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'''No. 9 Squadron  (Wolfpack)''' is a fighter squadron and is equipped with [[Mirage 2000]] and based at [[Maharajpur Air Force Station|Gwalior AFS]] under [[Central Air Command]].<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=3 December 2015}}</ref>
'''No. 9 Squadron  (Wolfpack)''' is a fighter squadron and is equipped with [[Mirage 2000]] and based at [[Maharajpur Air Force Station|Gwalior AFS]] under [[Central Air Command]].<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=3 December 2022}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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The original No. 9 Squadron was handed over to Pakistan as the [[No.9 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)|No.9 Squadron Griffins]].
The original No. 9 Squadron was handed over to Pakistan as the [[No.9 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)|No.9 Squadron Griffins]].
===Assignments===
===Assignments===
*[[Burma
 
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]

Revision as of 13:43, 26 August 2022

No. 9 Squadron
Active4 January 1944 - Present
CountryIndia Republic of India
Branch Indian Air Force
RoleFighter
Garrison/HQGwalior AFS
Nickname(s)"Wolfpack"
Motto(s)Sahase Wasati Jayashrih
In Courage resides Victory
Aircraft flown
FighterDassault Mirage 2000H/TH

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

The No. 9 Squadron was formed after the partition of British Sub Continent. The original No. 9 Squadron was handed over to Pakistan as the No.9 Squadron Griffins.

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-27 October 1987 January 2003
Dassault Mirage 2000H January 2004 Present AFS Gwalior

References

  1. "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. "No.9 Squadron Wolfpack". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 22 June 2021.