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	==History==		==History==
	First C-17 was delivered in January 2013 and the sixth C-17 aircraft was received in July 2014.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/indian-air-force-gets-sixth-c17-globemaster-with-vintage-package-in-belly/1274687\|title=Indian Air Force gets sixth C-17 Globemaster with vintage package in belly\|website=Archive.financialespress.com\|date=29 July 2014\|access-date=30 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> Boeing delivered 11th and last aircraft in August 2019.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/boeing-delivers-11th-c-17-globemaster-to-india/articleshow/70842997.cms\|title=Boeing delivers 11th C-17 Globemaster to India\|date=2019-08-26\|work=The Economic Times\|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref> It was constituted as '''No. 81 Squadron (Sky Lords)''' on 1 September 2013<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 ~~2022~~}}</ref>		First C-17 was delivered in January 2013 and the sixth C-17 aircraft was received in July 2014.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/indian-air-force-gets-sixth-c17-globemaster-with-vintage-package-in-belly/1274687\|title=Indian Air Force gets sixth C-17 Globemaster with vintage package in belly\|website=Archive.financialespress.com\|date=29 July 2014\|access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref> Boeing delivered 11th and last aircraft in August 2019.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/boeing-delivers-11th-c-17-globemaster-to-india/articleshow/70842997.cms\|title=Boeing delivers 11th C-17 Globemaster to India\|date=2019-08-26\|work=The Economic Times\|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref> It was constituted as '''No. 81 Squadron (Sky Lords)''' on 1 September 2013<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>

	== Operations ==		== Operations ==

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'''No. 81 Squadron''' is a unit of the [[Indian Air Force]] assigned to [[Western Air Command]]. The Squadron participates in operations involving air, land and airdrop of troops, equipment, supplies, and support or augment special operations forces, when appropriate. It is responsible for heavy lift operations of the IAF and is based out of the [[Hindan Air Force Station]]. The squadron operates 11 [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III]]s.

==History==
First C-17 was delivered in January 2013 and the sixth C-17 aircraft was received in July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/indian-air-force-gets-sixth-c17-globemaster-with-vintage-package-in-belly/1274687|title=Indian Air Force gets sixth C-17 Globemaster with vintage package in belly|website=Archive.financialespress.com|date=29 July 2014|access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref> Boeing delivered 11th and last aircraft in August 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/boeing-delivers-11th-c-17-globemaster-to-india/articleshow/70842997.cms|title=Boeing delivers 11th C-17 Globemaster to India|date=2019-08-26|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref> It was constituted as '''No. 81 Squadron (Sky Lords)''' on 1 September 2013<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 2022}}</ref>

== Operations ==
The squadron is the workhorse of any operation that require heavy lift for the [[Indian Armed Forces]] or the [[Government of India]]. It has been deployed in vast number of varied scenarios that include transportation of oxygen tanks to India during the medical oxygen shortage in India caused by Covid.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Flying in oxygen tankers, Indian Air Force says ensuring no dent in support for China border operations|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/flying-in-oxygen-tankers-indian-air-force-says-ensuring-no-dent-in-support-for-china-border-operations/articleshow/83035963.cms|access-date=2021-08-24}}</ref> The Sky Lords carried out rapid troop deployment by India in Ladakh during the [[2020–2021 China–India skirmishes|2020-21 border India-China standoff]].<ref name=":0" /> The 81st Squadron has also carried out evacuation of Indians and foreign nationals from volatile regions during uncertain situations. These include the [[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)|2015 Yemen crises]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-20|title='Make winning 2024 polls your ultimate goal', Sonia Gandhi tells leaders of 19 Opposition parties|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/make-winning-2024-polls-your-ultimate-goal-sonia-gandhi-tells-leaders-of-19-opposition-parties-9901511.html|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=C-17 Globemasters Clocked 150 Hours in Yemen Evacuation|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/c-17-globemasters-clocked-150-hours-in-yemen-evacuation-753059|access-date=2021-08-24|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> rescue and relief sorties to Nepal during [[April 2015 Nepal earthquake]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Air Force Steps Up Rescue Sorties in Earthquake-Hit Nepal|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-air-force-steps-up-rescue-sorties-in-earthquake-hit-nepal-758300|access-date=2021-08-24|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> evacuation of Indians from war torn South Sudan in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Over 500 Indians To Be Evacuated From War-Torn South Sudan Today|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/minister-vk-singh-to-lead-evacuation-of-indians-from-south-sudan-1431066|access-date=2021-08-24|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> It also airlifted Indians, many Afghan MPs, Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, and the staff of Indian embassy in Afghanistan after Taliban took over Kabul following [[Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021)|US troop pullout]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-22|title=IAF's C-17 flight with 168 people from Kabul lands at Hindon airbase near Delhi|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/iaf-c-17-flight-with-168-people-from-kabul-lands-at-hindon-airbase-near-delhi-11629607798721.html|access-date=2021-08-24|website=mint|language=en}}</ref> It has also had foreign deployments to [[Tajikistan]] in August 2013, and to [[Rwanda]] to support [[Indian Army United Nations peacekeeping missions|Indian peacekeepers]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Pandit|first1=Rajat|date=September 10, 2013|title=SkyLords: Globemasters deployed for overseas missions|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/globemasters-deployed-for-overseas-missions/articleshow/22445215.cms|access-date=2021-08-24|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> The squadron has carried out numerous other humanitarian and military operations.

==Aircraft==
[[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:2013 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|081]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 2013]]

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