![]() No.101 Squadron Falcons Motto : Anwishyavedhi (Search and Destroy) Date Raised : 1949-05-01 101 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 F(P)COPalam | 01 Oct 54 - 04 Jul 58Squadron LeaderWalter Vernon Alexander Lloyd2623 F(P)COTezpur | 05 Jul 58 - 28 Feb 60Squadron LeaderAdishar Manchershaw Palamkote3120 F(P)CO | Unknown - 01 Oct 62Squadron LeaderEdwin Noble Millicans3161 GD(P)COTezpur | |
01 Oct 62 - 01 Apr 65Squadron LeaderVishwanatha Krishnamurthy4022 F(P)COTezpur | 01 Apr 65 - 01 Jun 68Squadron LeaderJayant Vishwanath Gole4578 F(P)COTezpur | 01 Jun 68 - 01 Dec 70Wing CommanderPirthi Singh4480 F(P)CO | 01 Dec 70 - 01 Dec 73Wing CommanderKailash Chandra Khanna4722 F(P)COAdampur | 01 Dec 73 - 01 Oct 75Wing CommanderShashikant Ramchandra Paranjpe4992 F(P)COAdampur | |
01 Oct 75 - 01 Jul 77Wing CommanderPratap Rao5188 F(P)COAdampur | 01 Jul 77 - 01 Dec 79Wing CommanderVishnu Murti Raina5382 F(P)COAdampur | | 01 Aug 81 - 01 Dec 82Wing CommanderYatindra Chauhan8696 F(P)CO | 01 Dec 82 - 01 Nov 84Wing CommanderNarendra Minocha9513 F(P)CO | |
01 Nov 84 - 01 Jan 87Wing CommanderJeffrey Reginald McKerrow10469 F(P)CO | | | 01 May 91 - 01 Jun 93Wing CommanderTej Prakash Srivastava12946 F(P)CO | 01 Jun 93 - 01 Apr 95Wing CommanderKughikombil Joseph Mathews13393 F(P)CO | |
01 May 95 - 01 Jun 95Wing CommanderTarun Kumar Varma14273 F(P)CO | | 16 Nov 97 - 01 Jun 00Wing CommanderDiwakar Dattatreya Kulkarni15041 F(P)CO | | | |
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