No. 9 Squadron IAF explained

Unit Name:	No. 9 Squadron
Dates:	15 August 1947 - Present
Country:	Republic of India
Role:	Fighter
Garrison:	Gwalior AFS
Nickname:	"Wolfpack"
Motto:	Sahase Wasati Jayashrih In Courage resides Victory
Aircraft Fighter:	Dassault Mirage 2000H/TH

No. 9 Squadron (Wolfpack) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Mirage 2000 and based at Gwalior AFS under Central Air Command.^[1]

History

In July 1947, then Squadron Leader Asghar Khan was a member of the Air Force Reconstitution Committee and insisted the squadron be transferred to the soon to be Royal Pakistan Air Force. The original No. 9 Squadron was allocated to the RPAF after the Partition of British India.^[2]

No. 9 Squadron RIAF was formed on 15 August 1947.

Assignments

• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• Operation Safed Sagar - Kargil War (Indo-Pak War of 1999)
• Balakot Strike 2019

Aircraft

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

Pre-Independence (1944–47)
	February 1944	May 1945	Lahore^[3]
	June 1945	September 1947	Chittagong
	June 1945	December 1946
	February 1946	July 1947
	July 1947	September 1947
Post-Independence (1947–Present)
	April 1964	March 1978
	April 1978	June 1987
	October 1987	January 2003
	January 2004	Present	AFS Gwalior

Notes and References

1. Web site: Squadrons and Helicopter Units. Bharat Rakshak. 3 December 2015.
2. Web site: 9 Squadron RIAF.
3. Web site: No.9 Squadron Wolfpack. Bharat Rakshak. 2021-06-22.