No. 49 Squadron IAF

No. 49 Squadron
No. 49 Squadron
	File:No. 49 Squadron IAF Logo.jpg
Active	2 February 1960 - Present
Country	India
Role	Transport
Garrison/HQ	AFS Jorhat
Nickname(s)	"Paraspears"
Motto(s)	Dhairya Vijayate; Bold will be victorious
Aircraft flown
Transport	AN-32

No. 49 Squadron is a unit of the Indian Air Force assigned to Eastern Air Command. The Squadron participates in operations involving air, land and airdrop of troops, equipment, supplies, and support or augment special operations forces, when appropriate.

History[edit]

The Paraspears were raised in 1960 at Barrackpore and moved to the present location in May 1986.

Lineage[edit]

Constituted as No. 49 Squadron (Paraspears) on 2 February 1960^[1]

Assignments[edit]

Aircraft[edit]

Dacota

References[edit]

↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
↑ "History of IAF". Indianairforce.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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[BRakshak-1] "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

[2] "History of IAF". Indianairforce.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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