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âFalcons Of Chhambâ To Get Rafales: History Of IAFâs 101 Squadron Which Will Be Resurrected At Hasimara Air Base by Swarajya Staff - May 17, 2021 06:34 AM Rafale (Twitter) IAFâs 101 Squadron blunted the Pakistani armour thrust in Chhamb in 1971. Number 101 Squadron of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is all set to be revived at the Hasimara Air Force Station in West Bengal this month. Nearly a decade after it was number-plated, the Falcons will be resurrected with a new batch of four Rafale fighters, which will arrive later this month. The squadron, formed at the Palam Air Forc...
CO of first Rafale Squadron transferred within 6 months of command Thu, Mar 11 2021 22:21 IST | 0 Views CO of first Rafale Squadron transferred within 6 months of command (Twitter). Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, March 11 : The commanding officer (CO) of the first Rafale Squadron of the Indian Air Force, Group Captain Harkirat Singh, has been transferred to the Eastern Air Command (EAC) in Shillong, just six months after taking command, sources said. While the Indian Air Force (IAF) maintained that it is a routine transfer, the move has raised eyebrows in the service with que...
Commanding Officer of first Rafale squadron transferred SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 12, 2021, 04:44 PM IST Share Synopsis The sources said Group Captain Harkirat Singh is likely to oversee the raising of the second Rafale squadron in his new posting at the Eastern Air Command. Related The Commanding Officer of the first Rafale fighter squadron based in Ambala air force station in Haryana has been transferred to the headquarters of the Eastern Air Command in Shillong, official sources said on Thursday. Group Captain Harkirat Singh is set to be succeeded by Group Captain Rohit Kataria as the com...
The 101 `Falcons’ Squadronat Hasimara airbase is slated to get the second lot of 18 Rafales under the Rs 59,000 crore deal inked with France for 36 of the omni-role jets in September 2016, as was reported earlier by TOI. Group Captain Singh, incidentally, was conferred the nation’s third-highest peacetime gallantry medal, the Shaurya Chakra, for displaying exceptional courage in landing a MiG-21 ‘Bison’ despite the critical emergency of “an engine flameout” during a practice interception sortie in September 2008. Group Captain Singh had led the “main” Rafale induction team ...