No. 108 Squadron IAF

No. 108 Squadron
Active20 November 1959 - 29 December 2017
CountryIndia Republic of India
Branch Indian Air Force
RoleFighter
Garrison/HQPathankot AFS
Nickname(s)"Hawkeyes"
Motto(s)Shodan Aur Aakraman
Search and Strike

No. 108 Squadron (Hawkeyes) was a fighter squadron of Indian Air Force. The squadron was equipped with MiG-21M and was based at Pathankot Air Force Station. The squadron was number plated in December 2017.[1][2][3]

History

The Hawk, with its keen eyesight, symbolizes the search and acquisition of the target. The lightning and the battle axe denote an immediate response and the power of the strike. The Hawkeye squadron was formed on 20 November 1959 at Halwara. The squadron was initially equipped with Vampire aircraft and was assigned the role of Army Cooperation and photo-Reconnaissance.[4]

The squadron was number plated in December 2017.[1]

Assignments

Aircraft

Aircraft types operated by the squadron:

Aircraft Type From To Air Base
de Havilland Vampire December 1959 December 1968 AFS Halwara
Sukhoi Su-7 December 1968 July 1973
MiG-21 M July 1973 29 December 2017 AFS Adampur

Commanding Officers

From To Service Number Rank & Name Location Photo
07 Dec 59 15 Apr 62 3650 F(P) Squadron Leader Keshava Prasad Misra Halwara
16 May 62 12 May 65 3881 F(P) Squadron Leader Robert Arnold Weir Halwara/ Pathankot
13 May 65 26 May 65 4673 GD(P) Squadron Leader Nuggehalli Krishnaswamy Ramprasad Bagdogra
27 Jun 65 10 Dec 67 4582 F(P) Squadron Leader Eric Lionel Allen Pathankot/ Bagdogra/
11 Dec 67 19 Nov 68 4608 F(P) Squadron Leader Dilip Shankar Jog Bareilly
20 Nov 68 16 Jul 72 4489 F(P) Wing Commander Balchandra Shankar Deshmukh Bareilly
17 Jul 72 21 May 73 4899 F(P) Wing Commander Onkar Singh Wadhawan Bareilly
22 May 73 17 Jul 75 4736 F(P) Wing Commander Rajendra Kumar Dhawan Adampur
18 Jul 75 05 Feb 76 5178 F(P) Wing Commander Mohan Murdeshwar Adampur
06 Feb 76 13 Jul 76 5060 F(P) Wing Commander Thupakulu Narasimhulu Bhavani Shankar Adampur
14 Jul 76 22 Oct 78 5596 F(P) Wing Commander Viney Kapila Adampur
23 Oct 78 14 Jan 80 6748 F(P) Wing Commander Philip Rajkumar Adampur
15 Jan 80 05 May 82 7415 F(P) Wing Commander Kumarendra De Adampur/ Bhatinda
06 May 82 28 Jun 82 8444 F(P) Wing Commander Prabhat Chandra Prasad Adampur
26 Jul 82 28 Feb 85 8186 F(P) Wing Commander Ashley Malcolm Rodriques Adampur
28 Feb 85 20 Apr 87 11296 F(P) Wing Commander James Arun Benjamin Adampur
28 Apr 87 01 Jan 88 11592 F(P) Wing Commander Adhip Banerjee Adampur
11 Jan 88 04 Jan 90 12218 F(P) Wing Commander Ashok Vishwanath Bhagwat Adampur
04 Jan 90 20 Jan 92 12403 F(P) Wing Commander Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh Adampur
20 Jan 92 03 Jan 94 13382 F(P) Wing Commander Anjan Kumar Gogoi Adampur
03 Jan 94 18 Sep 95 13911 F(P) Wing Commander Motilal Nalluri Adampur
18 Sep 95 24 Nov 97 15036 F(P) Wing Commander Narinder Pal Singh Adampur
24 Nov 97 10 Jan 00 15206 F(P) Wing Commander Harjinder Jit Singh Jallawalla Pathankot
10 Jan 00 15 Jul 02 16559 F(P) Wing Commander Sanjeev Narayan Deshpande Pathankot
15 Jul 02 27 Jun 04 17343 F(P) Wing Commander Mohan Kumar Rao Pathankot
28 Jun 04 13 Aug 06 18561 F(P) Wing Commander Balkrishnan Balachandran Pathankot
04 Aug 08 09 May 10 21505 F(P) Wing Commander Ganapathiraju Srinivas Bhuj/ Nal
22 Sep 14 03 Mar 16 23987 F(P) Wing Commander Rahul Mathur Nal
04 Mar 16 03 Jul 16 23987 F(P) Group Captain Rahul Mathur Nal

References

  1. ^ a b Subramaniam, AVM Arjun (8 January 2018). "As a MiG-21 variant flies into the sunset, a pilot recalls how he almost crashed in it". The Print.
  2. ^ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. ^ "New CAS flies solo in MiG-21M" (PDF). Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review. No. 1. Society for Aerospace Studies. January–February 2017. p. 14.
  4. ^ Pike, John. "Squadron 108". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 30 July 2017.


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