No. 50 Squadron IAF

No. 50 Squadron
Active 28 May 2009- Present
Country India
Role Airborne early warning and control
Garrison/HQ AFS Agra
Nickname(s) "?"
Motto(s) "Sangrame Jayate Shur"
Aircraft flown
Transport Beriev A-50

No. 50 squadron operates the Phalcon Airborne Warning, Control and Command System, bought from Israel. The Squadron participates in operations involving Aerial reconnaissance and Early Warning Missile Launches.

History

The No. 50 Squadron were raised in 2009 at Agra of the Central Air Command. Beriev A-50 is based on the air-frame of the Ilyushin Il-76 and fitted by Beriev with PS-90A-76 engines and Israeli radar system EL/W-2090(Phalcon) mounted on the aircraft by Israeli company Elta Electronics Industries.[1]

Lineage

  • Constituted as No. 50 Squadron on 28 May 2009[2]

Assignments

Aircraft

References

  1. ↑ A.F. "Take-off Magazine : Beriev delivered third A-50EI". en.take-off.ru. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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