No. 33 Squadron IAF

No. 33 Squadron
Active	9 January 1963- Present
Country	India
Role	Transport
Garrison/HQ	AFS Sulur
Nickname(s)	"Caribous"
Motto(s)	Shramo Dadati Siddim Through hard work comes Glory
Aircraft flown
Transport	Antonov AN-32

No. 33 Squadron is a unit of the Indian Air Force assigned to Southern Air Command based in Trivandrum. The Squadron participates in operations involving air, land and airdrop of troops, equipment, supplies, and support or augment special operations forces, when appropriate.

History

The Caribous were raised in 1963 at Gauhati and moved to the present location.

Lineage

• Constituted as No. 33 Squadron (Caribous) on 9 January 1963 ^[1]

Assignments

• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Aircraft

• DHC-4
• AN-32

References

1. "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 23 November 2015.