No. 9 Squadron IAF

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No. 9 Squadron
Active4 January 1944 - Present
Country Flag of India.svg Republic of India
BranchAir Force Ensign of India (2023).svg  Indian Air Force
Role Fighter
Garrison/HQ Gwalior AFS
Nickname(s)"Wolfpack"
Motto(s)Sahase Wasati Jayashrih
In Courage resides Victory
Aircraft flown
Fighter Dassault Mirage 2000H/TH

No. 9 Squadron (Wolfpack) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Mirage 2000 and based at Gwalior AFS under Central Air Command. [1]

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History

The No. 9 Squadron was formed after the partition of British Sub Continent. The original No. 9 Squadron was handed over to Pakistan as the No.9 Squadron Griffins.

Assignments

Aircraft

AircraftFromToAir Base
Pre-Independence (1944–47)
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC February 1944May 1945 Lahore [2]
Harvard IIB June 1945September 1947 Chittagong
Supermarine Spitfire VIII June 1945December 1946
Supermarine Spitfire XIV February 1946July 1947
Hawker Tempest II July 1947September 1947
Post-Independence (1947–Present)
Folland Gnat I April 1964March 1978
HAL Ajeet April 1978June 1987
MIG-27 October 1987January 2003
Dassault Mirage 2000H January 2004Present AFS Gwalior

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References

  1. ↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "No.9 Squadron Wolfpack". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 22 June 2021.


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