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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= No. 78 Squadron
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|dates= March 2003- Present<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icast.org.in/news/2003/mar03/mar04ia.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208044755/http://icast.org.in/news/2003/mar03/mar04ia.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 December 2015|title=IAF gets air to air refueller|website=icast.org.in|access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref>
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|role=[[Aerial refueling]]
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|garrison=[[Agra airport|Agra AFS]]
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|nickname="Battle-cry"<ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/09/26/stories/2004092600571100.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=National : MARS extends global reach of Indian Air Force|date=2004-09-26|access-date=30 July 2017}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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|aircraft_transport=[[Il-78|Il-78 MKI]]
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[[File:IAF IL-78 MKI aerial refueling Mirage-2000.jpg|thumb|right|IL-78 MKI aerial refueling Mirage-2000]]
No. 78 Squadron is located at [[Agra AFS]] under [[Central Air Command]]. The IL-78s, which refuel at the rate of 500–600 litres a minute, can ferry up to 118 tonnes of fuel, and can simultaneously fill three air-borne fighter aircraft, and allowing the fighters to carry more pay load and penetrate deep into the enemy territories.<ref name="thehindu.com"/>

==History==
The No. 78 Squadron were raised in 2003 with Il-78 MKI Aircraft at Agra and moved to the present location. MARS stand for 'Mid Air Refueling Squadron'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiastrategic.in/topstories293.htm|title=..:: India Strategic ::.. Indian Air Force: The Bravehearts who Launced IAF’s Strategic Airlift Capability|website=Indiastrategic.in|access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref>

===Lineage===
* Constituted as '''No. 78 Squadron (Battle-cry)''' in 2003<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=23 November 2015}}</ref>

===Aircraft===
*[[Il-78]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|078]]

No. 78 Squadron IAF - Revision history

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