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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
Active	15 August 1951 - Present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Role	Interdiction
Garrison/HQ	Ambala AFS
Nickname(s)	"Bulls"
Motto(s)	"बलं जयय" (Balam Jayay) Strength will Conquer
Aircraft flown
Attack	SEPECAT 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 Type	From	To	Air Base
Supermarine Spitfire VIII	September 1951	October 1957
de Havilland Vampire FB52	October 1957	August 1959
Hawker Hunter Mk 56	November 1959	January 1979
SEPECAT Jaguar IS	August 1979	Present	AFS Ambala

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