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	==History==		==History==
	The squadron was established at [[Jinnah International Airport\|Drigh Road]], Karachi on 1 April 1933, with four [[Westland Wapiti]]s and five pilots: the sixth was deemed too short.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="OldCran">{{cite web \|title=Home \|url=http://www.oldcranwellians.info/alumni-1920-39/30-9.html \|website=www.oldcranwellians.info \|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=The Royal Indian Air Force, 1932 – 1947 \|url=https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/royal-indian-air-force/ \|website=RAF Museum \|access-date=26 November 2021 \|date=15 August ~~2022~~}}</ref> The pilots included [[Subroto Mukerjee]].<ref name="OldCran"/>		The squadron was established at [[Jinnah International Airport\|Drigh Road]], Karachi on 1 April 1933, with four [[Westland Wapiti]]s and five pilots: the sixth was deemed too short.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="OldCran">{{cite web \|title=Home \|url=http://www.oldcranwellians.info/alumni-1920-39/30-9.html \|website=www.oldcranwellians.info \|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=The Royal Indian Air Force, 1932 – 1947 \|url=https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/royal-indian-air-force/ \|website=RAF Museum \|access-date=26 November 2021 \|date=15 August 2020}}</ref> The pilots included [[Subroto Mukerjee]].<ref name="OldCran"/>

	The squadron successfully test fired a BVR [[MICA (missile)\|MICA missile]] from a Mirage-2000 aircraft on 24 September 2016.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151085\|title=MICA Missile Firing by 'TIGER' Squadron of IAF\|website=pib.nic.in\|access-date=2 November ~~2022~~}}</ref>		The squadron successfully test fired a BVR [[MICA (missile)\|MICA missile]] from a Mirage-2000 aircraft on 24 September 2016.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151085\|title=MICA Missile Firing by 'TIGER' Squadron of IAF\|website=pib.nic.in\|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref>

	==Aircraft==		==Aircraft==

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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name = No. 1 Squadron
|image=File:Indian Air Froce No.1 squadron crest.jpg
|image_size=
|caption=
|dates= *1 April 1933 – May 1947
*February 1953 – Present
|role= [[Air superiority]] [[Air interdiction|Interdiction]]
|garrison=AFS [[Gwalior]]
|garrison_label=Base
|nickname=''Tigers''
|motto=''Ekta Mein Shakti'' ([[Hindi]]: "Strength in Unity")
|battles=Hur's Operations [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|NWFP]] [[Burma Campaign]] [[Operation Polo]] [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Western Air War, 1965]] [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Liberation War, 1971]] [[Kargil War]], 1999, Operation Parakram

|commander1=[[Group Captain (rank)|Group Captain]] Hemant Kumar
|commander1_label=
|notable_commanders=[[Subroto Mukerjee]] [[Arjan Singh]] [[Dilbagh Singh (aviator)|Dilbagh Singh]]

|identification_symbol= A Royal Bengal Tiger

|aircraft_fighter=[[Dassault Mirage 2000]]
}}
'''No. 1 Squadron''' (''The Tigers''), the oldest squadron of the [[Indian Air Force]] operates as a [[Multirole combat aircraft|multirole]] ([[air superiority]] and [[electronic warfare]]) unit. Part of 40 Wing of the Indian Air Force under [[Central Air Command]], it is based at Maharajpur in [[Gwalior]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url= http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Squadrons/1-Squadron.html|title=No.1 Squadron|last=Singh|first=Pushpindar|access-date=2 November 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref>

==History==
The squadron was established at [[Jinnah International Airport|Drigh Road]], Karachi on 1 April 1933, with four [[Westland Wapiti]]s and five pilots: the sixth was deemed too short.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="OldCran">{{cite web |title=Home |url=http://www.oldcranwellians.info/alumni-1920-39/30-9.html |website=www.oldcranwellians.info |access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Royal Indian Air Force, 1932 – 1947 |url=https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/royal-indian-air-force/ |website=RAF Museum |access-date=26 November 2021 |date=15 August 2022}}</ref> The pilots included [[Subroto Mukerjee]].<ref name="OldCran"/>

The squadron successfully test fired a BVR [[MICA (missile)|MICA missile]] from a Mirage-2000 aircraft on 24 September 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151085|title=MICA Missile Firing by 'TIGER' Squadron of IAF|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2 November 2022}}</ref>

==Aircraft==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Aircraft !! From !! To !! Air Base
|-
! colspan='4'|Pre-Independence (1933–47)
|-
| [[Westland Wapiti|Westland Wapiti IIA]] || May 1933 || October 1941 || [[Jinnah International Airport|Karachi]]<ref name="sq1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/1+Sqn|title=No.1 Squadron Winged Daggers|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=2021-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/units/squadrons/1-squadron.html#gsc.tab=0|title=No.1 Squadron|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|first=Pushpinder|last=Singh|date=2017-06-14|access-date=2021-06-21}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hawker Hart|Hawker Audax]] || September 1939 || December 1941 || [[Bacha Khan International Airport|Peshawar]]
|-
| [[North American T-6 Texan|Harvard IIB]] || October 1945 || September 1947 ||
|-
| [[Westland Lysander]] || September 1941 || July 1942 ||
|-
| [[Hawker_Hurricane#Variants|Hawker Hurricane Mk 1]] || October 1942 || May 1943 || rowspan='2'|[[Tiruchirappalli International Airport|Trichy]]
|-
| [[Hawker_Hurricane#Variants|Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB]] || May 1943 || August 1944
|-
| [[Hawker_Hurricane#Variants|Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC]] || July 1944 || May 1946 || [[Imphal Airport|Imphal]]
|-
| [[North American T-6 Texan|Harvard IIB]] || October 1945 || May 1947 || rowspan='2'|[[Bacha Khan International Airport|Peshawar]]
|-
| [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire VIII]] || December 1945 || May 1947
|-
! colspan='4'|Post-Independence (1953–Present)
|-
| [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire XVIII]] || February 1953 || September 1953 || [[Halwara Air Force Station|AFS Halwara]]
|-
| [[de Havilland Vampire|Vampire FB52]]|| March 1953 || March 1957 || [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|AFS Palam]]
|-
| rowspan='2'|[[Dassault Mystère IV|Dassault Mystère IVa]]|| July 1957 || 1963 || [[Kalaikunda Air Force Station|AFS Kalaikunda]]
|-
| 1963 || June 1966 || rowspan='2'|[[Adampur Airport|AFS Adampur]]
|-
| [[MiG-21|MiG-21 FL]]|| July 1966 || February 1986
|-
| [[Dassault Mirage 2000]]|| February 1986 || Present || [[Gwalior Airport|AFS Gwalior]]
|}

==Commemorative Postal Stamp==
Commemorative stamp was released by [[India Post]] in 1993.
[[File:No 1 Squadron IAF 1993 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|left]]

==References==
{{reflist}}{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|001]]
[[Category:Gwalior]]
[[Category:Military units and formations of India in World War II]]
[[Category:1933 establishments in India]]

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