No. 115 Helicopter Unit, IAF

No. 115 Helicopter Unit
Active	1 April 1967 - Present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Tezpur AFS
Nickname(s)	"Hovering Angels"
Motto	Apatsu Mitram A friend in time of need
Aircraft flown
Attack	HAL Chetak

No. 115 Helicopter Unit (Hovering Angels) is a Helicopter Unit and is equipped with HAL Chetak and based at Tezpur Air Force Station.^[1]

History

President of India awarded Standards to 115 Helicopter Unit of Indian Air Force at Tezpur, Assam on 21 November 2014.

Assignments

The unit took part in Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 and cyclone relief operations in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in May 1979 and Super Cyclone in 1999.^[2]

Aircraft

HAL Chetak

References

↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
↑ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-14/news/56092861_1_helicopter-unit-squadron-indo-pak-war

Squadrons of the Indian Air Force

Combat

No. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
14
15
16
17
18
20
21
22
23
24
26
27
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35
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47
51
52
101
102
106
108
220
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224

Transport

AHQCS
No. 11
12
25
33
41
43
44
48
49
50
59
77
78
81

Helicopters

Squadrons	No. 104 125

Units	No. 105 107 109 110 111 112 114 115 116 117 118 119 127 128 129 130 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159

Flights	No. 121 122 126 131 132

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