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'''No. 29 Squadron  (Scorpions)''' was a fighter squadron equipped with [[MiG-27|MiG-27UPG]] and based at [[Jodhpur Air Force Station|Jodhpur AFS]]. The squadron was disbanded on 27 December 2019 with retirement of MiG-27.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iafs-mig-27-to-take-to-skies-one-last-time-today/articleshow/72989283.cms|title=MiG 27: IAF's MiG-27 to take to skies one last time today {{!}} India News - Times of India|last=Dec 27|first=IANS {{!}} Updated|last2=2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-28|last3=Ist|first3=13:22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mig-27-jets-fly-for-last-time-over-jodhpur/article30410293.ece|title=MiG-27 flies into sun set over Jodhpur|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-12-28|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
'''No. 29 Squadron  (Scorpions)''' was a fighter squadron equipped with [[MiG-27|MiG-27UPG]] and based at [[Jodhpur Air Force Station|Jodhpur AFS]]. The squadron was disbanded on 27 December 2019 with retirement of MiG-27.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iafs-mig-27-to-take-to-skies-one-last-time-today/articleshow/72989283.cms|title=MiG 27: IAF's MiG-27 to take to skies one last time today |date=December 27, 2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mig-27-jets-fly-for-last-time-over-jodhpur/article30410293.ece|title=MiG-27 flies into sun set over Jodhpur|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-12-28|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


==History==
==History==


===Aircraft===
==Aircraft==
*[[Dassault Ouragan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/toofani-fighter-jet-which-bombed-aizawl-on-display-as-trophy-of-valour-at-silchar.html|title=Toofani fighter jet which bombed Aizawl on display as trophy of valour at Silchar|website=NORTHEAST NOW|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref> <small>(retired)</small>
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*[[Mig-27|Mig-27UPG]] <small>(retired)</small>
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| [[Dassault Ouragan]]|| 10 March 58 || May 1958 || [[Halwara Air Force Station|AFS Halwara]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/toofani-fighter-jet-which-bombed-aizawl-on-display-as-trophy-of-valour-at-silchar.html|title=Toofani fighter jet which bombed Aizawl on display as trophy of valour at Silchar|website=NORTHEAST NOW|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/29+Sqn|title=No. 29 Squadron|publisher=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref>
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| [[MiG-21|MiG-21 FL]]|| February 1967 || May 2007 || rowspan='2'| [[Jodhpur Air Force Station|Jodhpur AFS]]
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| [[MiG-27|MiG-27 UPG]]|| May 2007 || 27 December 2019
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Latest revision as of 04:23, 30 July 2022

No. 29 Squadron
Active10 March 1958 - 27 December 2019
CountryIndia Republic of India
Branch Indian Air Force
RoleFighter
Garrison/HQJodhpur AFS
Nickname(s)"Scorpions"
Motto(s)Sadaiv Sachet
Ever Alert
Aircraft flown
AttackMiG-27UPG (retired)

No. 29 Squadron (Scorpions) was a fighter squadron equipped with MiG-27UPG and based at Jodhpur AFS. The squadron was disbanded on 27 December 2019 with retirement of MiG-27.[1][2]

History[edit | edit source]

Aircraft[edit | edit source]

Aircraft From To Air Base
Dassault Ouragan 10 March 58 May 1958 AFS Halwara[3][4]
MiG-21 FL February 1967 May 2007 Jodhpur AFS
MiG-27 UPG May 2007 27 December 2019

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "MiG 27: IAF's MiG-27 to take to skies one last time today". The Times of India. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "MiG-27 flies into sun set over Jodhpur". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Toofani fighter jet which bombed Aizawl on display as trophy of valour at Silchar". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "No. 29 Squadron". Bharat Rakshak.


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