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'''No. 6 Squadron  (Dragons)''' is a fighter squadron and is equipped with [[SEPECAT Jaguar|Jaguar IM/IS]] and based at [[Jamnagar Air Force Station]].<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. 6 Squadron  (Dragons)''' is a fighter squadron and is equipped with [[SEPECAT Jaguar|Jaguar IM/IS]] and based at [[Jamnagar Air Force Station]].<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|archive-date=9 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209134909/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Squadrons/292-Squadrons.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
 
No. 6 Squadron is one of the ten senior [[Squadron (aviation)|squadron]]s of the [[Indian Air Force]]. Reformed in January 1951,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/iaf/units/squadrons/6-squadron-dragons/|title=No.6 Squadron|date=16 July 2009|author=KS Nair|website=[[Bharat Rakshak]]}}</ref> its varied roles have included [[air-sea rescue]], counter-air, [[Fighter aircraft|fighter]]-[[reconnaissance]], maritime reconnaissance, maritime strike, [[target towing]] and transport.
No. 6 Squadron is one of the ten senior [[Squadron (aviation)|squadron]]s of the [[Indian Air Force]]. Formed prior to [[Indian independence movement#Independence, 1947 to 1950|independence]], its varied roles have included [[air-sea rescue]], counter-air, [[Fighter aircraft|fighter]]-[[reconnaissance]], maritime reconnaissance, maritime strike, [[target towing]] and transport.
 
The squadron was formed as a fighter-reconnaissance unit at Trichinopoly (now [[Tiruchirapally]]) on 1 December 1942 under the command of Squadron Leader (later Air Commodore) Mehar Singh. It participated in the Indian Air Force's tenth anniversary review at [[Ambala]], and received an award for "the best looking aircraft". The squadron continued working-up, until November that year.
 
In November 1943, flying Hawker Hurricane FR.IIb No 6 Squadron IAF moved to [[Cox's Bazar]] as a part of the [[RAF Third Tactical Air Force]] (Third TAF) for the [[Burma Campaign#Southern front 1943/44|Second Arakan Campaign]]. During this campaign, No 6 Squadron was the only specialist reconnaissance unit available to support the [[Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)|Fourteenth Army]] on this front, earning the name "The Eyes of the Fourteenth Army". They were also dubbed "the Arakan Twins" for flying in the standard [[tactical reconnaissance]] pairing of Leader and Weaver. Returning from his Arakan Front visit in mid-January 1944, [[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim|General Sir William Slim]], GOC Fourteenth Army, wrote in his memoirs how impressed he was with this reconnaissance squadron.
 
For services during the squadron's tour of operations, Flight-Lieutenant Rawal Singh was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], and Sergeant BM Kothari, the head of the photographic section, received the [[British Empire Medal]]. In addition, Flying Officer (later Air Commodore) JD Aquino and Pilot Officer (later Wing Commander) LRD Blunt were commended by the [[Air Officer Commanding]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Sqn/006.html|title=No.6 Squadron}}</ref>


===Assignments===
===Assignments===
*[[Burma Campaign]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
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| [[Hawker Hurricane|Hurricane IIB]] || 1 December 1942 || June 1946 || [[Trichinopoly]]<ref name="sq10">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/6+Sqn|title=No.6 Squadron|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=2021-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Unitss/squadrons/6-6-squadron.html#gsc.tab=0|title=No.6 Squadron|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|first=K Sree|last=Kumar|date=2009-06-16|access-date=2021-06-21}}</ref>
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| [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire XIVe]] || June 1946 || April 1947 || [[Ranchi]]
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| [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] || April 1947 || August 1947 || [[Karachi]]
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Latest revision as of 10:51, 29 January 2026

For the RIAF squadron which was allotted to Pakistan, see No. 6 Squadron PAF.

No. 6 Squadron
ActiveJanuary 1951- Present
CountryIndia Republic of India
Branch Indian Air Force
RoleFighter
Garrison/HQJamnagar Air Force Station
Nickname(s)"Dragons"
Motto(s)Sada Satark
Always Alert
Aircraft flown
AttackSEPECAT Jaguar IM

No. 6 Squadron (Dragons) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Jaguar IM/IS and based at Jamnagar Air Force Station.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

No. 6 Squadron is one of the ten senior squadrons of the Indian Air Force. Reformed in January 1951,[2] its varied roles have included air-sea rescue, counter-air, fighter-reconnaissance, maritime reconnaissance, maritime strike, target towing and transport.

Assignments[edit | edit source]

Aircraft[edit | edit source]

Aircraft From To Air Base
Post-Independence (1951–Present)
Consolidated B-24 Liberator January 1951 December 1968 AFS Pune
Super Constellation L-1049G October 1961 May 1975
English Electric Canberra B(I).58 January 1972 December 1992
SEPECAT Jaguar IM June 1987 Present AFS Jamnagar

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ KS Nair (16 July 2009). "No.6 Squadron". Bharat Rakshak.


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