No. 51 Squadron IAF

No. 51 Squadron "Sword Arms" is a fighter squadron of Indian air force, based in Srinagar air force station.[1] The squadron is under the western command of Indian air force.

No. 51 Squadron
Active23 December 1957 - Present
Country Republic of India
Branch Indian Air Force
RoleFighter
Garrison/HQSrinagar AFS
Nickname(s)Sword Arms
Motto(s)Yudhya Mahaspara Bhayankara
which means "valour for victory"

History

No.51 Squadron was initially raised in AFS Chandigarh in 1985, then being equipped with Mig-21 Type 75 variant which later went on to be upgraded to the Mig-21 Bison variant. The squadron was shortly relocated to AFS Srinagar. [2]

Notable Incidents

No.51 Squadron became well known after Indo-Pakistani standoff 2019 that followed a day after Balakot Air Strike where Wing Commander Abhinandan took off on an intercept vector towards the LoC and engaged into an aerial dogfight with a PAF F-16 and successfully downed it moments before getting shot down by an AMRAAM Air-to-Air missile himself.

Assignments

References
  1. "No.51 Squadron, Indian Air Force - Database". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/51 Sqn


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