No. 220 Squadron IAF

No. 220 Squadron

Active	23 December 1957 - Present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Role	Close Air Support Air Defence
Garrison/HQ	Halwara AFS
Nickname(s)	"Desert Tigers"
Motto	Shauryam Tejo Dhritih Valour, Energy and Firmness
Aircraft flown
Attack	Su-30 MKI^[1]

No. 220 Squadron (Desert Tigers) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Su-30MKI and based at Halwara Air Force Station.^[2]

History

From its birth until just short of the Indo-Pak war of 1965, the role of the squadron was Operational Conversion onto Vampire aircraft of the freshly commissioned pilots. The squadron, later re-equipped with the Indigenous HF-24 Marut in April 1969 and flew the Marut in the 1971 Indo-Pak War. In June 1981, the squadron converted onto the MiG-23BN. ^[3]

IAF had disbanded the 220 Squadron earlier because of very old aircraft, but resurrected that with the induction of the SU 30 MKIs on 25 September 2012. They received the President's standards at Halwara AFS on 20 September 2013.^[4]

Assignments

Aircraft

References

↑ http://trishul-trident.blogspot.in/2012/09/iafs-in-country-operational-combat.html
↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
↑ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/sqn-220.htm
↑ http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Books/Reviews/1141-220-Squadron-Standards.html

Squadrons of the Indian Air Force

Combat

No. 1
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Transport

AHQCS
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25
33
41
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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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