No. 8 Squadron IAF

No. 8 Squadron (Eight Pursoots) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Su-30MKIs and based at Bareilly AFS.[1]

No. 8 Squadron
Active1 December 1942 - Present
CountryIndia Republic of India
Branch Indian Air Force
RoleFighter
Garrison/HQBareilly AFS
Nickname(s)"Eight Pursoots"
Motto(s)Surakshya Va Akraman
Offense is Defence
Aircraft flown
FighterSukhoi Su-30MKI

History

No. 8 Squadron were formed in 1943 at Tiruchirapalli and were trained at Peshawar and Bhopal. On 2 December 1943, they were moved to Doublemooring in Chittagong (now in Bangladesh) to work closely together with No. 82 Squadron RAF in the Burma Campaign. Equipped with Spitfires they had significant success against the Japanese Imperial Army.

Assignments

Aircraft
AircraftFromToAir Base
Pre-Independence (1942–47)
Vultee A-31 Vengeance 1AAugust 1943November 1944Tiruchirappalli[2]
Supermarine Spitfire VDecember 1944January 1945
Harvard IIBJuly 1944January 1951
Supermarine Spitfire XIVNovember 1944June 1946
Post-Independence (1947–Present)
Hawker Tempest IIApril 1947December 1951
Vampire FB52December 1951June 1953
Vampire T55June 1953February 1957
Dassault OuraganNovember 1953February 1957
Dassault Mystère IVFebruary 1957February 1969
MiG-21 FLFebruary 1969February 2010Bagdogra, Tezpur
Sukhoi Su-30 MKIFebruary 2010PresentAFS Bareilly

References
  1. "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. "No.8 Squadron Eight Pursoots". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 22 June 2021.


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