No. 2 Squadron IAF

No. 2 Squadron

Active	1 April 1941 - 15 December 1947 15 July 1951 - present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Role	Air superiority Close Air Support
Garrison/HQ	Tezpur AFS
Nickname(s)	"Winged Arrows"
Motto	Amogh Lakshya Unwavering Aim
Insignia
Identification symbol	Winged Arrow
Aircraft flown
Attack	Su-30MKI

No.2 Squadron (Winged Arrows) is a unit dedicated to CAS in the Indian Air Force. No. 2 Sqn falls under the Eastern Air Command.^[1]

History

Assignments

Aircraft

Aircraft Types operated by No.2 Squadron^[2]
Aircraft Type	From	To
Westland Wapiti	Apr 1941	Jul 1941
Hawker Audax	Jun 1941	Dec 1941
Westland Lysander	Dec 1941	Dec 1942
Hawker Hurricane IIc	Dec 1942	Apr 1946
Spitfire LF VIII	Apr 1946	Sept 1947
Hawker Tempest II	Sep 1947	Dec 1947
Supermarine Spitfire XVIII	Jul 1951	Oct 1953
De Havilland Vampire FB 52	Oct 1953	May 1956
Dassault Ouragan	May 1956	Apr 1962
Gnat	Apr 1962	Feb 1983
HAL Ajeet (Gnat II)	Nov 1983	Mar 1991
MiG-27 ML	Jun 1991	2003?
Sukhoi-30 MKI	Mar 2009	Current

References

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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29
30
31
32
35
37
47
51
52
101
102
106
108
220
222
223
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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