 1942	South India
	October 1941	December 1944	Ranchi
	January 1945	March 1946
	October 1945	September 1947	Samungli
	February 1946	January 1947
Post-Independence (1951–Present)
	August 1951	November 1953	AFS Palam
Harvard IIB
Vampire FB52	November 1953	June 1956
Dassault Ouragan	June 1956	May 1962
	May 1962	March 1983
HAL Ajeet	December 1983	April 1991
MiG-27	July 1991	October 2003
Su-30 MKI	July 2009	Present	AFS Tezpur

Notes and References

1. http://www.scramble.nl/in.htm Dutch Aviation Society. OrBat of the Indian Air Force
2. Web site: No.2 Squadron Winged Daggers. Bharat Rakshak. 2021-06-22.
3. Web site: No.2 Squadron. Bharat Rakshak. Jagan. Pillarisetti. 2017-06-14. 2021-06-21.