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No.50 Squadron


Date Raised : 1964-11-01 Location : Chandigarh
Raised as a SA-2 SAGW Unit. Became the first SA-2 unit to be operational in IAF in Feb 1965 with establishment of 15 officers. It was deployed in Delhi area during the 1965 ops and at Adampur during the 1971 Ops. It was assigned 8 live targets during the war. It engaged one aircraft and fired two missiles but could not claim any kills.

Commanding Officers


01 Nov 64 - 12 Sep 65
Wing Commander
N V Modak

CO
Rajpura (Chandigarh)

13 Sep 65 - 20 Mar 66
Wing Commander
Iype Kovoor
3869 GD(P)
CO
Rajpura (Chandigarh)

21 Mar 66 - 30 Nov 67
Wing Commander
Gursewak Singh Sidhu
3418 GD(P)
CO
Rajpura (Chandigarh)

01 Dec 67 - 15 Feb 71
Wing Commander
Sailendra Nath Bhattacharjee
3835 GD(N)
CO
Rajpura (Chandigarh)

16 Feb 71 - 15 Oct 73
Wing Commander
Narendra Kumar Bali
4567 GD(N)
CO
Rajpura (Chandigarh)

16 Oct 73 - 14 Mar 76
Wing Commander
Ramesh Chandra
4030 GD(P)
CO
Rajpura (Chandigarh)

15 Mar 76 - 21 Jun 78
Wing Commander
Yoginder Nath Kapoor
5061 GD(P)
CO
Rajpura (Chandigarh)

22 Jun 78 - 22 Oct 79
Wing Commander
Pratap Singh Negi
4868 GD(N)
CO
Rajpura (Chandigarh)

10 Dec 79 - 29 Jan 81
Wing Commander
Sethuramalingam Athmanathan
5774 GD(N)
CO
Rajpura (Chandigarh)

16 Feb 81 - 20 Feb 84
Wing Commander
Ashokkumar Arjundev Acharya
7469 GD(N)
CO
Rajpura (Chandigarh)

20 Feb 84 - 20 Feb 84
Wing Commander
Uma Shankar
9021 GD(P)
CO
Rajpura (Chandigarh)

02 Jun 86 - 11 Apr 90
Wing Commander
I Singh

CO
Rajpura (Chandigarh)
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