No. 155 Helicopter Unit, IAF

No. 155 Helicopter Unit
Active	14 January 2011 - Present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Suratgarh AFS
Nickname(s)	Kirpans
Motto(s)	Sarvottam Seva Sarvarthe Committed to Excellence
Commanders
Current commander	Wg Cdr Arvind Repswal
Aircraft flown
Attack	Mil Mi-17V5

Military unit

No. 155 Helicopter Unit is a helicopter unit equipped with Mil Mi-17V5. It is based at Suratgarh Air Force Station.^[1]

History

The unit 155 HU of Indian Air Force was the first unit to be inducted with the state of the art Medium Lift Muti-role Helicopters of the Russian Origin, the Mighty Mi17V5s. The unit was raised in AFS Bhisiana, Bathinda in the year 2011 and later shifted to AFS Suratgarh in the year 2013.

Since its inception 155 HU has been at the forefront of military operations throughout the western border, air maintenance in the Uttar Bharat Hills region, joint exercises with Indian Army and Armies of foreign nations as well as countless Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations in its Area Of Responsibility.

Assignments

One of the most important tasks of the unit is the flag trooping at Republic Day and Air Force Day in the national capital as well as wherever the Indian Govt deems it necessary. The close coordination between the helicopters flying at such low heights and at low speeds maintaining a tight Inverted Wine Glass Formation dodging the birds and other hazards at low speeds in reduced visibility conditions has always been a proud moment for this unit.

Joint exercises with friendly foreign nation Armies like the US Army, Afghan Army etc has proved to be instrumental in building up of tactics and coordination between various elements of the war.

Aircraft

Mil Mi-17V5

References

^ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

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