No. 9 Squadron
Active4 January 1944 - Present
CountryIndia Republic of India
Branch Indian Air Force
RoleFighter
Garrison/HQGwalior AFS
Nickname(s)"Wolfpack"
Motto(s)Sahase Wasati Jayashrih
In Courage resides Victory
Aircraft flown
FighterDassault 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]

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 IICFebruary 1944May 1945Lahore[2]
Harvard IIBJune 1945September 1947Chittagong
Supermarine Spitfire VIIIJune 1945December 1946
Supermarine Spitfire XIVFebruary 1946July 1947
Hawker Tempest IIJuly 1947September 1947
Post-Independence (1947–Present)
Folland Gnat IApril 1964March 1978
HAL AjeetApril 1978June 1987
MIG-27October 1987January 2003
Dassault Mirage 2000HJanuary 2004PresentAFS Gwalior

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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