No. 8 Squadron IAF

No. 8 Squadron, Indian Air Force (Pursoots) were formed in 1943 at Trichinopoly (now Tiruchirapalli) 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 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]

Sources

No. 8 Squadron from Bharat-Rakshak

References

↑ "IAF developing Bareilly as hub for Sukhois", The Hindu, 30 September 2007 (accessed 30 September 2007)

Squadrons of the Indian Air Force

Combat

No. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
14
15
16
17
18
20
21
22
23
24
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
35
37
45
47
51
52
101
102
106
108
220
221
222
223
224

Transport

AHQCS
No. 11
12
19
25
33
41
42
43
44
48
49
59
78

Helicopters

Squadrons	No. 104 125

Units	No. 105 107 109 110 111 112 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 127 128 129 130 151 152 153

Flights	No. 121 122 126