No. 10 Squadron IAF

Squadron No. 10 Daggers
Information
Role CAS
Interdiction
Reconnaissance
Aircraft Operated MiG-27 ML
Home Station AFS Jodhpur
Motto Yudhay Krutnischay –
Into war with determination
History
Raised February 20, 1944
Badge "The specially fashioned Winged dagger"
Notable Battles Burma Campaign
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Liberation War,1971

No. 10 Squadron, Indian Air Force (also called the Daggers Squadron) was the last squadron of the Indian Air Force to be created during the Second World War, and was formed in 1944. As of 2010 it operated Mig-27 fighter aircraft, based at the Jodhpur airforce station.

The squadron previously operated the HAL HF-24 Marut and the Hawker Tempest.

The squadron's motto is Yudhay Krutnischay ("Into War With Determination"), and its emblem is a winged dagger.

The squadron was presented with it's President's Standard on 18 March 1985, at Jodhpur, on the same day as No. 11 Squadron.

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