No. 6 Squadron IAF

No. 6 Squadron
No. 6 Squadron
Active	January 1951- Present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Role	Fighter
Garrison/HQ	Jamnagar Air Force Station
Nickname(s)	"Dragons"
Motto(s)	Sada Satark; Always Alert
Aircraft flown
Attack	SEPECAT Jaguar IM

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

History

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

Aircraft


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

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

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[BRakshak-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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