No. 9 Squadron (Wolfpack) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Mirage 2000 and based at Gwalior AFS under Central Air Command.[1]
| No. 9 Squadron | |
|---|---|
| Active | 15 August 1947 - Present |
| Country |  Republic of India |
| Branch |  Indian Air Force |
| Role | Fighter |
| Garrison/HQ | Gwalior AFS |
| Nickname(s) | "Wolfpack" |
| Motto(s) | Sahase Wasati Jayashrih In Courage resides Victory |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Fighter | Dassault Mirage 2000H/TH |
History
editIn July 1947, then Squadron Leader Asghar Khan was a member of the Air Force Reconstitution Committee and insisted the squadron be transferred to the soon to be Royal Pakistan Air Force. The original No. 9 Squadron was allocated to the RPAF after the Partition of British India.[2]
No. 9 Squadron RIAF was formed on 15 August 1947.
Assignments
editAircraft
edit| Aircraft | From | To | Air Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Independence (1944–47) | |||
| Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC | February 1944 | May 1945 | Lahore[3] |
| Harvard IIB | June 1945 | September 1947 | Chittagong |
| Supermarine Spitfire VIII | June 1945 | December 1946 | |
| Supermarine Spitfire XIV | February 1946 | July 1947 | |
| Hawker Tempest II | July 1947 | September 1947 | |
| Post-Independence (1947–Present) | |||
| Folland Gnat I | April 1964 | March 1978 | |
| HAL Ajeet | April 1978 | June 1987 | |
| MIG-27 | October 1987 | January 2003 | |
| Dassault Mirage 2000H | January 2004 | Present | AFS Gwalior |
References
edit- ^ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "9 Squadron RIAF".
- ^ "No.9 Squadron Wolfpack". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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