No. 2 Squadron IAF

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No. 2 Squadron
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Active
  • 1 April 1941 - 15 December 1947
  • 15 July 1951 - 2003
  • March 2009 - Present
Country Flag of India.svg Republic of India
BranchAir Force Ensign of India (2023).svg  Indian Air Force
TypeSu-30MKI
Role Air superiority
Garrison/HQ Tezpur AFS
Nickname(s)"Winged Arrows"
Motto(s)Amogh Lakshya
True To Aim
Insignia
Identification
symbol		Winged Arrow
Aircraft flown
Fighter Sukhoi 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]

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History

Assignments

Aircraft

AircraftFromToAir Base
Pre-Independence (1941–47)
Westland Wapiti IIA 1 April 1941December 1941 Kohat [2] [3]
Hawker Audax July 1941January 1942 Peshawar
Westland Lysander December 1941October 1942 South India
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB October 1941December 1944 Ranchi
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC January 1945March 1946
Harvard IIB October 1945September 1947 Samungli
Spitfire VIII February 1946January 1947
Post-Independence (1951–Present)
Spitfire VIII August 1951November 1953 AFS Palam
Harvard IIB
Vampire FB52 November 1953June 1956
Dassault Ouragan June 1956May 1962
Folland Gnat I May 1962March 1983
HAL Ajeet December 1983April 1991
MiG-27 July 1991October 2003
Su-30 MKI July 2009Present AFS Tezpur

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References

  1. ↑ Dutch Aviation Society. OrBat of the Indian Air Force Archived 22 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "No.2 Squadron Winged Daggers". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Pillarisetti, Jagan (14 June 2017). "No.2 Squadron". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 21 June 2021.


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