No. 8 Squadron, Indian Air Force

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No. 8 Squadron, Indian Air Force (Pursoots) were formed in 1943 at Trichinopoly (now Tiruchirapally) and were trained at Peshawar and Bhopal. On 2 December 1943, they were moved to Doublemooring in Chittagong (now in Bangladesh) to work closely together with No. 82 Squadron RAF in the Burma Campaign. Equipped with Spitfires they had significant success against the the Japanese Imperial Army.

Presently, the squadron is based at the Bareilly Air Force Station, Uttar Pradesh. They will be re-equipped with the Su-30MKI Fighter aircraft by 2008-09.[1]

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  1. ^ [1] "IAF developing Bareilly as hub for Sukhois", The Hindu, 30 September 2007 (accessed 30 September 2007)
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