avia.wikisort.org - Air_ForcesNo.109 Helicopter Unit (Knights) is a squadron of the Indian Air Force. Raised on August 26, 1961 equipped with Mi 4s, it later converted to Mi 8s in 1974, which were further replaced by Mi-17 V5 in 2016.[1] Based at Sulur Air Force Station,[2] it currently forms a part of the Southern Air Command.[3]
No. 109 Helicopter Unit |
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Active | 26 August 1961 - Present |
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Country | Republic of India |
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Branch | Indian Air Force |
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Role | EW Military Transport Reconnaissance CasEvac Close air support |
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Garrison/HQ | Sulur AFS |
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Nickname(s) | "Knights" |
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Motto(s) | Apatsu Mitram A friend in time of need |
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Identification symbol | A Rotary blade on the backdrop of the Himalayan mountains. |
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Transport | Mi-17 V5[1] |
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Military unit
Since its raising, No. 109 HU has been involved in almost all major military operations, flying in support of Indian Army right from the 1962 conflict with China, to supporting IPKF operations against the LTTE in Sri Lanka in 1987.[4]
Crest
No 109 HU has, as its emblem, a tribladed rotary on the backdrop of the Himalayan mountains. Below this crest, the words Apatsu Mitram (Sanskrit- Friend in need), are inscribed upon a scroll in Devnagari.[4]
History
1962 Sino Indian War
No 109 HU had been thrust into action right from the moment of its birth when, in 1962, the Sino-Indian War Broke out. The unit maintained a two aircraft detachment under the Eastern Air Command, which served extensively in CASEVAC and logistics missions in and around the Spiti Valley.[4] in face of extremes of conditions and harshest of terrains.
Following the war, 109 was deployed in a number of different roles, from supporting the Border Roads Development Organisation, in the North East India, to flying in support of disaster relief following the Jagadhri floods in Uttar Pradesh in 1963.
The military role of 109, however, again came into calling when riots broke out in Srinagar in January 1964, preluding to the Second Kashmir War.No 109 HU was heavily involved in the tactical airlift of troops and security personnel into the sensitive areas in the valley, and was also heavily involved in reconnaissance and patrol missions.[4]
Assignments
- Sino-Indian War
- Second Kashmir War
- Liberation of Bangladesh, 1971
- Siachen
- Bhopal Disaster relief
- IPKF, Jaffna Helidrop
- IPKF Jaffna Operations
- 2015 South Indian floods
- Aero India
- Iron Fist (exercise)
References
Indian Air Force |
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Leadership |
- Minister of Defence
- Chief of the Air Staff
- Vice Chief of the Air Staff
- Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
- AOCs-in-C (Commander-in-Chief)
- Serving air marshals
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Components & commands | Air Force commands | Operational |
- Central Air Command
- Eastern Air Command
- Southern Air Command
- South Western Air Command
- Western Air Command
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Functional |
- Training Command
- Maintenance Command
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Joint |
- Andaman and Nicobar Command
- Strategic Forces Command
- Defence Cyber Agency
- Defence Space Agency
- Armed Forces Special Operations Division
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Air bases | Western Air Command | |
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Eastern Air Command | |
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Central Air Command | |
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Southern Air Command | |
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South Western Air Command | |
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Training Command | |
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Maintenance Command | |
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Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) | |
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Squadrons | Combat | |
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Transport | |
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Helicopters | |
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Signal | |
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Aircraft |
- List of active Indian military aircraft
- List of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force
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Military academies | Education & training |
- Sainik School
- Armed Forces Medical College
- Ajmer Military School
- Bangalore Military School
- Belgaum Military School
- Chail Military School
- Dholpur Military School
- Rashtriya Indian Military College
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Schools & colleges |
- Air Force Academy
- Air Force Administrative College
- Air Force School, Coimbatore
- Air Force School, Jodhpur
- Air Force School, Kanpur
- Flying Instructors School
- Indian Air Force Test Pilot School
- Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment
- Air Defence College
- College of Air Warfare
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Tri-service institutions |
- Defence Services Staff College
- National Defence Academy
- National Defence College
- College of Defence Management
- Military Institute of Technology
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Insignia |
- Awards and decorations
- Ranks and insignia (Officers, JCOs, Airmen)
- Air Force Day
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History & future |
- Royal Indian Air Force
- History of the Indian Air Force
- Future of the Indian Air Force
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Other |
- List of exercises of the Indian Air Force
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- Category
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