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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= No. 23 Squadron
|image=Crest of squadron 23 of Indian air force.jpg
|image_size = 150px
|caption=
|dates= 1957 - Present
|country={{flagicon|India}} [[Republic of India]]
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|branch={{air force|India}}
|type=
|role=[[Fighter aircraft|Fighter]]
|size=
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|garrison=[[Suratgarh Air Force Station|Suratgarh AFS]]
|garrison_label=
|nickname="Panthers"
|patron=
|motto=''Amritham Abhayam''<br>Immortal and Fearless
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|aircraft_attack=
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|aircraft_fighter=[[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21 Bison]]
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'''No. 23 Squadron (Panthers)''' is a fighter squadron and is equipped with [[MiG-21|MiG-21Bison]] and based at [[Suratgarh Air Force Station]].<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=3 December 2015}}</ref>

==History==

The squadron was raised in the year 1956 and it became the first squadron in [[Indian Air Force]] to be commissioned with [[Folland Gnat]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1311662647276838914|title=No 23 Sqn 'Panthers' raised in the year 1956, went on to become the first ‘Gnat’ squadron of IAF. The Sqn in 196 5War achieved its first aerial kill & earned the title SabreSlayers.|user=IAF_MCC|date=2020-10-01}}</ref>
===Assignments===
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]<ref name=TNIE-IAF>{{cite web|title=How-Indian-Air-Force-Came-of-Age-in-1965|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/columns/How-Indian-Air-Force-Came-of-Age-in-1965/2015/09/15/article3028077.ece|publisher=New Ind Express|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref>
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]

==Aircraft==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Aircraft !! From !! To !! Air Base
|-
| [[de Havilland Vampire]] || November 1956 || January 1960 ||
|-
| [[Folland Gnat]] || February 1960 || January 1978 ||
|-
| [[MiG-21|MiG-21 bis]] || February 1978 || July 2005 ||
|-
| [[MiG-21|MiG-21 Bison]] || July 2005 || Till Date || [[Suratgarh Air Force Station|Suratgarh AFS]]
|}

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

[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|023]]

No. 23 Squadron IAF - Revision history

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