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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}
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{{Infobox military unit
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= No. 2 Squadron
| unit_name                     = No. 2 Squadron
| image= No2sqd.png
| image                         = No2sqd.png
|caption=
| caption                       =  
|dates=*1 April 1941 - 15 December 1947
| dates                         = *1 April 1941 - 15 December 1947
*15 July 1951 - 2003
*15 July 1951 - 2003
*March 2009 - Present
*March 2009 - Present
|country={{flagicon|India}} [[Republic of India]]
| country                       = {{flagicon|India}} [[Republic of India]]
|allegiance=
| allegiance                   =  
|branch={{air force|India}}
| branch                       = {{air force|India}}
|type=
| type                         = Su-30MKI
|role=[[Air superiority]]
| role                         = [[Air superiority]]
|size=
| size                         =  
|command_structure=
| command_structure             =  
|garrison=[[Tezpur Air Force Station|Tezpur AFS]]
| garrison                     = [[Tezpur Air Force Station|Tezpur AFS]]
|garrison_label=
| garrison_label               =  
|nickname="Winged Arrows"
| nickname                     = "Winged Arrows"
|patron=
| patron                       =  
|motto=''Amogh Lakshya''<br>True To Aim
| motto                         = ''Amogh Lakshya''<br>True To Aim
|colors=
| colors                       =  
|colors_label=
| colors_label                 =  
|march=
| march                         =  
|mascot=
| mascot                       =  
|equipment=
| equipment                     =  
|equipment_label=
| equipment_label               =  
|battles=
| battles                       =  
|anniversaries=
| anniversaries                 =  
|decorations=
| decorations                   =  
|battle_honours=
| battle_honours               =  
|disbanded=
| disbanded                     = <!-- Commanders -->
<!-- Commanders -->
| commander1                   =  
|commander1=
| commander1_label             =  
|commander1_label=
| commander2                   =  
|commander2=
| commander2_label             =  
|commander2_label=
| commander3                   =  
|commander3=
| commander3_label             =  
|commander3_label=
| notable_commanders           = <!-- Insignia -->
|notable_commanders=
| identification_symbol         = Winged Arrow
<!-- Insignia -->
| identification_symbol_label   =  
|identification_symbol=Winged Arrow
| 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             = [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]]
|aircraft_bomber=
| aircraft_recon               =  
|aircraft_electronic=
| aircraft_trainer             =  
|aircraft_fighter=[[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]]
| aircraft_transport           =  
|aircraft_recon=
|aircraft_trainer=
|aircraft_transport=
}}
}}
'''No.2 Squadron (Winged Arrows)''' is a unit dedicated to [[Close Air Support|CAS]] in the [[Indian Air Force]]. No. 2 Sqn falls under the [[Eastern Air Command, Indian Air Force|Eastern Air Command]].<ref name=Scramble.nl>[http://www.scramble.nl/in.htm '''Dutch Aviation Society'''. OrBat of the Indian Air Force] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122235334/http://www.scramble.nl/in.htm |date=22 January 2009 }}</ref>
'''No.2 Squadron (Winged Arrows)''' is a unit dedicated to [[Close Air Support|CAS]] in the [[Indian Air Force]]. No. 2 Sqn falls under the [[Eastern Air Command, Indian Air Force|Eastern Air Command]].<ref name=Scramble.nl>[http://www.scramble.nl/in.htm '''Dutch Aviation Society'''. OrBat of the Indian Air Force] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122235334/http://www.scramble.nl/in.htm |date=22 January 2009 }}</ref>
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*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]


===Aircraft===
==Aircraft==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Aircraft Types operated by No.2 Squadron<ref>http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/units/squadrons/2-history/2-squadron-winged-arrows.html</ref>
|+
! Aircraft Type !! From !! To
! Aircraft !! From !! To !! Air Base
|-
|-
| [[Westland Wapiti]] || Apr 1941 || Jul 1941
! colspan='4'|Pre-Independence (1941–47)
|-
|-
| [[Hawker Audax]] || Jun 1941 || Dec 1941
| [[Westland Wapiti|Westland Wapiti IIA]] || 1 April 1941 || December 1941 || [[Kohat]]<ref name="sq1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/2+Sqn|title=No.2 Squadron  Winged Daggers|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=2021-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/units/squadrons/2-history/2-squadron-winged-arrows.html#gsc.tab=0|title=No.2 Squadron|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|first=Jagan|last=Pillarisetti|date=2017-06-14|access-date=2021-06-21}}</ref> 
|-
|-
| [[Westland Lysander]] ||Dec 1941 || Dec 1942
| [[Hawker Hart|Hawker Audax]] || July 1941 || January 1942 || [[Bacha Khan International Airport|Peshawar]]
|-
|-
| [[Hawker Hurricane]] IIc ||Dec 1942 || Apr 1946
| [[Westland Lysander]] || December 1941 || October 1942 || [[South India]]
|-
|-
| [[Spitfire]] LF VIII|| Apr 1946 || Sept 1947
| [[Hawker_Hurricane#Variants|Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB]] || October 1941 || December 1944 || [[Ranchi]]
|-
|-
| [[Hawker Tempest]] II || Sep 1947 ||Dec 1947
| [[Hawker_Hurricane#Variants|Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC]] || January 1945 || March 1946 ||
|-
|-
| [[Supermarine Spitfire]] XVIII || Jul 1951 || Oct 1953
| [[North American T-6 Texan|Harvard IIB]] || October 1945 || September 1947 || rowspan='2'|[[PAF Base Samungli|Samungli]]
|-
|-
| [[De Havilland Vampire]] FB 52 || Oct 1953 || May 1956
| [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire VIII]] || February 1946 || January 1947
|-
|-
| [[Dassault Ouragan]] || May 1956 || Apr 1962
! colspan='4'|Post-Independence (1951–Present)
|-
|-
| [[Folland Gnat]] || Apr 1962 || Feb 1983
| [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire VIII]] || rowspan='2'|August 1951 || rowspan='2'|November 1953 || rowspan='6'|[[Indira Gandhi International Airport|AFS Palam]]
|-
|-
| [[HAL Ajeet]] (Gnat II) || Nov 1983 || Mar 1991
| [[North American T-6 Texan|Harvard IIB]]
|-
|-
| [[MiG-27]] ML || Jun 1991 || 2003
| [[de Havilland Vampire|Vampire FB52]]|| November 1953 || June 1956
|-
|-
| [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]] || Mar 2009 || Current
| [[Dassault Ouragan]]|| June 1956 || May 1962
|-
| [[Folland Gnat|Folland Gnat I]] || May 1962 || March 1983
|-
| [[HAL Ajeet]]|| December 1983 || April 1991
|-
| [[MiG-27]]|| July 1991 || October 2003 ||
|-
| [[Su-30MKI]]|| July 2009 || Present || [[Tezpur Airport|AFS Tezpur]]
|}
|}


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{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|002]]
[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|002]]
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