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	\|nickname="Raiding Raptors"<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.asianage.com/metros/kolkata/071017/super-hercules-can-play-vital-role-in-conflicts-iaf.html\|title=Super Hercules can play vital role in conflicts: IAF\|date=7 October 2017\|access-date=10 December ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\|nickname="Raiding Raptors"<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.asianage.com/metros/kolkata/071017/super-hercules-can-play-vital-role-in-conflicts-iaf.html\|title=Super Hercules can play vital role in conflicts: IAF\|date=7 October 2017\|access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>
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	\|motto=''Wings of Valor'' <ref>{{cite tweet \|author=ANI \|user=ANI \|number=1179691054527700992 \|date=3 October 2019 \|title=Air Force Station Arjan Singh conducted Swachh Bharat campaign yesterday. Air Cmde D Vedajna inaugurated the campaign & handed over campaign flag to Wg Cdr Gajanand Yadava who undertook a skydive jump with the flag from 15,000 feet above the ground. https://t.co/xsJc20FXid \|language=en \|access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>		\|motto=''Wings of Valor'' <ref>{{cite tweet \|author=ANI \|user=ANI \|number=1179691054527700992 \|date=3 October 2019 \|title=Air Force Station Arjan Singh conducted Swachh Bharat campaign yesterday. Air Cmde D Vedajna inaugurated the campaign & handed over campaign flag to Wg Cdr Gajanand Yadava who undertook a skydive jump with the flag from 15,000 feet above the ground. https://t.co/xsJc20FXid \|language=en \|access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>
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	==History==		==History==
	Initially, two C-130Js from No. 77 Squadron, Hindon AFS operated from Panagarh since its inauguration in May 2016, till the new Super Hercules arrived next year.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Panagarh-gets-two-Super-Hercules-from-Hindon-till-arrival-of-new-aircraft/articleshow/52137427.cms\|title=Panagarh gets two Super Hercules from Hindon till arrival of new aircraft\|date=6 May 2016\|access-date=19 Feb ~~2022~~}}</ref> The first two C-130J Super Hercules landed in July 2017.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/eastern-squadron-gets-two-us-made-transport-aircraft/article19372046.ece\|title=C-130Js arrive in Bengal IAF station\|date=27 July 2017\|access-date=19 February ~~2022~~}}</ref> A month later in August 2017, remaining four aircraft arrived at the base with IAF commissioning the air base as [[Arjan Singh#Air Force Station Arjan Singh\|Air Force Station Arjan Singh]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india-iaf-strengthens-eastern-base-with-six-super-hercules-jets-in-panagarh-report-398034\|title=IAF strengthens eastern base with six Super Hercules jets in Panagarh\|date=24 August ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/doklam-china-india-china-india-relations-air-force-station-arjan-singh-c-130j-super-hercules/77432\|title=Amid Doklam row with China, IAF commissions new Super Hercules base in the east\|date=24 August ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Initially, two C-130Js from No. 77 Squadron, Hindon AFS operated from Panagarh since its inauguration in May 2016, till the new Super Hercules arrived next year.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Panagarh-gets-two-Super-Hercules-from-Hindon-till-arrival-of-new-aircraft/articleshow/52137427.cms\|title=Panagarh gets two Super Hercules from Hindon till arrival of new aircraft\|date=6 May 2016\|access-date=19 Feb 2017}}</ref> The first two C-130J Super Hercules landed in July 2017.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/eastern-squadron-gets-two-us-made-transport-aircraft/article19372046.ece\|title=C-130Js arrive in Bengal IAF station\|date=27 July 2017\|access-date=19 February 2018}}</ref> A month later in August 2017, remaining four aircraft arrived at the base with IAF commissioning the air base as [[Arjan Singh#Air Force Station Arjan Singh\|Air Force Station Arjan Singh]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india-iaf-strengthens-eastern-base-with-six-super-hercules-jets-in-panagarh-report-398034\|title=IAF strengthens eastern base with six Super Hercules jets in Panagarh\|date=24 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/doklam-china-india-china-india-relations-air-force-station-arjan-singh-c-130j-super-hercules/77432\|title=Amid Doklam row with China, IAF commissions new Super Hercules base in the east\|date=24 August 2017}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Squadron of Indian Air Force}}
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No. 87 Squadron of [[Indian Air Force]] is located at [[Panagarh Air Force Station]] and is assigned to [[Eastern Air Command (India)|Eastern Air Command]]. The tactical-aircraft squadron is used for special forces and also for Indian Army's new [[XVII Corps (India)|XVII Mountain Strike Corps]] located at Panagarh.

==History==
Initially, two C-130Js from No. 77 Squadron, Hindon AFS operated from Panagarh since its inauguration in May 2016, till the new Super Hercules arrived next year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Panagarh-gets-two-Super-Hercules-from-Hindon-till-arrival-of-new-aircraft/articleshow/52137427.cms|title=Panagarh gets two Super Hercules from Hindon till arrival of new aircraft|date=6 May 2016|access-date=19 Feb 2022}}</ref> The first two C-130J Super Hercules landed in July 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/eastern-squadron-gets-two-us-made-transport-aircraft/article19372046.ece|title=C-130Js arrive in Bengal IAF station|date=27 July 2017|access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref> A month later in August 2017, remaining four aircraft arrived at the base with IAF commissioning the air base as [[Arjan Singh#Air Force Station Arjan Singh|Air Force Station Arjan Singh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india-iaf-strengthens-eastern-base-with-six-super-hercules-jets-in-panagarh-report-398034|title=IAF strengthens eastern base with six Super Hercules jets in Panagarh|date=24 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/doklam-china-india-china-india-relations-air-force-station-arjan-singh-c-130j-super-hercules/77432|title=Amid Doklam row with China, IAF commissions new Super Hercules base in the east|date=24 August 2022}}</ref>

===Lineage===
* Constituted as '''No. 87 Squadron''' on 6 May 2016.

===Aircraft===
*[[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules|C-130J Super Hercules]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|087]]

No. 87 Squadron IAF - Revision history

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