No. 9 Squadron IAF

No. 9 Squadron
Active	4 January 1944 - Present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Role	Fighter
Garrison/HQ	Gwalior AFS
Nickname(s)	"Wolfpack"
Motto	Sahase Wasati Jayashrih In Courage resides Victory
Aircraft flown
Attack	Mirage 2000H/TH^[1]

No. 9 Squadron (Wolfpack) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Mirage 2000 and based at Gwalior AFS under Central Air Command.^[2]

History

No. 9 Squadron was formed at Lahore on 3 January 1944 under the command of Squadron Leader A. W. Ridler of the Royal Air Force. In April 1944 they were moved to Hathazari in Chittagong to take part in the Burma Campaign.

Ridler handed over the squadron to Kenneth A. Perkin in March 1944 who commanded this squadron until November 1944. Sqn Ldr Dennis A. Adams (1913-1995) then commanded the Squadron from 6 November 1944 to 27 August 1945.

Assignments

Aircraft

References

↑ http://trishul-trident.blogspot.in/2012/09/iafs-in-country-operational-combat.html
↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

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
28
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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