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|role=[[ | |role=[[Fighter aircraft|Fighter]] | ||
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*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] | *[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] | ||
===Aircraft=== | ==Aircraft== | ||
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! Aircraft !! From !! To !! Air Base | |||
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! colspan='4'|Pre-Independence (1942–47) | |||
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| [[Vultee A-31 Vengeance|Vultee A-31 Vengeance 1A]] || August 1943 || November 1944 || [[Tiruchirappalli]]<ref name="sq1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/8+Sqn|title=No.8 Squadron Eight Pursoots|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=2021-06-22}}</ref> | |||
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| [[Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire V]] || December 1944 || January 1945 || | |||
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| [[North American T-6 Texan|Harvard IIB]] || July 1944 || January 1951 || | |||
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| [[Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire XIV]] || November 1944 || June 1946 || | |||
|- | |||
! colspan='4'|Post-Independence (1947–Present) | |||
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| [[Hawker Tempest|Hawker Tempest II]] || April 1947 || December 1951 || | |||
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| [[de Havilland Vampire|Vampire FB52]] || December 1951 || June 1953 || | |||
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| [[de Havilland Vampire|Vampire T55]] || June 1953 || February 1957 || | |||
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| [[Dassault Ouragan]] || November 1953 || February 1957 || | |||
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| [[Dassault Mystère IV]] || February 1957 || February 1969 || | |||
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| [[MiG-21|MiG-21 FL]]|| February 1969 || February 2010 || | |||
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| [[Sukhoi Su-30 MKI]]|| February 2010 || Present || [[Bareilly Airport|AFS Bareilly]] | |||
|} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{ | {{Indian Air Force}} | ||
[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|008]] | [[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|008]] | ||
[[Category:Military units and formations of India in World War II]] | [[Category:Military units and formations of India in World War II]] | ||
[[Category:1943 establishments in India]] | [[Category:1943 establishments in India]] | ||
{{india-mil-stub}} | {{india-mil-stub}} | ||
{{mil-aviation-stub}} | {{mil-aviation-stub}} | ||