| Unit Name: | No. 8 Squadron |
| Dates: | 1 December 1942 - Present |
| Country: |  Republic of India |
| Role: | Fighter |
| Garrison: | Bareilly AFS |
| Nickname: | "Eight Pursoots" |
| Motto: | Surakshya Va Akraman Offense is Defence |
| Aircraft Fighter: | Sukhoi Su-30MKI |
No. 8 Squadron (Eight Pursoots) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Su-30MKIs and based at Bareilly AFS.[1]
No. 8 Squadron were formed in 1943 at Tiruchirapalli and were trained at Peshawar and Bhopal. On 2 December 1943, they were moved to Doublemooring in Chittagong (now in Bangladesh) to work closely together with No. 82 Squadron RAF in the Burma Campaign. Equipped with Spitfires they had significant success against the Japanese Imperial Army.
| Pre-Independence (1942–47) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1943 | November 1944 | Tiruchirappalli[2] | ||
| December 1944 | January 1945 | |||
| July 1944 | January 1951 | |||
| November 1944 | June 1946 | |||
| Post-Independence (1947–Present) | ||||
| April 1947 | December 1951 | |||
| December 1951 | June 1953 | |||
| June 1953 | February 1957 | |||
| November 1953 | February 1957 | |||
| February 1957 | February 1969 | |||
| MiG-21 FL | February 1969 | February 2010 | Bagdogra, Tezpur | |
| Sukhoi Su-30 MKI | February 2010 | Present | AFS Bareilly |