No. 9 Squadron IAF

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Aircraft[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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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