No. 101 Squadron IAF

Indian Air Force squadron

No. 101 Squadron
Active	1 May 1949 - January 2011 June 2021 - Present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Role	Fighter
Garrison/HQ	Hasimara AFS
Nickname(s)	"Falcons"
Motto(s)	Anwishyavedhi Search and Destroy
Commanders
Current commander	Group Captain Neeraj Jhamb^[1]
Aircraft flown
Fighter	Dassault Rafale

Military unit

The No. 101 Squadron (Falcons) is an Indian Air Force fighter aircraft squadron which is equipped with the Dassault Rafale and is based at the Hasimara Air Force Station.^[2]

History

101 Squadron was formed with the specific role of photo reconnaissance. Enjoying the place of pride in the Squadron crest is a trained hunting Falcon, the bird's keen eyesight, quick and sure kill ability symbolizes the role for which the Squadron was formed.^[3]

The squadron was reinstated with Dassault Rafale in June 2021 and was inducted into Hasimara, West Bengal on 28 July 2021.^[1]^[4]

Present

The squadron was reinstated in June 2021 with 5 Dassault Rafale in Ambala. The squadron was commissioned in its designated base in Hasimara from 28 July 2021.^[5]

Assignments

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Aircraft

Aircraft types operated by the squadron^[6]


Aircraft Type	From	To	Air Base
Harvard	June 1949	February 1957	Palam AFS^[6]
Supermarine Spitfire	June 1949	February 1957	Palam AFS^[6]
de Havilland Vampire	February 1957	July 1968	Adampur AFS^[6]
Sukhoi Su-7	July 1968	June 1981	Adampur AFS^[6]
MiG-21 M	June 1981	2002	Sirsa AFS^[6]
MiG-21 M	2002	January 2011	Adampur AFS^[6]
Dassault Rafale	28 July 2021	Present	Hasimara AFS^[1]^[7]

Gallery

Dassault Rafale of Indian Air Force squadron 101 landing in Hasimara, West Bengal.
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria interacting with the Rafale pilots of 101 Sqn.
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria during induction ceremony of 101 Squadron.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Alex Philip, Snehesh (21 April 2021). "Rafale training of IAF pilots in France comes to an end, eyes on 'Lethal 16' next". The Print.
^ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
^ Pike, John. "Squadron 101". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "INDUCTION CEREMONY OF RAFALE AIRCRAFT INTO 101 SQN ON28 JUL 21". PIB. 28 July 2021.
^ Sagar, Pradeep R (23 June 2021). "IAF raises Rafale squadron at strategic Hasimara air base". The Week.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "No.101 Squadron Falcons - Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force". bharat-rakshak.com.
^ "IAF's second Rafale squadron to get operational by July 26". ANI. 13 July 2021.

Indian Air Force

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

Components
& commands

Air Force commands

Operational	Central Air Command Eastern Air Command Southern Air Command South Western Air Command Western Air Command
Functional	Training Command Maintenance Command
Joint	Andaman and Nicobar Command Strategic Forces Command Defence Cyber Agency Defence Space Agency Armed Forces Special Operations Division

Air bases

Western Air Command	Adampur Ambala Amritsar Awantipora Bathinda Chandigarh Faridabad Gurugram Halwara Hindan Leh Palam Pathankot Sarsawa Siachen Glacier Sirsa Srinagar Udhampur
Eastern Air Command	Agartala Bagdogra Barapani AFS Barrackpore Chabua Dum Dum Hasimara Jorhat Kalaikunda Kumbhigram Mohanbari Mountain Shadow Tawang Tezpur Panagarh
Central Air Command	Agra Bihta Darbhanga Bakshi Ka Talab Bamrauli Bareilly Chakeri Gorakhpur Maharajpur
Southern Air Command	Car Nicobar Coimbatore Madurai Port Blair Tambaram Thanjavur
South Western Air Command	Bhuj Jaisalmer Jamnagar Jodhpur Lohegaon Nal-Bikaner Naliya Phalodi Uttarlai Makarpura
Training Command	Begumpet Bidar Dundigal Hakimpet Yelahanka Belgaum
Maintenance Command	Nagpur Ojhar
Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs)	Along Chinyalisaur Chushul Daulat Beg Oldi Fukche Hayuliang Mechuka Nyoma Pasighat Airport Tawang Thoise Tuting Vijaynagar Walong Ziro

Squadrons

Combat

No. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
14
15
16
17
18
20
23
24
27
29
30
31
45
47
101
102
106
220
221
222
223
224

Transport

No. 11
12
19
25
33
41
43
44
48
49
59
77
78
81
87

Helicopters

Squadrons	No. 104 125
Units	No. 105 107 109 110 111 112 114 115 116 117 118 119 127 128 129 130 143 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159
Flights	No. 121 122 126 131 132

Acrobatic display

Communication

AHQCS

EW/AWS

RPA

No. 3001
3002
3003
3004
3005

Number plated

No. 10
21
22
26
28
32
35
37
51
108

Aircraft

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
Schools & colleges	Air Force Academy Air Force Administrative College Air Force School, Coimbatore Air Force School, Jodhpur Flying Instructors School Indian Air Force Test Pilot School Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment Air Defence College College of Air Warfare
Tri-service institutions	Defence Services Staff College National Defence Academy National Defence College College of Defence Management Military Institute of Technology