avia.wikisort.org - Air_ForcesNo. 81 Squadron is a unit of the Indian Air Force assigned to Western Air Command. The Squadron participates in operations involving air, land and airdrop of troops, equipment, supplies, and support or augment special operations forces, when appropriate. It is responsible for heavy lift operations of the IAF and is based out of the Hindan Air Force Station. The squadron operates 11 Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs.
No. 81 Squadron |
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Active | 1 September 2013 - Present |
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Country | India |
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Role | Transport |
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Garrison/HQ | Hindon AFS |
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Nickname(s) | "Sky Lords" |
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Motto(s) | सक्षम, सबल, सर्वत्र: (Capable, Powerful, Omnipresent) |
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Transport | Boeing C-17 Globemaster III |
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Military unit
History
First C-17 was delivered in January 2013 and the sixth C-17 aircraft was received in July 2014.[1] Boeing delivered 11th and last aircraft in August 2019.[2] It was constituted as No. 81 Squadron (Sky Lords) on 1 September 2013[3]
Operations
The squadron is the workhorse of any operation that require heavy lift for the Indian Armed Forces or the Government of India. It has been deployed in vast number of varied scenarios that include transportation of oxygen tanks to India during the medical oxygen shortage in India caused by Covid.[4] The Sky Lords carried out rapid troop deployment by India in Ladakh during the 2020-21 border India-China standoff.[4] The 81st Squadron has also carried out evacuation of Indians and foreign nationals from volatile regions during uncertain situations. These include the 2015 Yemen crises,[5][6] rescue and relief sorties to Nepal during April 2015 Nepal earthquake,[7] evacuation of Indians from war torn South Sudan in 2016.[8] It also airlifted Indians, many Afghan MPs, Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, and the staff of Indian embassy in Afghanistan after Taliban took over Kabul following US troop pullout.[9] It has also had foreign deployments to Tajikistan in August 2013, and to Rwanda to support Indian peacekeepers.[10] The squadron has carried out numerous other humanitarian and military operations.
Aircraft
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
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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