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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox military unit
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= No. 108 Squadron
| unit_name                     = No. 108 Squadron
|image=
| image                         = 108squadroniaflogo.jpg
|caption=
| caption                       =  
|dates= 20 November 1959 - 29 December 2017
| dates                         = 20 November 1959 - 29 December 2017
|country={{flagicon|India}} [[Republic of India]]
| country                       = {{flagicon|India}} [[Republic of India]]
|allegiance=
| allegiance                   =  
|branch={{air force|India}}
| branch                       = {{air force|India}}
|type=
| type                         =  
|role=[[Fighter aircraft|Fighter]]
| role                         = [[Fighter aircraft|Fighter]]
|size=
| size                         =  
|command_structure=
| command_structure             =  
|garrison=[[Pathankot Air Force Station|Pathankot AFS]]
| garrison                     = [[Pathankot Air Force Station|Pathankot AFS]]
|garrison_label=
| garrison_label               =  
|nickname="Hawkeyes"
| nickname                     = "Hawkeyes"
|patron=
| patron                       =  
|motto=''Shodan Aur Aakraman''<br>Search and Strike
| motto                         = ''Shodan Aur Aakraman''<br>Search and Strike
|colors=
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|colors_label=
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|march=
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|mascot=
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|equipment=
| equipment                     =  
|equipment_label=
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|battles=
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|anniversaries=
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|decorations=
| decorations                   =  
|battle_honours=
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|disbanded=
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<!-- Commanders -->
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|commander1=
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|commander1_label=
| commander2                   =  
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| commander3                   =  
|commander3=
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|commander3_label=
| notable_commanders           = <!-- Insignia -->
|notable_commanders=
| identification_symbol         =  
<!-- Insignia -->
| identification_symbol_label   =  
|identification_symbol=
| identification_symbol_2       =  
|identification_symbol_label=
| identification_symbol_2_label = <!-- Aircraft -->
|identification_symbol_2=
| aircraft_attack               =  
|identification_symbol_2_label=
| aircraft_bomber               =  
<!-- Aircraft -->
| aircraft_electronic           =  
|aircraft_attack=
| aircraft_fighter             =  
|aircraft_bomber=
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'''No. 108 Squadron'''  (''Hawkeyes'') is a fighter squadron of [[Indian Air Force]]. The squadron was equipped with [[MiG-21|MiG-21M]] and was based at [[Pathankot Air Force Station]]. The squadron was number plated in December 2017.<ref name="108-retired"/><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=4 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="vayu-janfeb17">{{cite magazine|title=New CAS flies solo in MiG-21M|url=http://www.vayuaerospace.in/issue/vayu-issue-vayu-issue-i-jan-feb-2017.pdf|magazine=Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review|date=January–February 2017|issue=1|pages=14|publisher=Society for Aerospace Studies}}</ref>
'''No. 108 Squadron'''  (''Hawkeyes'') was a fighter squadron of [[Indian Air Force]]. The squadron was equipped with [[MiG-21|MiG-21M]] and was based at [[Pathankot Air Force Station]]. The squadron was number plated in December 2017.<ref name="108-retired"/><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=4 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="vayu-janfeb17">{{cite magazine|title=New CAS flies solo in MiG-21M|url=http://www.vayuaerospace.in/issue/vayu-issue-vayu-issue-i-jan-feb-2017.pdf|magazine=Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review|date=January–February 2017|issue=1|pages=14|publisher=Society for Aerospace Studies}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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|-
| [[MiG-21|MiG-21 M]] || July 1973 || 29 December 2017 || [[Adampur Air Force Station|AFS Adampur]]
| [[MiG-21|MiG-21 M]] || July 1973 || 29 December 2017 || [[Adampur Air Force Station|AFS Adampur]]
|}
== Commanding Officers ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!From
!To
!Service Number
!Rank & Name
!Location
!Photo
|-
|07 Dec 59
|15 Apr 62
|3650 F(P)
|Squadron  Leader Keshava Prasad Misra
|Halwara
|
|-
|16 May 62
|12 May 65
|3881  F(P)
|Squadron Leader Robert Arnold Weir
|Halwara/ Pathankot
|
|-
|13 May 65
|26 May 65
|4673  GD(P)
|Squadron Leader Nuggehalli Krishnaswamy Ramprasad
|Pathankot
|
|-
|27 Jun 65
|10 Dec 67
|4582  F(P)
|Squadron Leader Eric Lionel Allen
|Pathankot/ Bagdogra/
|
|-
|11 Dec 67
|19 Nov 68
|4608  F(P)
|Squadron Leader Dilip Shankar Jog
|Bareilly
|
|-
|20 Nov 68
|16 Jul 72
|4489  F(P)
|Wing Commander Balchandra Shankar Deshmukh
|Bareilly
|
|-
|17 Jul 72
|21 May 73
|4899  F(P)
|Wing Commander Onkar Singh Wadhawan
|Bareilly
|
|-
|22 May 73
|17 Jul 75
|4736  F(P)
|Wing Commander Rajendra Kumar Dhawan
|Adampur
|
|-
|18 Jul 75
|05 Feb 76
|5178  F(P)
|Wing Commander Mohan Murdeshwar
|Adampur
|
|-
|06 Feb 76
|13 Jul 76
|5060  F(P)
|Wing Commander Thupakulu Narasimhulu Bhavani Shankar
|Adampur
|
|-
|14 Jul 76
|22 Oct 78
|5596  F(P)
|Wing Commander Viney Kapila
|Adampur
|
|-
|23 Oct 78
|14 Jan 80
|6748  F(P)
|Wing Commander Philip Rajkumar
|Adampur
|
|-
|15 Jan 80
|05 May 82
|7415  F(P)
|Wing Commander Kumarendra De
|Adampur/ Bhatinda
|
|-
|06 May 82
|28 Jun 82
|8444  F(P)
|Wing Commander Prabhat Chandra Prasad
|Adampur
|
|-
|26 Jul 82
|28 Feb 85
|8186  F(P)
|Wing Commander Ashley Malcolm Rodriques
|Adampur
|
|-
|28 Feb 85
|20 Apr 87
|11296  F(P)
|Wing Commander James Arun Benjamin
|Adampur
|[[File:Jamesarunbenjamin.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
|-
|28 Apr 87
|01 Jan 88
|11592  F(P)
|Wing Commander Adhip Banerjee
|Adampur
|
|-
|11 Jan 88
|04 Jan 90
|12218  F(P)
|Wing Commander Ashok Vishwanath Bhagwat
|Adampur
|
|-
|04 Jan 90
|20 Jan 92
|12403  F(P)
|Wing Commander Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh
|Adampur
|
|-
|20 Jan 92
|03 Jan 94
|13382  F(P)
|Wing Commander Anjan Kumar Gogoi
|Adampur
|
|-
|03 Jan 94
|18 Sep 95
|13911  F(P)
|Wing Commander Motilal Nalluri
|Adampur
|
|-
|18 Sep 95
|24 Nov 97
|15036  F(P)
|Wing Commander Narinder Pal Singh
|Adampur
|
|-
|24 Nov 97
|10 Jan 00
|15206  F(P)
|Wing Commander Harjinder Jit Singh Jallawalla
|Pathankot
|
|-
|10 Jan 00
|15 Jul 02
|16559  F(P)
|Wing Commander Sanjeev Narayan Deshpande
|Pathankot
|
|-
|15 Jul 02
|27 Jun 04
|17343  F(P)
|Wing Commander Mohan Kumar Rao
|Pathankot
|
|-
|28 Jun 04
|13 Aug 06
|18561  F(P)
|Wing Commander Balkrishnan Balachandran
|Pathankot
|
|-
|04 Aug 08
|09 May 10
|21505  F(P)
|Wing Commander Ganapathiraju Srinivas
|Bhuj/ Nal
|
|-
|22 Sep 14
|03 Mar 16
|23987  F(P)
|Wing Commander Rahul Mathur
|Nal
|
|-
|04 Mar 16
|03 Jul 16
|23987  F(P)
|Group Captain Rahul Mathur
|Nal
|
|}
|}


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