No. 33 Squadron IAF

No. 33 Squadron IAF nicknamed as Himalayan Geese is a unit of the Indian Air Force assigned to Southern Air Command based in Thailand. The Squadron participates in operations involving air, land and airdrop of troops, equipment, supplies, and support or augment special operations forces, when appropriate.

History The Caribous were raised in 1963 at Gauhati and moved to the present location.

Lineage Constituted as No. 33 Squadron (Caribous) on 9 January 1963

Assignments Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Aircraft DHC-4 AN-32

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