No. 8 Squadron IAF

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No. 8 Squadron
Active1 December 1942 - Present
Country Flag of India.svg Republic of India
BranchAir Force Ensign of India (2023).svg  Indian Air Force
Role Fighter
Garrison/HQ Bareilly AFS
Nickname(s)"Eight Pursoots"
Motto(s)Surakshya Va Akraman
Offense is Defence
Aircraft flown
Fighter Sukhoi Su-30MKI

No. 8 Squadron (Eight Pursoots) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Su-30MKIs and based at Bareilly AFS. [1]

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History

No. 8 Squadron were formed in 1943 at Tiruchirapalli and were trained at Peshawar and Bhopal. On 2 December 1943, they were moved to Doublemooring in Chittagong (now in Bangladesh) to work closely together with No. 82 Squadron RAF in the Burma Campaign. Equipped with Spitfires they had significant success against the Japanese Imperial Army.

Assignments

Aircraft

AircraftFromToAir Base
Pre-Independence (1942–47)
Vultee A-31 Vengeance 1A August 1943November 1944 Tiruchirappalli [2]
Supermarine Spitfire V December 1944January 1945
Harvard IIB July 1944January 1951
Supermarine Spitfire XIV November 1944June 1946
Post-Independence (1947–Present)
Hawker Tempest II April 1947December 1951
Vampire FB52 December 1951June 1953
Vampire T55 June 1953February 1957
Dassault Ouragan November 1953February 1957
Dassault Mystère IV February 1957February 1969
MiG-21 FL February 1969February 2010Bagdogra, Tezpur
Sukhoi Su-30 MKI February 2010Present AFS Bareilly

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References

  1. ↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "No.8 Squadron Eight Pursoots". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 22 June 2021.


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