No.2 Squadron also known as The Winged Arrows Squadron nicknamed as Winged Arrows is a unit dedicated to CAS in the Indian Air Force. No. 2 Squadron falls under the Eastern Air Command.Dutch Aviation Society. OrBat of the Indian Air Force
History
Although No. 2 Squadron was formally established in 1941 at Peshawar, its roots stretch back to the mid-1930s when Indian pilots under the RAF began preliminary training deployments. Several historical sources cite administrative groundwork, aircraft allocation issues, and instructor shortages as reasons for the squadron's delayed operationalisation.
Assignments World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
In 1947 during partition, No. 2 RIAF Squadron was allocated to India.
Aircraft + Aircraft From To Air BasePre-Independence (1941–47) Westland Wapiti IIA 1 April 1941 December 1941 Kohat Hawker Audax July 1941 January 1942 Peshawar Westland Lysander December 1941 October 1942 South India Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB October 1941 December 1944 Ranchi Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC January 1945 March 1946 Harvard IIB October 1945 September 1947 Samungli Spitfire VIII February 1946 January 1947 Post-Independence (1951–Present) Spitfire VIII August 1951 November 1953 AFS Palam Harvard IIB Vampire FB52 November 1953 June 1956 Dassault Ouragan June 1956 May 1962 Folland Gnat I May 1962 March 1983 HAL Ajeet December 1983 April 1991 MiG-27 July 1991 October 2003 Su-30 MKI July 2009 Present AFS Tezpur
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