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No. 87 Squadron of Indian Air Force is located at Panagarh Air Force Station and is assigned to Eastern Air Command. The tactical-aircraft squadron is used for special forces and also for Indian Army's new XVII Mountain Strike Corps located at Panagarh.

No. 87 Squadron
An Indian Air Force C-130J
Active6 May 2016 - Present
CountryIndia
RoleSpecial Air Operations
Garrison/HQPanagarh AFS
Nickname(s)"Raiding Raptors"[1]
Motto(s)Wings of Valor [2]
Aircraft flown
TransportC-130J Super Hercules

History


Initially, two C-130Js from No. 77 Squadron, Hindon AFS operated from Panagarh since its inauguration in May 2016, till the new Super Hercules arrived next year.[3] The first two C-130J Super Hercules landed in July 2017.[4] A month later in August 2017, remaining four aircraft arrived at the base with IAF commissioning the air base as Air Force Station Arjan Singh.[5][6]


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