No. 1 Squadron IAF

No. 1 Squadron (The Tigers), the oldest squadron of the Indian Air Force operates as a multirole (air superiority and electronic warfare) unit. Part of 40 Wing of the Indian Air Force under Central Air Command, it is based at Maharajpur in Gwalior.[1]

No. 1 Squadron
A 1993 stamp dedicated to the 60th anniversary of No. 1 Squadron, featuring its crest (bottom-left)
Active1 April 1933 – present
RoleAir superiority
Interdiction
BaseAFS Gwalior
Nickname(s)Tigers
Motto(s)Ekta Mein Shakti
(Hindi: "Strength in Unity")
EngagementsHur's Operations NWFP
Burma Campaign
Operation Polo
Western Air War, 1965
Liberation War, 1971
Kargil War, 1999
Commanders
Current
commander		Group Captain Hemant Kumar
Notable
commanders		Subroto Mukerjee
Arjan Singh
Dilbagh Singh
Insignia
Identification
symbol		A Royal Bengal Tiger
Aircraft flown
FighterDassault Mirage 2000

History

The squadron was established at Drigh Road, Karachi on 1 April 1933.[1] The squadron successfully test fired a BVR MICA missile from a Mirage-2000 aircraft on 24 September 2016.[2]

Aircraft
AircraftFromTo
Westland Wapiti1 April 1933June 1939[3]
Hawker HartJune 1939August 1941
Westland LysanderAugust 1941February 1944
Hurricane Mk IIcFebruary 1944November 1945
Supermarine SpitfireNovember 1945February 1947
Hawker Tempest IIFebruary 1947August 1947
Supermarine Spitfire26 January 1953February 1953
De Havilland VampireFebruary 1953February 1953
Dassault Mystère IVaFebruary 1953July 1966
MiG-21 FLJuly 1966June 1985
Dassault Mirage 2000June 1985Present

References
  1. Singh, Pushpindar. "No.1 Squadron". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  2. "MICA Missile Firing by 'TIGER' Squadron of IAF". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. "No. 1 Squadron". Bharat Rakshak.
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