No. 50 Squadron IAF explained

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.

History

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Take-off Magazine : Beriev delivered third A-50EI. A.F.. en.take-off.ru. 30 July 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121125/http://en.take-off.ru/news/102-feb2011/570-a50ei-10-2010. 2 April 2015. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Squadrons and Helicopter Units. Bharat Rakshak. 3 December 2015.