IAF Order of Battle in 1965 War

IAF ORDER OF BATTLE IN 1965 WAR

The following is the IAF Order of Battle in the 1965 War. The list is only indicative and not accurate. Only combat units are included in the list. Wherever a 'Dett' is mentioned, it should be taken that a detachment of four to six aircraft has been deputed. The Names of the Officer Commanding (OC) are given in the parenthesis. This page employs Dynamic HTML and collapsible bullets.

Mysteres: No. 1 Sqn No. 3 Sqn No. 8 Sqn No. 31 Sqn No. 32 Sqn	Hunters: No. 7 Sqn No. 27 Sqn No. 20 Sqn No. 14 Sqn (East) No. 17 Sqn (East) No. 37 Sqn (East)	Gnats: No. 2 Sqn No. 9 Sqn No. 23 Sqn
Canberra: No. 5 Sqn No. 16 Sqn (East) No. 35 Sqn No. 106 SPR Sqn Jet Bomber Conversion Unit	Other Types: No. 28 Sqn - MiG-21 No. 45/220 Sqn - Vampire No. 24 Sqn - Vampire (East) No. 4 Sqn - Ouragan (East)

Western Air Command (AVM R. Rajaram)
- Pathankot (Gp. Capt. Roshan Suri)
  - No.28 MiG-21 (Small Dett: 2) (Wg. Cdr. MSD Wollen) >>> Moved to Adampur
  - No.45/No.220 Vampire (Sqn. Ldr. SK Dahar) >>> Moved to Hindon
  - No.3 Mystere (Wg. Cdr. Paul Roby)
  - No.31 Mystere (Wg. Cdr. WM Goodman)
  - No.23 Gnat (Dett: 8 under S/L J W Greene)
- Halwara (Gp. Capt. GKK John)
  - No.7 Hunter (Wg. Cdr. ATRH Zachariah)
  - No.27 Hunter (Wg. Cdr. Jog)
  - No.20 Hunter (Dett: 4-6 under S/L B K Bishnoi att to No.7 Later)
  - No.2 Gnat (Dett: 4 under S/L R Dhawan - Later W/C Bharat Singh)
- Adampur (Gp. Capt. WVA Lloyd)
  - No.1 Mystere (Wg. Cdr. OP Taneja)
  - No.8 Mystere (Wg. Cdr. Milikins)
  - No.28 MiG-21 (Dett: 4)
- Ambala (Gp. Capt. DE Bouchier)
  - No.2 Gnat (Main Dett: 8) (Wg. Cdr. Bharat Singh)
  - No.23 Gnat (Main Dett.) (Wg. Cdr. S. Raghavendran)
- Agra
  - No.5 Canberra (Wg. Cdr. PP Singh)
  - No.35 Canberra (Wg. Cdr. Bakshish Singh)
  - No.2 Gnat (Dett: 4)
- Hindon
  - No.20 Hunter (Main Dett.) (Wg. Cdr. Amrit Lal Bajaj)
Eastern Air Command (AVM Shivdev Singh)
- Kalaikonda (Gp. Capt. MB Naik)
  - No.14 Hunter (Wg. Cdr. DA La Fontaine)
  - No.16 Canberra (Wg. Cdr. PM Wilson) >>> Moved to WAC Agra
  - No.24 Vampire (Sqn. Ldr. M. Banerji)
- Baghdogra (Wg. Cdr. MB Singh)
- Hashimara
  - No.4 Ouragan (Sqn. Ldr. MM Singh)
- Chabua
  - No.17 Hunter
- Gauhati
  - No.37 Hunter (Wg. Cdr. McNeil) >>> Moved to WAC

Notes:

1. No.45/220 Vampire squadron was an amalgamated unit with 16 Vampires under the command of a Sqn. Ldr.
2. No.28 MiG-21 squadron had only nine aircraft as establishment.

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