No. 2 Squadron IAF

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No. 2 Squadron
Active
  • 1 April 1941 - 15 December 1947
  • 15 July 1951 - 2003
  • March 2009 - Present
CountryIndia Republic of India
Branch Indian Air Force
TypeSu-30MKI
RoleAir superiority
Garrison/HQTezpur AFS
Nickname"Winged Arrows"
MottosAmogh Lakshya
True To Aim
Insignia
Identification
symbol		Winged Arrow
Aircraft flown
FighterSukhoi Su-30MKI

No.2 Squadron (Winged Arrows) is a unit dedicated to CAS in the Indian Air Force. No. 2 Squadron falls under the Eastern Air Command.[1]

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

AircraftFromToAir Base
Pre-Independence (1941–47)
Westland Wapiti IIA1 April 1941December 1941Kohat[3][4]
Hawker AudaxJuly 1941January 1942Peshawar
Westland LysanderDecember 1941October 1942South India
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIBOctober 1941December 1944Ranchi
Hawker Hurricane Mk IICJanuary 1945March 1946
Harvard IIBOctober 1945September 1947Samungli
Spitfire VIIIFebruary 1946January 1947
Post-Independence (1951–Present)
Spitfire VIIIAugust 1951November 1953AFS Palam
Harvard IIB
Vampire FB52November 1953June 1956
Dassault OuraganJune 1956May 1962
Folland Gnat IMay 1962March 1983
HAL AjeetDecember 1983April 1991
MiG-27July 1991October 2003
Su-30 MKIJuly 2009PresentAFS Tezpur

References

  1. Dutch Aviation Society. OrBat of the Indian Air Force Archived 22 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Gupta, Anchit (14 December 2024). "Eight Years to Take-Off: The Surprising Birth of No. 2 Squadron". IAFHistory. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  3. "No.2 Squadron Winged Daggers". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. Pillarisetti, Jagan (14 June 2017). "No.2 Squadron". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 21 June 2021.