No. 10 Squadron IAF

No. 10 Squadron
No. 10 Squadron
Active	20 February 1944 - 31 March 2019
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Role	CAS ; Interdiction ; Reconnaissance
Garrison/HQ	Jodhpur AFS
Nickname(s)	"Winged Daggers"
Motto(s)	Yudhay Krutnischay; Into war with determination

No. 10 Squadron (Daggers) was a fighter squadron equipped with MiG-27. It was based at Jodhpur Air Force Station.^[1] The squadron was number plated in March 2019.^[2]

History[edit]

No. 10 Squadron, Indian Air Force was the last squadron of the Indian Air Force to be created during the Second World War, and was formed in 1944.

The squadron was presented with its President's Standard on 18 March 1985, at Jodhpur.

Assignments[edit]

Aircraft[edit]


Aircraft	From	To	Air Base
Pre-Independence (1944–47)
Hawker Hurricane	May 1944	August 1945	Lahore^[3]^[4]
Harvard 2B	July 1944	September 1947
Spitfire VIII	August 1945	January 1947	AFS Yelahanka
Post-Independence (1947–Present)
Hawker Tempest	January 1947	January 1954	AFS Ambala
Vampire FB52	January 1954	January 1955	AFS Palam
Vampire NF54	September 1955	May 1964
Douglas C-47	July 1958	July 1964
HAL HF-24 Marut	April 1967	1971	AFS Pune
HAL HF-24 Marut	December 1971	August 1980	AFS Uttarlai
MiG-23	January 1981	December 1993	AFS Jodhpur
MiG-27	January 1994	31 March 2019	AFS Jodhpur

References[edit]

↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
↑ "No.10 Squadron Winged Daggers". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
↑ "No.10 Squadron Winged Daggers". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
↑ Singh, Pushpinder (14 June 2017). "No.10 Squadron". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

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[BRakshak-1] "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

[2] "No.10 Squadron Winged Daggers". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

[sq10-3] "No.10 Squadron Winged Daggers". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[4] Singh, Pushpinder (14 June 2017). "No.10 Squadron". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

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