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 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.
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Unit previously existed as 101 PR Unit
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 50 to 01 Sep 51 | Flight Lieutenant John Frederick Shukla | 2458 GD(P) | CO | Palam | |
| 01 Sep 51 to 01 Oct 54 | Squadron Leader Fredrick Van Allen Scudder | 2639 GD(P) | CO | Palam |  |
| 01 Oct 54 to 02 Jul 58 | Squadron Leader Walter Vernon Alexander Lloyd | 2623 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 03 Jul 58 to 28 Feb 60 | Squadron Leader Adishar Manchershaw Palamkote | 3120 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 01 Mar 60 to 01 Oct 62 | Squadron Leader Lovel Cyprian Stephon | 3246 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur | |
| 01 Oct 62 to 01 Apr 65 | Squadron Leader Vishwanatha Krishnamurthy | 4022 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 01 Apr 65 to 01 Jun 68 | Squadron Leader Jayant Vishwanath Gole | 4578 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 01 Jun 68 to 01 Dec 70 | Wing Commander Pirthi Singh | 4480 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 01 Dec 70 to 01 Dec 73 | Wing Commander Kailash Chandra Khanna | 4722 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 01 Dec 73 to 14 Oct 75 | Wing Commander Shashikant Ramchandra Paranjpe | 4992 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 15 Oct 75 to 30 Jun 77 | Wing Commander Pratap Rao | 5188 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 01 Jul 77 to 09 Dec 79 | Wing Commander Vishnu Murti Raina | 5382 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 10 Dec 79 to 23 Aug 81 | Wing Commander Mahendra Vir Singh | 6769 GD(P) | CO | ||
| 24 Aug 81 to 29 Dec 82 | Wing Commander Yatindra Chauhan | 8696 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 30 Dec 82 to 01 Nov 84 | Wing Commander Narendra Minocha | 9513 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 01 Nov 84 to 01 Jan 87 | Wing Commander Jeffrey Reginald McKerrow | 10469 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 01 Jan 87 to 01 Mar 89 | Wing Commander Manmohan Singh | 11862 GD(P) | CO | Sirsa | |
| 01 Mar 89 to 01 Mar 91 | Wing Commander Satish Chandra Mehta | 12223 GD(P) | CO | ||
| 01 May 91 to 14 Jun 93 | Wing Commander Tej Prakash Srivastava | 12946 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 15 Jun 93 to 01 Apr 95 | Wing Commander Kughikombil Joseph Mathews | 13393 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 01 Apr 95 to 01 Jul 95 | Wing Commander Tarun Kumar Varma | 14273 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 01 Jul 95 to 15 Nov 97 | Wing Commander Harinder Singh Chahal | 14280 F(P) | CO | ||
| 16 Nov 97 to 01 Jun 00 | Wing Commander Diwakar Dattatreya Kulkarni | 15041 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 01 Jun 00 to 29 Sep 02 | Wing Commander Om Parkash Jain | 16381 F(P) | CO | ||
| 30 Sep 02 to 28 Dec 03 | Wing Commander Jaspal Singh | 16969 F(P) | CO | ||
| 29 Dec 03 to 11 Dec 05 | Wing Commander Sanjeev Raj | 18276 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 12 Dec 05 to 07 May 06 | Wing Commander Amanjit Singh Heer | 19521 F(P) | CO |  | |
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