No. 28 Squadron IAF

No. 28 Squadron, Indian Air Force, nicknamed The First Supersonics is a squadron of the Indian Air Force (IAF). It is currently based in Adampur, Punjab with the Western Air Command and flies Mikoyan MiG-29s.[1]

No. 28 Squadron IAF
Active23 March 1963- Present
CountryIndia Republic of India
Branch Indian Air Force
RoleMultirole
Garrison/HQAFS Adampur
Nickname(s)"First Supersonics"
Motto(s)Sanharancha Karothi Ya
Determined to Destroy
Aircraft flown
FighterMikoyan MiG-29

History

The squadron's role is air defence and offence. It is known as "The First Supersonics" because it was the first squadron in the IAF to be equipped with supersonic Mikoyan MiG-21s in 1963.[2]

The squadron was initially based in Chandigarh, Ambala Before 1947 ,later moved to Tezpur, Assam, then Pune, Maharashtra and later to Jamnagar, Gujarat. . They were equipped with MiG 29s in the early 1990s and took part in operations in 2000 in the period of tension between India and Pakistan following the 1999 Kargil War.

Lineage
  • Constituted as No. 28 Squadron (First Supersonics) on 23 March 1963[3]

Aircraft
AircraftFromToAir Base
MiG-21 F1323 March 1963August 1966AFS Chandigarh[4]
MiG-21 PFNovember 1964August 1967AFS Adampur
MiG-21 FLMarch 1966January 1987AFS Tezpur
MiG-29December 1987PresentAFS Adampur

Assignments

References
  1. "Squadrons and Helicopter Units".
  2. "Lancer Publishers Online Bookshop".
  3. "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. "No. 28 Squadron". Bharat Rakshak.
  5. "The First Supersonics: Thunder over Dacca - 1971 War". 10 December 2012.
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