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|unit_name= No. 118 Helicopter Unit<br />
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|dates=22 November 1971 - Present<br />
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'''No. 118 Helicopter Unit (Challengers)''' is a Helicopter Unit and is equipped with [[Mil Mi-8]] and based at [[Mountain Shadow Air Force Station|Gauhati AFS]] in NE India under [[Eastern Air Command (India)]].<ref name=BRakshak>{{cite web|title=Squadrons and Helicopter Units|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Squadrons/292-Squadrons.html|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=5 December 2015}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The 118 Helicopter Unit, with 11 Mi-17s provides air maintenance in the form of rations, medicines and service equipment to around seven Advance Landing Grounds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vayu-sena.tripod.com/other-north_east_logistics.html|title = IAF's Transport and Helicopter Operations in the North-East - Vayu Sena}}</ref><br />
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===Assignments===<br />
Helicopters of the unit has been tasked with flood relief operations for parts of the India and of Bhutan. The unit took an active part in IPKF operations in Sri Lanka in 1987. This unit has been providing assistance to civil authorities in North East India, West Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/hu-118.htm|title = Helicopter Unit 118}}</ref><br />
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===Aircraft===<br />
*[[Mil Mi-8]]<br />
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