No.101 Squadron Falcons Motto : Anwishyavedhi (Search and Destroy) Date Raised : 1950-04-01 Location : Hashimara 101 Squadron of the IAF, popularly known as the 'FALCONS OF CHHAMB' was created as a photo reconnaissance flight at Palam on 1 May 1949. Four Harvards, two Spitfires, eight pilots and fifty five airmen formed the nucleus of the Squadron. In 1957, the Squadron converted to Vampire aircraft and shifted its base to Adampur. The Squadron graduated to supersonic era with SU-7 ac in June 1968. The Squadron shifted to AF Base Sirsa on 10 May 1981. As of early 2002, Squadron 101 appeared to have relocated to Adampur Airbase.
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| 01 Sep 51 - 01 Oct 54Squadron LeaderFredrick Van Allen Scudder2639 GD(P)COPalam | 01 Oct 54 - 02 Jul 58Squadron LeaderWalter Vernon Alexander Lloyd2623 GD(P)COAdampur | 03 Jul 58 - 28 Feb 60Squadron LeaderAdishar Manchershaw Palamkote3120 GD(P)COAdampur | | |
01 Oct 62 - 01 Apr 65Squadron LeaderVishwanatha Krishnamurthy4022 GD(P)COTezpur | 01 Apr 65 - 01 Jun 68Squadron LeaderJayant Vishwanath Gole4578 GD(P)COTezpur | 01 Jun 68 - 01 Dec 70Wing CommanderPirthi Singh4480 GD(P)CO | 01 Dec 70 - 01 Dec 73Wing CommanderKailash Chandra Khanna4722 GD(P)COAdampur | 01 Dec 73 - 14 Oct 75Wing CommanderShashikant Ramchandra Paranjpe4992 GD(P)COAdampur | |
15 Oct 75 - 30 Jun 77Wing CommanderPratap Rao5188 GD(P)COAdampur | 01 Jul 77 - 09 Dec 79Wing CommanderVishnu Murti Raina5382 GD(P)COAdampur | | 24 Aug 81 - 29 Dec 82Wing CommanderYatindra Chauhan8696 GD(P)CO | 30 Dec 82 - 01 Nov 84Wing CommanderNarendra Minocha9513 GD(P)CO | |
01 Nov 84 - 01 Jan 87Wing CommanderJeffrey Reginald McKerrow10469 GD(P)CO | | | 01 May 91 - 14 Jun 93Wing CommanderTej Prakash Srivastava12946 F(P)CO | 15 Jun 93 - 01 Apr 95Wing CommanderKughikombil Joseph Mathews13393 F(P)CO | |
01 Apr 95 - 01 Jul 95Wing CommanderTarun Kumar Varma14273 F(P)CO | | 16 Nov 97 - 01 Jun 00Wing CommanderDiwakar Dattatreya Kulkarni15041 F(P)CO | | | |
29 Dec 03 - 11 Dec 05Wing CommanderSanjeev Raj18276 F(P)CO | 12 Dec 05 - 07 May 06Wing CommanderAmanjit Singh Heer19521 F(P)CO |