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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= No. 2 Squadron
| image= No2sqd.png
|caption=
|dates=*1 April 1941 - 15 December 1947
*15 July 1951 - 2003
*March 2009 - Present
|country={{flagicon|India}} [[Republic of India]]
|allegiance=
|branch={{air force|India}}
|type=
|role=[[Air superiority]]
|size=
|command_structure=
|garrison=[[Tezpur Air Force Station|Tezpur AFS]]
|garrison_label=
|nickname="Winged Arrows"
|patron=
|motto=''Amogh Lakshya''<br>True To Aim
|colors=
|colors_label=
|march=
|mascot=
|equipment=
|equipment_label=
|battles=
|anniversaries=
|decorations=
|battle_honours=
|disbanded=

|commander1=
|commander1_label=
|commander2=
|commander2_label=
|commander3=
|commander3_label=
|notable_commanders=

|identification_symbol=Winged Arrow
|identification_symbol_label=
|identification_symbol_2=
|identification_symbol_2_label=

|aircraft_attack=
|aircraft_bomber=
|aircraft_electronic=
|aircraft_fighter=[[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]]
|aircraft_recon=
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}}
'''No.2 Squadron (Winged Arrows)''' is a unit dedicated to [[Close Air Support|CAS]] in the [[Indian Air Force]]. No. 2 Sqn falls under the [[Eastern Air Command, Indian Air Force|Eastern Air Command]].<ref name=Scramble.nl>[http://www.scramble.nl/in.htm '''Dutch Aviation Society'''. OrBat of the Indian Air Force] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122235334/http://www.scramble.nl/in.htm |date=22 January 2009 }}</ref>

==History==
===Assignments===
*[[World War II]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]

===Aircraft===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Aircraft Types operated by No.2 Squadron<ref>http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/units/squadrons/2-history/2-squadron-winged-arrows.html</ref>
! Aircraft Type !! From !! To
|-
| [[Westland Wapiti]] || Apr 1941 || Jul 1941
|-
| [[Hawker Audax]] || Jun 1941 || Dec 1941
|-
| [[Westland Lysander]] ||Dec 1941 || Dec 1942
|-
| [[Hawker Hurricane]] IIc ||Dec 1942 || Apr 1946
|-
| [[Spitfire]] LF VIII|| Apr 1946 || Sept 1947
|-
| [[Hawker Tempest]] II || Sep 1947 ||Dec 1947
|-
| [[Supermarine Spitfire]] XVIII || Jul 1951 || Oct 1953
|-
| [[De Havilland Vampire]] FB 52 || Oct 1953 || May 1956
|-
| [[Dassault Ouragan]] || May 1956 || Apr 1962
|-
| [[Folland Gnat]] || Apr 1962 || Feb 1983
|-
| [[HAL Ajeet]] (Gnat II) || Nov 1983 || Mar 1991
|-
| [[MiG-27]] ML || Jun 1991 || 2003
|-
| [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]] || Mar 2009 || Current
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|002]]
[[Category:1941 establishments in India]]

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