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.

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. The first two C-130J Super Hercules landed in July 2017. 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.

Lineage

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

Aircraft

  • C-130J Super Hercules.

References


FighterInterceptor Squadron 87th Veterans Memorial Hall

Famed IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's MiG21 Squadron bows out from

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Pilots of 87 Sqn c.1941. Second from the right is P/O G. L. Roscoe.

87 (Photo Reconnaissance) Squadron RAAF (87PRS) during WW2