No. 87 Squadron IAF

No. 87 Squadron of Indian Air Force is located at Panagarh Air Force Station and is assigned to Eastern Air Command. The tactical-aircraft squadron is used for special forces and also for Indian Army's new XVII Mountain Strike Corps located at Panagarh.

No. 87 Squadron
Active6 May 2016 - Present
CountryIndia
RoleSpecial Air Operations
Garrison/HQPanagarh AFS
Nickname(s)"Raiding Raptors"[1]
Motto(s)Wings of Valor [2]
Aircraft flown
TransportC-130J Super Hercules

History

Initially, two C-130Js from No. 77 Squadron, Hindon AFS operated from Panagarh since its inauguration in May 2016, till the new Super Hercules arrived next year.[3] The first two C-130J Super Hercules landed in July 2017.[4] A month later in August 2017, remaining four aircraft arrived at the base with IAF commissioning the air base as Air Force Station Arjan Singh.[5][6]

Lineage
  • Constituted as No. 87 Squadron on 6 May 2016.

Aircraft

References
  1. "Super Hercules can play vital role in conflicts: IAF". 7 October 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ANI [@ANI] (3 October 2019). "Air Force Station Arjan Singh conducted Swachh Bharat campaign yesterday. Air Cmde D Vedajna inaugurated the campaign & handed over campaign flag to Wg Cdr Gajanand Yadava who undertook a skydive jump with the flag from 15,000 feet above the ground. t.co/xsJc20FXid" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. "Panagarh gets two Super Hercules from Hindon till arrival of new aircraft". 6 May 2016. Retrieved 19 Feb 2017.
  4. "C-130Js arrive in Bengal IAF station". 27 July 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. "IAF strengthens eastern base with six Super Hercules jets in Panagarh". 24 August 2017.
  6. "Amid Doklam row with China, IAF commissions new Super Hercules base in the east". 24 August 2017.
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