No. 108 Squadron IAF

No. 108 Squadron
No. 108 Squadron
Active	20 November 1959 - 29 December 2017
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Role	Fighter
Garrison/HQ	Pathankot AFS
Nickname(s)	"Hawkeyes"
Motto(s)	Shodan Aur Aakraman; Search and Strike

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No. 108 Squadron (Hawkeyes) was a fighter squadron of Indian Air Force. The squadron was equipped with MiG-21M and was based at Pathankot Air Force Station. The squadron was number plated in December 2017.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History[edit]

The Hawk with its keen eyesight depicts search and acquisition of the target. The lightning and the battle axe denote immediate response and power of the strike. The Hawkeye were formed on 20 November 1959 at Halwara. The squadron was equipped with the Vampire aircraft and was allotted the role of Army Cooperation and photo-Reconnaissance.^[4]

The squadron was number plated in December 2017.^[1]

Assignments[edit]

Aircraft[edit]

Aircraft types operated by the squadron:


Aircraft Type	From	To	Air Base
de Havilland Vampire	December 1959	December 1968	AFS Halwara
Sukhoi Su-7	December 1968	July 1973
MiG-21 M	July 1973	29 December 2017	AFS Adampur

Commanding Officers[edit]


From	To	Service Number	Rank & Name	Location
07 Dec 59	15 Apr 62	3650 F(P)	Squadron Leader Keshava Prasad Misra	Halwara
16 May 62	12 May 65	3881 F(P)	Squadron Leader Robert Arnold Weir	Halwara/ Pathankot
13 May 65	26 May 65	4673 GD(P)	Squadron Leader Nuggehalli Krishnaswamy Ramprasad	Pathankot
27 Jun 65	10 Dec 67	4582 F(P)	Squadron Leader Eric Lionel Allen	Pathankot/ Bagdogra/
11 Dec 67	19 Nov 68	4608 F(P)	Squadron Leader Dilip Shankar Jog	Bareilly
20 Nov 68	16 Jul 72	4489 F(P)	Wing Commander Balchandra Shankar Deshmukh	Bareilly
17 Jul 72	21 May 73	4899 F(P)	Wing Commander Onkar Singh Wadhawan	Bareilly
22 May 73	17 Jul 75	4736 F(P)	Wing Commander Rajendra Kumar Dhawan	Adampur
18 Jul 75	05 Feb 76	5178 F(P)	Wing Commander Mohan Murdeshwar	Adampur
06 Feb 76	13 Jul 76	5060 F(P)	Wing Commander Thupakulu Narasimhulu Bhavani Shankar	Adampur
14 Jul 76	22 Oct 78	5596 F(P)	Wing Commander Viney Kapila	Adampur
23 Oct 78	14 Jan 80	6748 F(P)	Wing Commander Philip Rajkumar	Adampur
15 Jan 80	05 May 82	7415 F(P)	Wing Commander Kumarendra De	Adampur/ Bhatinda
06 May 82	28 Jun 82	8444 F(P)	Wing Commander Prabhat Chandra Prasad	Adampur
26 Jul 82	28 Feb 85	8186 F(P)	Wing Commander Ashley Malcolm Rodriques	Adampur
28 Feb 85	20 Apr 87	11296 F(P)	Wing Commander James Arun Benjamin	Adampur
28 Apr 87	01 Jan 88	11592 F(P)	Wing Commander Adhip Banerjee	Adampur
11 Jan 88	04 Jan 90	12218 F(P)	Wing Commander Ashok Vishwanath Bhagwat	Adampur
04 Jan 90	20 Jan 92	12403 F(P)	Wing Commander Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh	Adampur
20 Jan 92	03 Jan 94	13382 F(P)	Wing Commander Anjan Kumar Gogoi	Adampur
03 Jan 94	18 Sep 95	13911 F(P)	Wing Commander Motilal Nalluri	Adampur
18 Sep 95	24 Nov 97	15036 F(P)	Wing Commander Narinder Pal Singh	Adampur
24 Nov 97	10 Jan 00	15206 F(P)	Wing Commander Harjinder Jit Singh Jallawalla	Pathankot
10 Jan 00	15 Jul 02	16559 F(P)	Wing Commander Sanjeev Narayan Deshpande	Pathankot
15 Jul 02	27 Jun 04	17343 F(P)	Wing Commander Mohan Kumar Rao	Pathankot
28 Jun 04	13 Aug 06	18561 F(P)	Wing Commander Balkrishnan Balachandran	Pathankot
04 Aug 08	09 May 10	21505 F(P)	Wing Commander Ganapathiraju Srinivas	Bhuj/ Nal
22 Sep 14	03 Mar 16	23987 F(P)	Wing Commander Rahul Mathur	Nal
04 Mar 16	03 Jul 16	23987 F(P)	Group Captain Rahul Mathur	Nal

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Subramaniam, AVM Arjun (8 January 2018). "As a MiG-21 variant flies into the sunset, a pilot recalls how he almost crashed in it". The Print.
↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
↑ "New CAS flies solo in MiG-21M" (PDF). Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review. No. 1. Society for Aerospace Studies. January–February 2017. p. 14.
↑ Pike, John. "Squadron 108". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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[108-retired-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Subramaniam, AVM Arjun (8 January 2018). "As a MiG-21 variant flies into the sunset, a pilot recalls how he almost crashed in it". The Print.

[BRakshak-2] "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

[vayu-janfeb17-3] "New CAS flies solo in MiG-21M" (PDF). Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review. No. 1. Society for Aerospace Studies. January–February 2017. p. 14.

[4] Pike, John. "Squadron 108". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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