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	'''No. 24 Squadron (Hawks) IAF''' is an Air Defence squadron of the [[Indian Air Force]], operating from [[Bareilly Airport\|Bareilly AFS]].<ref name=IAF.nic>{{cite web\|title=No 24 Squadron(Hawks)\|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_unit.php?ch=18\|work=Indian Air Force Units\|access-date=28 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		'''No. 24 Squadron (Hawks) IAF''' is an Air Defence squadron of the [[Indian Air Force]], operating from [[Bareilly Airport\|Bareilly AFS]].<ref name=IAF.nic>{{cite web\|title=No 24 Squadron(Hawks)\|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_unit.php?ch=18\|work=Indian Air Force Units\|access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	The squadron was raised at AFS Chabua on 16 February 1962 as an Air Defence and Reconnaissance unit.<ref name=BRakshak>{{cite web\|title=Squadrons and Helicopter Units\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Squadrons/292-Squadrons.html\|work=Indian Air Force Units\|access-date=28 July ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref name="IAF.nic"/>		The squadron was raised at AFS Chabua on 16 February 1962 as an Air Defence and Reconnaissance unit.<ref name=BRakshak>{{cite web\|title=Squadrons and Helicopter Units\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Squadrons/292-Squadrons.html\|work=Indian Air Force Units\|access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="IAF.nic"/>

	===Indo-China War of 1962===		===Indo-China War of 1962===
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	*Nirmal Singh Jamwal, VM (Devotion to Duty)		*Nirmal Singh Jamwal, VM (Devotion to Duty)
	*Umesh Rakhra, VM (Devotion to Duty)		*Umesh Rakhra, VM (Devotion to Duty)
	*Kothapalli Venkata Rama Raju, VM (Devotion to Duty)<ref name=awards>{{cite web\|title=Awards for 24 Squadron\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qunit=24%20Squadron\|access-date=30 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		*Kothapalli Venkata Rama Raju, VM (Devotion to Duty)<ref name=awards>{{cite web\|title=Awards for 24 Squadron\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qunit=24%20Squadron\|access-date=30 July 2012}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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'''No. 24 Squadron (Hawks) IAF''' is an Air Defence squadron of the [[Indian Air Force]], operating from [[Bareilly Airport|Bareilly AFS]].<ref name=IAF.nic>{{cite web|title=No 24 Squadron(Hawks)|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_unit.php?ch=18|work=Indian Air Force Units|access-date=28 July 2022}}</ref>

==History==
The squadron was raised at AFS Chabua on 16 February 1962 as an Air Defence and Reconnaissance unit.<ref name=BRakshak>{{cite web|title=Squadrons and Helicopter Units|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Squadrons/292-Squadrons.html|work=Indian Air Force Units|access-date=28 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="IAF.nic"/>

===Indo-China War of 1962===
During the 1962 Indo-China War, the squadron, equipped with [[de Havilland Vampire|Vampires]], was tasked to fly combat air patrols over Assam. Alongside these, the squadron had to fly recon missions in some of the narrowest and most treacherous valleys in the area, to facilitate the supply drops carried out by [[Douglas DC-3|Dakotas]]. The squadron also carried out [[Counterinsurgency|COIN]] operations in the north-east.<ref name="IAF.nic"/>

===Indo-Pakistan War of 1965===
The squadron saw considerable action during this war. It operated from AFS Kalaikhunda, in West Bengal, tasked with providing [[close air support]] to the ground units in the Eastern Sector. It continued for the first few days of the war and then relocated to Barrackpur, from where it launched daylight strikes over vital targets, mostly in hostile weather conditions. During the latter part of the war, the Hawks flew combat air patrol in Gorkhapur Sector.<ref name="IAF.nic"/>

====After the War====
After the war, the IAF embarked on its modernisation programme, and the Hawks were chosen to be equipped with [[Folland Gnat]]s. By the end of 1966, the squadron had achieved total operational capability with Gnats. During this period the squadron pilots and technicians underwent much training and retraining alongside several other squadrons.<ref name="IAF.nic"/>

===Bangladesh Liberation War===
In 1971, the Hawks were operating from Tezpur AFS. On 2 December, the squadron received a message to move to Kumbhighram Sector in Assam, to provide combat air support to ground troops in eastern India, against heavily defended positions. Within six days of the war, the squadron had flown several sorties attacking enemy gun positions and vital target systems in [[Brahmanbaria]], [[Moulvibazar]], Munshibazar, [[Sylhet]], [[Kulaura]], [[Narayanganj]], Dolanganj and Mainwati. The squadron was also the first of the IAF to provide air cover to helilift operations.<ref name="IAF.nic"/>

===Recent years===
The squadron has been equipped with a variety of aircraft in the past, the most recent being the [[Sukhoi Su-30|Su-30MKI]]. In various inter-squadron training exercises, the squadron has won various trophies.<ref name="IAF.nic"/>

==Aircraft==

Aircraft types operated by the squadron<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/24+Sqn|title=No.24 Squadron - Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force|work=bharat-rakshak.com|access-date=2021-06-27}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Aircraft Type!!From!!To!!Air Base
|-
| [[de Havilland Vampire|de Havilland Vampire FB52]] || 16 February 1962 || January 1966 || [[Chabua Air Force Station|AFS Chabua]]
|-
| [[Folland Gnat|Folland Gnat I]] || February 1966 || February 1982 ||
|-
| [[MiG-21|Mig-21 bis]] || February 1982 || July 1997 ||
|-
| [[Sukhoi Su-30|Sukhoi Su-30K]] || July 1997 || August 2006 ||
|-
| [[Sukhoi Su-30 MKI]] || July 2006 || Present || [[Bareilly Airport|AFS Bareilly]]
|}

==Awards==
*Nirmal Singh Jamwal, VM (Devotion to Duty)
*Umesh Rakhra, VM (Devotion to Duty)
*Kothapalli Venkata Rama Raju, VM (Devotion to Duty)<ref name=awards>{{cite web|title=Awards for 24 Squadron|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qunit=24%20Squadron|access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|024]]

No. 24 Squadron IAF - Revision history

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