From its birth until just short of the Indo-Pak war of 1965, the role of the squadron was Operational Conversion onto Vampire aircraft of the freshly commissioned pilots. The squadron, later re-equipped with the Indigenous HF-24 Marut in April 1969 and flew the Marut in the 1971 Indo-Pak War. In June 1981, the squadron converted onto the MiG-23BN.,[2] It was raised at IAF Station Jodhpur and in year 1997 It moved to IAF Station Halwara.
IAF had disbanded the 220 Squadron in June 2005 because of very old aircraft, but resurrected that with the induction of the SU 30 MKIs on 25 September 2012.[3] They received the President's standards at Halwara AFS on 20 September 2013.[4]
squadron, squadron, desert, tigers, fighter, squadron, equipped, with, mkis, based, halwara, force, station, squadronactive23, december, 1957, july, 2005, september, 2011, presentcountryrepublic, indiabranch, indian, forceroleclose, supportair, defencegarrison. No 220 Squadron Desert Tigers is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Su 30 MKIs and based at Halwara Air Force Station 1 No 220 SquadronActive23 December 1957 July 2005 1 September 2011 PresentCountryRepublic of IndiaBranch Indian Air ForceRoleClose Air SupportAir DefenceGarrison HQHalwara AFSNickname s Desert Tigers Motto s Shauryam Tejo DhritihValour Energy and Firmness Contents 1 History 1 1 Assignments 2 Aircraft 3 ReferencesHistory EditFrom its birth until just short of the Indo Pak war of 1965 the role of the squadron was Operational Conversion onto Vampire aircraft of the freshly commissioned pilots The squadron later re equipped with the Indigenous HF 24 Marut in April 1969 and flew the Marut in the 1971 Indo Pak War In June 1981 the squadron converted onto the MiG 23BN 2 It was raised at IAF Station Jodhpur and in year 1997 It moved to IAF Station Halwara IAF had disbanded the 220 Squadron in June 2005 because of very old aircraft but resurrected that with the induction of the SU 30 MKIs on 25 September 2012 3 They received the President s standards at Halwara AFS on 20 September 2013 4 Assignments Edit Indo Pakistani War of 1965 Indo Pakistani War of 1971Aircraft EditAircraft Types operated by 220 Squadron 5 6 Aircraft Type From To Air Basede Havilland Vampire FB 52 9 January 1963 1 May 2006 AFS PalamHF 24 Marut April 1969 June 1981MiG 23 BN June 1981 19971997 July 2005 AFS HalwaraSu 30 MKI 1 September 2011 PresentReferences Edit Squadrons and Helicopter Units Bharat Rakshak Retrieved 4 December 2015 Pike John Squadron 220 Globalsecurity org Retrieved 30 July 2017 No 220 Squadron Indian Air Force Database Bharat Rakshak Retrieved 20 September 2019 No 220 Squadron Presentation of the Presidents Standards Bhaat rakshak com Retrieved 30 July 2017 No 220 Squadron Desert Tigers Retrieved 2 January 2022 Presidential standards awarded to IAF Units New Indian Express 21 November 2013 Retrieved 2 January 2022 This military article about the Indian Armed Forces is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title No 220 Squadron IAF amp oldid 1063656899, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
