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	\| garrison = [[Sulur Air Force Station\|Sulur AFS]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<ref name="Tejas Sulur">{{cite web\|title=Tejas exits Bengaluru, new nest in TN's Sulur\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/010618/tejas-exits-bengaluru-new-nest-in-tns-sulur.html\|date=1 June 2018\|access-date=1 June ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| garrison = [[Sulur Air Force Station\|Sulur AFS]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<ref name="Tejas Sulur">{{cite web\|title=Tejas exits Bengaluru, new nest in TN's Sulur\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/010618/tejas-exits-bengaluru-new-nest-in-tns-sulur.html\|date=1 June 2018\|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>
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	\| nickname = ''Flying Daggers''		\| nickname = ''Flying Daggers''
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	==History==		==History==
	The squadron was raised on 15 February 1957,<ref name="45 History">{{cite web\|title=History of IAF\|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98\|publisher=IAF\|access-date=15 August 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409235005/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98\|archive-date=9 April 2009\|url-status=dead}}</ref> with [[de Havilland Vampire]]s, as a Ground-Attack and Close Air Support unit. Later The Vampires were replaced by [[MiG-21\|MiG-21Bison]]. The MiGs which were operated from Naliya were withdrawn from squadron service in 2002. It is the first operational squadron of the indigenous fighter jet HAL Tejas.<ref name="Tejas Squadron">{{cite news\|title=HAL Tejas supersonic fighter jets inducted into Indian Air Force\|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/HAL-Tejas-LCA-inducted-into-Indian-Air-Force/articleshow/53001736.cms\|access-date=1 July 2016\|work=The Times of India\|date=1 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> The squadron operated from [[HAL Airport]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/tamil-nadu-to-build-indias-next-generation-defence-aircraft/articleshow/64217410.cms\|title=Tamil Nadu to build India's next generation defence aircraft\|date=2018-05-18}}</ref> Bangalore for nearly two years before it moved to its designated locations at Sulur near Coimbatore.<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/175226/iaf-begins-establishing-first-lca.html "IAF begins establishing first LCA squadron."] ''Deccan Herald''. Retrieved 1 July 2016. {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220172310/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/175226/iaf-begins-establishing-first-lca.html \|date=20 December 2013 }}</ref> It is also the first fighter squadron to be part of the Southern Air Command of IAF headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram. Group Captain Madhav Rangachari is the first commanding officer and Sqn Ldr Devdeep Ghosh is the first squadron doctor of the Tejas squadron.		The squadron was raised on 15 February 1957,<ref name="45 History">{{cite web\|title=History of IAF\|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98\|publisher=IAF\|access-date=15 August 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409235005/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98\|archive-date=9 April 2009\|url-status=dead}}</ref> with [[de Havilland Vampire]]s, as a Ground-Attack and Close Air Support unit. Later The Vampires were replaced by [[MiG-21\|MiG-21Bison]]. The MiGs which were operated from Naliya were withdrawn from squadron service in 2002. It is the first operational squadron of the indigenous fighter jet HAL Tejas.<ref name="Tejas Squadron">{{cite news\|title=HAL Tejas supersonic fighter jets inducted into Indian Air Force\|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/HAL-Tejas-LCA-inducted-into-Indian-Air-Force/articleshow/53001736.cms\|access-date=1 July 2016\|work=The Times of India\|date=1 July 2016}}</ref> The squadron operated from [[HAL Airport]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/tamil-nadu-to-build-indias-next-generation-defence-aircraft/articleshow/64217410.cms\|title=Tamil Nadu to build India's next generation defence aircraft\|date=2018-05-18}}</ref> Bangalore for nearly two years before it moved to its designated locations at Sulur near Coimbatore.<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/175226/iaf-begins-establishing-first-lca.html "IAF begins establishing first LCA squadron."] ''Deccan Herald''. Retrieved 1 July 2016. {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220172310/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/175226/iaf-begins-establishing-first-lca.html \|date=20 December 2013 }}</ref> It is also the first fighter squadron to be part of the Southern Air Command of IAF headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram. Group Captain Madhav Rangachari is the first commanding officer and Sqn Ldr Devdeep Ghosh is the first squadron doctor of the Tejas squadron.

	===Indo-Pakistan War of 1965===		===Indo-Pakistan War of 1965===
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	\| [[de Havilland Vampire]] \|\| 20 November 1959 \|\| February 1965 \|\| [[Palam Air Force Station\|AFS Palam]]<ref name="45-history">{{cite web\|url=https://www.vayuaerospace.in/article.html?n=chief-speak-!-air-chief-marshal-birender-singh-dhanoa,-cas-iaf-on-%E2%80%9Cjoint-operations-and-indigenisation%E2%80%9D&d=38\|title='Flying Daggers' Fly Again \|publisher=Vayu Aerospace\|access-date=4 September ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| [[de Havilland Vampire]] \|\| 20 November 1959 \|\| February 1965 \|\| [[Palam Air Force Station\|AFS Palam]]<ref name="45-history">{{cite web\|url=https://www.vayuaerospace.in/article.html?n=chief-speak-!-air-chief-marshal-birender-singh-dhanoa,-cas-iaf-on-%E2%80%9Cjoint-operations-and-indigenisation%E2%80%9D&d=38\|title='Flying Daggers' Fly Again \|publisher=Vayu Aerospace\|access-date=4 September 2018}}</ref>
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan='3'\| [[MIG-21\|Mig-21 FL]] \|\| February 1966 \|\| July 1973 \|\| [[Chandigarh Air Force Station\|AFS Chandigarh]]<ref name="45-history"/>		\| rowspan='3'\| [[MIG-21\|Mig-21 FL]] \|\| February 1966 \|\| July 1973 \|\| [[Chandigarh Air Force Station\|AFS Chandigarh]]<ref name="45-history"/>
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	\| May 1978 \|\| April 1982 \|\| [[Jamnagar Air Force Station\|AFS Jamnagar]]<ref name="45-history"/>		\| May 1978 \|\| April 1982 \|\| [[Jamnagar Air Force Station\|AFS Jamnagar]]<ref name="45-history"/>
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[MIG-21\|Mig-21 bis]] \|\| April 1982 \|\| December 2002 \|\| [[Naliya Air Force Station\|AFS Naliya]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/45%20Sqn&init=on\|title=No.45 Squadron Flying Daggers\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|access-date=21 April ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| [[MIG-21\|Mig-21 bis]] \|\| April 1982 \|\| December 2002 \|\| [[Naliya Air Force Station\|AFS Naliya]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/45%20Sqn&init=on\|title=No.45 Squadron Flying Daggers\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref>
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	\| rowspan='2'\|[[HAL Tejas\|HAL Tejas MK.1]] \|\| 1 July 2016 \|\| 30 June 2018 \|\| [[HAL Airport\|Bangalore]]		\| rowspan='2'\|[[HAL Tejas\|HAL Tejas MK.1]] \|\| 1 July 2016 \|\| 30 June 2018 \|\| [[HAL Airport\|Bangalore]]

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	\| size =		\| size =
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	\| garrison = [[Sulur Air Force Station\|Sulur AFS]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<ref name="Tejas Sulur">{{cite web\|title=Tejas exits Bengaluru, new nest in TN's Sulur\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/010618/tejas-exits-bengaluru-new-nest-in-tns-sulur.html\|date=1 June 2018\|access-date=1 June ~~2018~~}}</ref>		\| garrison = [[Sulur Air Force Station\|Sulur AFS]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<ref name="Tejas Sulur">{{cite web\|title=Tejas exits Bengaluru, new nest in TN's Sulur\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/010618/tejas-exits-bengaluru-new-nest-in-tns-sulur.html\|date=1 June 2018\|access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref>
	\| garrison_label =		\| garrison_label =
	\| nickname = ''Flying Daggers''		\| nickname = ''Flying Daggers''
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	\| anniversaries =		\| anniversaries =
	\| decorations = *[[Vayu Sena Medal\|~~VSM~~]] [[Prashant Kumar Bundela\|P. K. Bundela]] (2000)		\| decorations = *[[Vayu Sena Medal\|VM]] [[Prashant Kumar Bundela\|P. K. Bundela]] (2000)
	*[[Vayu Sena Medal\|~~VSM~~]] V. S. Sharma (2000)		*[[Vayu Sena Medal\|VM]] V. S. Sharma (2000)
	\| battle_honours =		\| battle_honours =
	\| disbanded = <!-- Commanders -->		\| disbanded = <!-- Commanders -->
	\| commander1 = Group Captain ~~Samrath Dhankhar~~<ref name="co">{{cite news\|title=IAF~~, HAL end impasse over Tejas trainers~~\|url=https://~~english~~.~~manoramaonline~~.com/~~news~~/~~nation~~/~~2018/06/22/iaf~~-~~hal~~-~~tejas~~-~~impasse~~-~~end~~.html\|access-date=23 ~~June 2018~~\|publisher=~~ManormaOnline~~\|date=23 ~~June 2018~~}}</ref>		\| commander1 = Group Captain Syamantak Roy<ref name="co">{{cite news\|title=LCA Tejas very capable aircraft with world-class missiles: IAF official\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/lca-tejas-very-capable-aircraft-with-world-class-missiles-iaf-official-122092300112_1.html\|access-date=2022-09-23\|publisher=Business Standard\|date=2022-09-23}}</ref>
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	==History==		==History==
	The squadron was raised on 15 February 1957,<ref name="45 History">{{cite web\|title=History of IAF\|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98\|publisher=IAF\|access-date=15 August 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409235005/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98\|archive-date=9 April 2009\|url-status=dead}}</ref> with [[de Havilland Vampire]]s, as a Ground-Attack and Close Air Support unit. Later The Vampires were replaced by [[MiG-21\|MiG-21Bison]]. The MiGs which were operated from Naliya were withdrawn from squadron service in 2002. It is the first operational squadron of the indigenous fighter jet HAL Tejas.<ref name="Tejas Squadron">{{cite news\|title=HAL Tejas supersonic fighter jets inducted into Indian Air Force\|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/HAL-Tejas-LCA-inducted-into-Indian-Air-Force/articleshow/53001736.cms\|access-date=1 July 2016\|work=The Times of India\|date=1 July ~~2016~~}}</ref> The squadron operated from [[HAL Airport]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/tamil-nadu-to-build-indias-next-generation-defence-aircraft/articleshow/64217410.cms\|title=Tamil Nadu to build India's next generation defence aircraft\|date=2018-05-18}}</ref> Bangalore for nearly two years before it moved to its designated locations at Sulur near Coimbatore.<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/175226/iaf-begins-establishing-first-lca.html "IAF begins establishing first LCA squadron."] ''Deccan Herald''. Retrieved 1 July 2016. {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220172310/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/175226/iaf-begins-establishing-first-lca.html \|date=20 December 2013 }}</ref> It is also the first fighter squadron to be part of the Southern Air Command of IAF headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram. Group Captain Madhav Rangachari is the first commanding officer and Sqn Ldr Devdeep Ghosh is the first squadron doctor of the Tejas squadron.		The squadron was raised on 15 February 1957,<ref name="45 History">{{cite web\|title=History of IAF\|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98\|publisher=IAF\|access-date=15 August 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409235005/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98\|archive-date=9 April 2009\|url-status=dead}}</ref> with [[de Havilland Vampire]]s, as a Ground-Attack and Close Air Support unit. Later The Vampires were replaced by [[MiG-21\|MiG-21Bison]]. The MiGs which were operated from Naliya were withdrawn from squadron service in 2002. It is the first operational squadron of the indigenous fighter jet HAL Tejas.<ref name="Tejas Squadron">{{cite news\|title=HAL Tejas supersonic fighter jets inducted into Indian Air Force\|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/HAL-Tejas-LCA-inducted-into-Indian-Air-Force/articleshow/53001736.cms\|access-date=1 July 2016\|work=The Times of India\|date=1 July 2022}}</ref> The squadron operated from [[HAL Airport]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/tamil-nadu-to-build-indias-next-generation-defence-aircraft/articleshow/64217410.cms\|title=Tamil Nadu to build India's next generation defence aircraft\|date=2018-05-18}}</ref> Bangalore for nearly two years before it moved to its designated locations at Sulur near Coimbatore.<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/175226/iaf-begins-establishing-first-lca.html "IAF begins establishing first LCA squadron."] ''Deccan Herald''. Retrieved 1 July 2016. {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220172310/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/175226/iaf-begins-establishing-first-lca.html \|date=20 December 2013 }}</ref> It is also the first fighter squadron to be part of the Southern Air Command of IAF headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram. Group Captain Madhav Rangachari is the first commanding officer and Sqn Ldr Devdeep Ghosh is the first squadron doctor of the Tejas squadron.

	===Indo-Pakistan War of 1965===		===Indo-Pakistan War of 1965===
	On 1 September 1965, during the [[Aerial warfare in 1965 India Pakistan War\|Indo-Pakistani War]], No. 45 Squadron IAF responded to a request for strikes against a counter-attack by the [[Pakistan Army]] ([[Operation Grand Slam]]), and twelve Vampire Mk 52 fighter-bombers were successful in slowing the Pakistani advance. However, the Vampires encountered two [[Pakistan Air Force]] ~~(PAF) [[North American F-86 Sabre\|~~F-86 Sabres]], ~~armed with~~ [[~~Missile#Air-to-air\|air-to-air missiles~~]]~~; in the ensuing dogfight~~, the outdated Vampires were outclassed. One was shot down by ground fire and another three were shot down by Sabres.<ref>{{Citation \| url = http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_324.shtml \| title = Pakistani Air-to-Air Victories \| publisher = Air Combat Information Group \| year = 2003 \| access-date = 10 June 2009 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121221231409/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_324.shtml \| archive-date = 21 December 2012 \| url-status = dead }}.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/1965war/1160-tango.html\|title=Tank Busting In The Chamb - Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force\|first=Air Marshal Trilochan Singh PVSM AVSM VrC VM\|last=(Retd)\|work=bharat-rakshak.com}}</ref> The Vampires were withdrawn from front line service after these losses.		[[File:Indian Air Force vampire wreckage.jpg\|thumb\|Wreckage of one of the No. 45 Squadron Vampires which were shot down by PAF [[F-86 Sabre]]s.]]
			On 1 September 1965, during the [[Aerial warfare in 1965 India Pakistan War\|Indo-Pakistani War]], No. 45 Squadron IAF responded to a request for strikes against a counter-attack by the [[Pakistan Army]] ([[Operation Grand Slam]]), and twelve Vampire Mk 52 fighter-bombers were successful in slowing the Pakistani advance. However, the Vampires encountered two [[Pakistan Air Force\|PAF]] F-86 Sabres, in the ensuing [[dogfight]], the outdated Vampires were outclassed. One was shot down by ground fire and another three were shot down by Sabres.<ref>{{Citation \| url = http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_324.shtml \| title = Pakistani Air-to-Air Victories \| publisher = Air Combat Information Group \| year = 2003 \| access-date = 10 June 2009 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121221231409/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_324.shtml \| archive-date = 21 December 2012 \| url-status = dead }}.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/1965war/1160-tango.html\|title=Tank Busting In The Chamb - Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force\|first=Air Marshal Trilochan Singh PVSM AVSM VrC VM\|last=(Retd)\|work=bharat-rakshak.com}}</ref> The Vampires were withdrawn from front line service after these losses.

	===Atlantique incident===		===Atlantique incident===
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	\| [[de Havilland Vampire]] \|\| 20 November 1959 \|\| February 1965 \|\| [[Palam Air Force Station\|AFS Palam]]<ref name="45-history">{{cite web\|url=https://www.vayuaerospace.in/article.html?n=chief-speak-!-air-chief-marshal-birender-singh-dhanoa,-cas-iaf-on-%E2%80%9Cjoint-operations-and-indigenisation%E2%80%9D&d=38\|title='Flying Daggers' Fly Again \|publisher=Vayu Aerospace\|access-date=4 September ~~2018~~}}</ref>		\| [[de Havilland Vampire]] \|\| 20 November 1959 \|\| February 1965 \|\| [[Palam Air Force Station\|AFS Palam]]<ref name="45-history">{{cite web\|url=https://www.vayuaerospace.in/article.html?n=chief-speak-!-air-chief-marshal-birender-singh-dhanoa,-cas-iaf-on-%E2%80%9Cjoint-operations-and-indigenisation%E2%80%9D&d=38\|title='Flying Daggers' Fly Again \|publisher=Vayu Aerospace\|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref>
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan='3'\| [[MIG-21\|Mig-21 FL]] \|\| February 1966 \|\| July 1973 \|\| [[Chandigarh Air Force Station\|AFS Chandigarh]]<ref name="45-history"/>		\| rowspan='3'\| [[MIG-21\|Mig-21 FL]] \|\| February 1966 \|\| July 1973 \|\| [[Chandigarh Air Force Station\|AFS Chandigarh]]<ref name="45-history"/>
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	\| May 1978 \|\| April 1982 \|\| [[Jamnagar Air Force Station\|AFS Jamnagar]]<ref name="45-history"/>		\| May 1978 \|\| April 1982 \|\| [[Jamnagar Air Force Station\|AFS Jamnagar]]<ref name="45-history"/>
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[MIG-21\|Mig-21 bis]] \|\| April 1982 \|\| December 2002 \|\| [[Naliya Air Force Station\|AFS Naliya]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/45%20Sqn&init=on\|title=No.45 Squadron Flying Daggers\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|access-date=21 April ~~2020~~}}</ref>		\| [[MIG-21\|Mig-21 bis]] \|\| April 1982 \|\| December 2002 \|\| [[Naliya Air Force Station\|AFS Naliya]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/45%20Sqn&init=on\|title=No.45 Squadron Flying Daggers\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref>
	\|-		\|-
	\| rowspan='2'\|[[HAL Tejas\|HAL Tejas MK.1]] \|\| 1 July 2016 \|\| 30 June 2018 \|\| [[HAL Airport\|Bangalore]]		\| rowspan='2'\|[[HAL Tejas\|HAL Tejas MK.1]] \|\| 1 July 2016 \|\| 30 June 2018 \|\| [[HAL Airport\|Bangalore]]

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| dates = *20 November 1959 – December 2002
*1 July 2016 – present
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'''No. 45 Squadron [[Indian Air Force]]''' (''Flying Daggers'') is a Fighter Squadron internally based at [[Sulur Air Force Station|Sulur AFS]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="Tejas Sulur"/> The squadron operates the indigenous [[HAL Tejas]] fighter from 1 July 2016.<ref name="Tejas Squadron"/> The squadron was initially based at [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]] and later shifted to its main base in Sulur from 1 June 2018.<ref name="Tejas Sulur"/>

==History==
The squadron was raised on 15 February 1957,<ref name="45 History">{{cite web|title=History of IAF|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98|publisher=IAF|access-date=15 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409235005/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98|archive-date=9 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> with [[de Havilland Vampire]]s, as a Ground-Attack and Close Air Support unit. Later The Vampires were replaced by [[MiG-21|MiG-21Bison]]. The MiGs which were operated from Naliya were withdrawn from squadron service in 2002. It is the first operational squadron of the indigenous fighter jet HAL Tejas.<ref name="Tejas Squadron">{{cite news|title=HAL Tejas supersonic fighter jets inducted into Indian Air Force|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/HAL-Tejas-LCA-inducted-into-Indian-Air-Force/articleshow/53001736.cms|access-date=1 July 2016|work=The Times of India|date=1 July 2016}}</ref> The squadron operated from [[HAL Airport]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/tamil-nadu-to-build-indias-next-generation-defence-aircraft/articleshow/64217410.cms|title=Tamil Nadu to build India's next generation defence aircraft|date=2018-05-18}}</ref> Bangalore for nearly two years before it moved to its designated locations at Sulur near Coimbatore.<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/175226/iaf-begins-establishing-first-lca.html "IAF begins establishing first LCA squadron."] ''Deccan Herald''. Retrieved 1 July 2016. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220172310/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/175226/iaf-begins-establishing-first-lca.html |date=20 December 2013 }}</ref> It is also the first fighter squadron to be part of the Southern Air Command of IAF headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram. Group Captain Madhav Rangachari is the first commanding officer and Sqn Ldr Devdeep Ghosh is the first squadron doctor of the Tejas squadron.

===Indo-Pakistan War of 1965===
On 1 September 1965, during the [[Aerial warfare in 1965 India Pakistan War|Indo-Pakistani War]], No. 45 Squadron IAF responded to a request for strikes against a counter-attack by the [[Pakistan Army]] ([[Operation Grand Slam]]), and twelve Vampire Mk 52 fighter-bombers were successful in slowing the Pakistani advance. However, the Vampires encountered two [[Pakistan Air Force]] (PAF) [[North American F-86 Sabre|F-86 Sabres]], armed with [[Missile#Air-to-air|air-to-air missiles]]; in the ensuing dogfight, the outdated Vampires were outclassed. One was shot down by ground fire and another three were shot down by Sabres.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_324.shtml | title = Pakistani Air-to-Air Victories | publisher = Air Combat Information Group | year = 2003 | access-date = 10 June 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121221231409/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_324.shtml | archive-date = 21 December 2012 | url-status = dead }}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/1965war/1160-tango.html|title=Tank Busting In The Chamb - Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force|first=Air Marshal Trilochan Singh PVSM AVSM VrC VM|last=(Retd)|work=bharat-rakshak.com}}</ref> The Vampires were withdrawn from front line service after these losses.

===Atlantique incident===
[[Indian Air Force]] ''No.45 Squadron'' was involved in the [[Atlantique incident]] on 10 August 1999. Two MiG-21 Bison from ''No.45 Squadron IAF'' intercepted and shot down a [[Pakistan Air Force]] naval reconnaissance plane.<ref name=indiaaccount>{{cite web
|url = http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Kargil/Atlantique.html
|title = The Atlantique Incident
|access-date = 9 March 2007
|work = 1999 Kargil Operations
|publisher = Bharat Rakshak [[Indian Air Force]]
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070202195038/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Kargil/Atlantique.html
|archive-date = 2 February 2007
|url-status = dead
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>[http://armedforces.nic.in/airforce/fac.htm IAF Scores a Kill !!! Factual Account of Interception] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722043150/http://armedforces.nic.in/airforce/fac.htm |date=22 July 2009 }} – Indian Air Force official page Retrieved on 26 July 2007</ref>

===Assignments===
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
*[[Atlantique incident]]

===Aircraft===

Aircraft types operated by the squadron<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/45+Sqn|title=No.45 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]] || 20 November 1959 || February 1965 || [[Palam Air Force Station|AFS Palam]]<ref name="45-history">{{cite web|url=https://www.vayuaerospace.in/article.html?n=chief-speak-!-air-chief-marshal-birender-singh-dhanoa,-cas-iaf-on-%E2%80%9Cjoint-operations-and-indigenisation%E2%80%9D&d=38|title='Flying Daggers' Fly Again |publisher=Vayu Aerospace|access-date=4 September 2018}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan='3'| [[MIG-21|Mig-21 FL]] || February 1966 || July 1973 || [[Chandigarh Air Force Station|AFS Chandigarh]]<ref name="45-history"/>
|-
| July 1973 || May 1978 || [[Bareilly Air Force Station|AFS Bareilly]]<ref name="45-history"/>
|-
| May 1978 || April 1982 || [[Jamnagar Air Force Station|AFS Jamnagar]]<ref name="45-history"/>
|-
| [[MIG-21|Mig-21 bis]] || April 1982 || December 2002 || [[Naliya Air Force Station|AFS Naliya]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/45%20Sqn&init=on|title=No.45 Squadron Flying Daggers|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan='2'|[[HAL Tejas|HAL Tejas MK.1]] || 1 July 2016 || 30 June 2018 || [[HAL Airport|Bangalore]]
|-
| 1 July 2018 || Present || [[Sulur Air Force Station|AFS Sulur]]<ref name="zeenews-india-com.cdn.ampproject.org">{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews-india-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/zeenews.india.com/india/breaking-news-iaf-getting-ready-to-induct-more-tejas-lca-83-mark-1a-fighters-in-the-pipeline-2261754.html/amp?usqp=mq331AQCKAE=&amp_js_v=0.1|title=Breaking news: IAF getting ready to induct more Tejas LCA, 83 Mark 1A fighters in the pipeline {{!}} India News {{!}} Zee News|website=zeenews-india-com.cdn.ampproject.org|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/030718/tejas-commences-ops-from-air-force-station-in-sulur.html|title=Tejas commences ops from Air Force station in Sulur|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=2018-07-03|access-date=2021-07-06}}</ref>
|}
The squadron has 16 Tejas aircraft in currently in service.<ref name="zeenews-india-com.cdn.ampproject.org"/>

==Gallery==

{{Gallery
|title=
|width=160 | height=170
|File:HAL Tejas (SP-07) of SQ.45 in an inverted flight.jpg
|Tejas (SP-07) of No. 45 Squadron IAF ''Flying Daggers'' in inverted flight
|File:HAL Tejas IOC variants of Squadron 45 Flying Daggers doing air manoeuvre.jpg
|HAL Tejas IOC variants of Squadron 45 Flying Daggers doing air manoeuvre
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|45]]