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{{Use dmy dates|date=December | {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} | ||
{{Use Indian English|date=December | {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} | ||
{{Infobox military unit | {{Infobox military unit | ||
|unit_name= No. 28 Squadron IAF | |unit_name= No. 28 Squadron IAF | ||
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The squadron's role is air defence and offence. It is known as "The First Supersonics" because it was the first squadron in the IAF to be equipped with [[Supersonic aircraft|supersonic]] [[Mikoyan MiG-21]]s in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancerpublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1289|title = Lancer Publishers Online Bookshop}}</ref> | The squadron's role is air defence and offence. It is known as "The First Supersonics" because it was the first squadron in the IAF to be equipped with [[Supersonic aircraft|supersonic]] [[Mikoyan MiG-21]]s in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancerpublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1289|title = Lancer Publishers Online Bookshop}}</ref> | ||
The squadron was initially based in [[Chandigarh]], Ambala Before 1947 ,later moved to Tezpur, Assam, then Pune, Maharashtra and later to Jamnagar, Gujarat. {{when|date=March | The squadron was initially based in [[Chandigarh]], Ambala Before 1947 ,later moved to Tezpur, Assam, then Pune, Maharashtra and later to Jamnagar, Gujarat. {{when|date=March 2011}}. They were equipped with MiG 29s in the early 1990s and took part in operations in 2000 in the period of tension between [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] following the 1999 [[Kargil War]]. | ||
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* Constituted as '''No. 28 Squadron (First Supersonics)''' on 23 March 1963<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=28 November | * Constituted as '''No. 28 Squadron (First Supersonics)''' on 23 March 1963<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=28 November 2015}}</ref> | ||
==Aircraft== | ==Aircraft== | ||
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===Assignments=== | ===Assignments=== | ||
*[[Indo-Pak war of 1971]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://firstsupersonics.blogspot.in/2012/12/thunder-over-dacca-1971-war.html|title = The First Supersonics: Thunder over Dacca - 1971 War|date = 10 December | *[[Indo-Pak war of 1971]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://firstsupersonics.blogspot.in/2012/12/thunder-over-dacca-1971-war.html|title = The First Supersonics: Thunder over Dacca - 1971 War|date = 10 December 2012}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||