No. 49 Squadron IAF

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No. 49 Squadron
No. 49 Squadron IAF Logo.jpg
Active2 February 1960 - Present
CountryIndia
Role Transport
Garrison/HQ AFS Jorhat
Nickname(s)"Paraspears"
Motto(s)Dhairya Vijayate
Bold will be victorious
Aircraft flown
Transport AN-32

No. 49 Squadron is a unit of the Indian Air Force assigned to Eastern Air Command. The Squadron participates in operations involving air, land and airdrop of troops, equipment, supplies, and support or augment special operations forces, when appropriate.

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History

The Paraspears were raised in 1960 at Barrackpore and moved to the present location in May 1986.

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Assignments

Aircraft

Dacota

References

  1. ↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "History of IAF". Indianairforce.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
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