No. 115 Helicopter Unit, IAF

No. 115 Helicopter Unit
Active 1 April 1967 - Present
Country India 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

References

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