No. 14 Squadron IAF

No. 14 Squadron (Bulls), is a ground attack unit, operating out of AFS Ambala. The squadron currently operates SEPECAT Jaguar IS and IBs, operational since March 1981.[1]

No. 14 Squadron
Active15 August 1951 - Present
CountryIndia Republic of India
Branch Indian Air Force
RoleInterdiction
Garrison/HQAmbala AFS
Nickname(s)"Bulls"
Motto(s)"बलं जयय"
(Balam Jayay)
Strength will Conquer
Aircraft flown
AttackSEPECAT Jaguar IS

History

Hunters of No. 14 Squadron battled with Sabres of the PAF in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. No. 14 Squadron was the first to be equipped with the state of the art Jaguar aircraft in 1979.

This squadron spent considerable part of their existence in Eastern India, first at Barrackpore Air Force Station, in the Calcutta suburbs and later at Kalaikunda, south-west of Calcutta. It was from this airbase they saw action, briefly during September 1965 and in December 1971. No. 14 Squadron had the unusual opportunity of being deployed at the captured PAF airbase of Jessore during the final stages of the Bangladesh war.

Aircraft

Aircraft types operated by the squadron[2]

Aircraft TypeFromToAir Base
Supermarine Spitfire VIIISeptember 1951October 1957
de Havilland Vampire FB52October 1957August 1959
Hawker Hunter Mk 56November 1959January 1979
SEPECAT Jaguar ISAugust 1979PresentAFS Ambala

References
  1. "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. "No.14 Squadron - Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force". bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.


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