No. 104 Helicopter Squadron, IAF
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No. 104 Helicopter Squadron (Pioneer Rotarians) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Mil Mi-35 and based at
Suratgarh Air Force Station Suratgarh Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is located in Suratgarh Of The Sri Ganganagar Rajasthan, India. The air force station mainly operates the MiG 21 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (russian: Микоян и Гуреви ...
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History

The acquisition of Sikorsky S-55 in 1954 heralded the creation of the first Helicopter Flight within the IAF, and in 1958 become established as the first dedicated Helicopter Unit, No. 104 Helicopter Squadron. The IAF S-55s were later phased out in 1966 inducting other helicopter types into service, such as the Mil Mi-35 model in 1990.


Assignments

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Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 or the Second Kashmir War was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. The conflict began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was d ...
* 1971 JVP insurrection * Indo-Pakistani War of 1971


Aircraft


References

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