No. 9 Squadron IAF: Difference between revisions

No. 9 Squadron
No. 9 Squadron
Active	4 January 1944 - Present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Role	Fighter
Garrison/HQ	Gwalior AFS
Nickname(s)	"Wolfpack"
Motto(s)	Sahase Wasati Jayashrih; In Courage resides Victory
Aircraft flown
Fighter	Dassault Mirage 2000H/TH

Revision as of 11:25, 26 June 2021

No. 9 Squadron (Wolfpack) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Mirage 2000 and based at Gwalior AFS under Central Air Command.^[1]

History

No. 9 Squadron was formed at Lahore on 3 January 1944 under the command of Squadron Leader A. W. Ridler of the Royal Air Force. In April 1944 they were moved to Hathazari in Chittagong to take part in the Burma Campaign.

Ridler handed over the squadron to Kenneth A. Perkin in March 1944 who commanded this squadron until November 1944. Sqn Ldr Dennis A. Adams (1913-1995) then commanded the Squadron from 6 November 1944 to 27 August 1945.

Assignments

Aircraft


Aircraft	From	To	Air Base
Pre-Independence (1944–47)
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC	February 1944	May 1945	Lahore^[2]
Harvard IIB	June 1945	September 1947	Chittagong
Supermarine Spitfire VIII	June 1945	December 1946
Supermarine Spitfire XIV	February 1946	July 1947
Hawker Tempest II	July 1947	September 1947
Post-Independence (1947–Present)
Folland Gnat I	April 1964	March 1978
HAL Ajeet	April 1978	June 1987
MiG-23 UB	October 1987	January 2003
Dassault Mirage 2000H	January 2004	Present	AFS Gwalior

References

↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
↑ "No.9 Squadron Wolfpack". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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[BRakshak-1] "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

[sq9-2] "No.9 Squadron Wolfpack". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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-*[[Mirage 2000]]
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+! colspan='4'|Pre-Independence (1944–47)
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+| [[Hawker_Hurricane#Variants|Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC]] || February 1944 || May 1945 ||[[Lahore]]<ref name="sq9">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/9+Sqn|title=No.9 Squadron Wolfpack|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=2021-06-22}}</ref>
+|-
+| [[North American T-6 Texan|Harvard IIB]] || June 1945 || September 1947 || [[Chittagong]]
+|-
+| [[Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire VIII]] || June 1945 || December 1946 ||
+|-
+| [[Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire XIV]] || February 1946 || July 1947 ||
+|-
+| [[Hawker Tempest|Hawker Tempest II]] || July 1947 || September 1947 ||
+|-
+! colspan='4'|Post-Independence (1947–Present)
+|-
+| [[Folland Gnat|Folland Gnat I]]  || April 1964 || March 1978  ||
+|-
+| [[HAL Ajeet]] || April 1978 || June 1987 ||
+|-
+| [[MiG-23|MiG-23 UB]] || October 1987 || January 2003 ||
+|-
+| [[Dassault Mirage 2000|Dassault Mirage 2000H]]  || January 2004 || Present || [[Gwalior Airport|AFS Gwalior]]
+|}
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