No. 109 Helicopter Unit, IAF
No. 109 Helicopter Unit | |
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Active | 26 August 1961 - Present |
Country | Himalayan mountains. |
Aircraft flown | |
Transport | Mi-17 V5[1] |
No.109 Helicopter Unit (Knights) is a squadron of the Indian Air Force. Raised on August 26, 1961 equipped with Mi 4s, it later converted to Mi 8s in 1974, which were further replaced by Mi-17 V5 in 2016.[1] Based at Sulur Air Force Station,[2] it currently forms a part of the Southern Air Command.[3]
Since its raising, No. 109 HU has been involved in almost all major military operations, flying in support of
Crest
No 109 HU has, as its emblem, a tribladed rotary on the backdrop of the
History
1962 Sino Indian War
No 109 HU had been thrust into action right from the moment of its birth when, in 1962, the
Following the war, 109 was deployed in a number of different roles, from supporting the Border Roads Development Organisation, in the
The military role of 109, however, again came into calling when riots broke out in
Assignments
- Sino-Indian War
- Second Kashmir War
- Liberation of Bangladesh, 1971
- Siachen
- Bhopal Disaster relief
- IPKF, Jaffna Helidrop
- IPKF Jaffna Operations
- 2015 South Indian floods
- Aero India
- Iron Fist (exercise)
References
- ^ a b "Sulur Airbase gets modern helicopters". The Hindu. 8 October 2016.
- ^ Thomas, Wilson (28 August 2018). "How air warriors fromSulur flew to help Kerala". The Hindu.
- ^ Dutch Aviation Society. OrBat of the Indian Air Force Archived 2009-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d No. 109 Helicopter Unit. Indian Air Force