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==History==
==History==
No. 9 Squadron was formed at [[Lahore]] on 3 January [[1944 in aviation|1944]] under the command of [[Squadron Leader]] A. W. Ridler of the [[Royal Air Force]]. In April 1944 they were moved to [[Hathazari Upazila|Hathazari]] in [[Chittagong]] to take part in the [[Burma Campaign]].
The No. 9 Squadron was formed after the partition of British Sub Continent.
 
The original No. 9 Squadron was handed over to Pakistan as the [[No.9 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)|No.9 Squadron Griffins]].
Ridler handed over the squadron to Kenneth A. Perkin in March 1944 who commanded this squadron until November 1944. Sqn Ldr Dennis A. Adams (1913-1995) then commanded the Squadron from 6 November 1944 to 27 August 1945.
===Assignments===


===Assignments===
*[[Burma Campaign]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
*[[Operation Safed Sagar]] - [[Kargil War |Kargil War (Indo-Pak War of 1999)]]
*[[2019 Balakot airstrike|Balakot Strike 2019]]
*[[2019 Balakot airstrike|Balakot Strike 2019]]


===Aircraft===
==Aircraft==
*[[Hawker Hurricane]]
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Folland Gnat]]                                                                                                                            
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*[[Mig 27]]
! Aircraft !! From !! To !! Air Base
*[[Mirage 2000]]
|-
! colspan='4'|Pre-Independence (1944–47)
|-
| [[Hawker_Hurricane#Variants|Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC]] || February 1944 || May 1945 ||[[Lahore]]<ref name="sq9">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/9+Sqn|title=No.9 Squadron Wolfpack|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=2021-06-22}}</ref>
|-
| [[North American T-6 Texan|Harvard IIB]] || June 1945 || September 1947 || [[Chittagong]]
|-
| [[Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire VIII]] || June 1945 || December 1946 || 
|-
| [[Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire XIV]] || February 1946 || July 1947 ||
|-
| [[Hawker Tempest|Hawker Tempest II]] || July 1947 || September 1947 ||
|-
! colspan='4'|Post-Independence (1947–Present)
|-
| [[Folland Gnat|Folland Gnat I]] || April 1964 || March 1978  ||
|-
| [[HAL Ajeet]] || April 1978 || June 1987 ||
|-
| [[MiG-23|MIG-27]] || October 1987 || January 2003 ||
|-
| [[Dassault Mirage 2000|Dassault Mirage 2000H]]  || January 2004 || Present || [[Gwalior Airport|AFS Gwalior]]
|}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|009]]
[[Category:Military units and formations of India in World War II]]
[[Category:Military units and formations of India in World War II]]
[[Category:1944 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1944 establishments in India]]


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