No. 87 Squadron IAF

No. 87 Squadron
Active 6 May 2016 - Present
Country India
Role Special Air Operations
Garrison/HQ Panagarh AFS
Aircraft flown
Transport C-130J Super Hercules

No. 87 Squadron of Indian Air Force is located at Panagarh Air Force Station and is assigned to Eastern Air Command. The tactical-aircraft squadron is used for special forces and also for Indian Army's new XVII Mountain Strike Corps located at Panagarh.

History

Initially, two C-130Js from No. 77 Squadron, Hindon AFS operated from Panagarh since its inauguration in May 2016, till the new Super Hercules arrived next year.[1] The first two C-130J Super Hercules landed in July 2017.[2] A month later in August 2017, remaining four aircraft arrived at the base with IAF commissioning the air base as Air Force Station Arjan Singh.[3][4]

Lineage

  • Constituted as No. 87 Squadron on 6 May 2016.

Aircraft

References

  1. ↑ "Panagarh gets two Super Hercules from Hindon till arrival of new aircraft". 6 May 2016. Retrieved 19 Feb 2017.
  2. ↑ "C-130Js arrive in Bengal IAF station". 27 July 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "IAF strengthens eastern base with six Super Hercules jets in Panagarh". 24 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Amid Doklam row with China, IAF commissions new Super Hercules base in the east". 24 August 2017.
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