No. 2 Squadron IAF
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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.[2]
Assignments
In 1947 during partition, No. 2 RIAF Squadron was allocated to India.
Aircraft
| Aircraft | From | To | Air Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Independence (1941–47) | |||
| Westland Wapiti IIA | 1 April 1941 | December 1941 | Kohat[3][4] |
| 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 |
References
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