Unit Name: | No. 50 Squadron IAF |
Dates: | 28 May 2009 - Present |
Country: | India |
Role: | Airborne early warning and control |
Garrison: | AFS Agra |
Nickname: | Adwitiya |
Motto: | "Sangrame Jayate Shur" |
Aircraft Transport: | Beriev A-50 |
No. 50 squadron participates in operations involving Aerial reconnaissance and Early Warning Missile Launches.
The No. 50 Squadron were raised in 2009 at Agra Airforce Station of the Central Air Command. Beriev A-50 is based on the air-frame of the Ilyushin Il-76 and fitted by Beriev with PS-90A-76 engines and Israeli radar system EL/W-2090(Phalcon) mounted on the aircraft by Israeli company Elta Electronics Industries.[1]