The following gives a list of units of the Indian Air Force that participated in the Kargil Operations. These squadrons operated from Srinagar, Avantipur and Udhampur Airbases. Additionally some units operated from Halwara and Adampur as well. It should be noted that only detachments of 4-6 aircraft were deputed for operations and not complete Squadrons.
Battle Honours are awarded to combat flying units whereas theatre honours are awarded to support and static units.
Fighter Squadrons | Commanding Officer | Battle Honours | ||
1 | Sqn | Mirage 2000 | Wg Cdr S Neelakantan | Op Safed Sagar 1999 |
7 | Sqn | Mirage 2000 | Wg Cdr Sandeep Chabbra | Op Safed Sagar 1999 |
9 | Sqn | MiG-27 | Wg Cdr Avtar Singh | Op Safed Sagar 1999 |
14 | Sqn | Jaguar | Wg Cdr Ashwani Bhakoo | |
17 | Sqn | MiG-21M | Wg Cdr B S Dhanoa | Op Safed Sagar 1999 |
27 | Sqn | Jaguar | Wg Cdr H K J S Sokhey | |
28 | Sqn | MiG-29 | Wg Cdr P M Cherian | |
51 | Sqn | MiG-21 | Wg Cdr Randhawa (till 21/6) Wg Cdr N K Tandon (fm 21/6 ) |
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102 | Sqn | MiG-25 | Gp Capt S P Ojha | |
106 | Sqn | Canberra PR.57 | Gp Capt R S Chaudhary | |
108 | Sqn | MiG-21 | Wg Cdr H S Jallawalia | Op Safed Sagar 1999 |
221 | Sqn | MiG-23 | Wg Cdr Ashit Mehta (fm 18/6) | Op Safed Sagar 1999 |
223 | Sqn | MiG-29 | Wg Cdr Sandip Sud (till 18/6) | Op Safed Sagar 1999 |
Transport Squadrons | ||||
25 | Sqn | An-32 , Il-76 | Gp Capt S P Singh | |
48 | Sqn | An-32 | Gp Capt M K Devnath | |
Helicopter Units | ||||
114 | HU | Cheetah | Wg Cdr A S Butola (fm 14/6) | |
129 | HU | Mi-17 | Wg Cdr A K Sinha | Op Safed Sagar 1999 |
130 | HU | Mi-8 | Op Safed Sagar 1999 | |
132 | FAC Flt | Cheetah | Wg Cdr O S Ahluwalia | |
152 | HU | Mi-17 | Wg Cdr S Mittal | Op Safed Sagar 1999 |
Air Bases / Air Force Stations | Theatre Honours | |||
1 | Wing | Srinagar | Air Cmde Mohinder Khanna | Op Safed Sagar 1999 |
8 | Wing | Adampur | Op Safed Sagar 1999 | |
9 | Wing | Halwara | ||
12 | Wing | Chandigarh | Air Cmde S K Banerjee | |
21 | Wing | Leh | ||
8 | FBSU | Awantipur | Gp Capt K K J Mathews | Op Safed Sagar 1999 |
Radar / Signal Units | ||||
228 | Squadron | |||
299 | Squadron | Op Safed Sagar 1999 | ||
299 | Squadron | Op Safed Sagar 1999 | ||
256 | Sig Unit | Op Safed Sagar 1999 | ||
305 | TRU | Op Safed Sagar 1999 | ||
311 | TRU | Op Safed Sagar 1999 | ||
Mobile Observation Flight | ||||
411 | MOF | Op Safed Sagar 1999 | ||
422 | MOF | Op Safed Sagar 1999 | ||
457 | MOF | Op Safed Sagar 1999 | ||
Missile Units | ||||
2202 | Squadron | Pechora (SA-3) | Wg Cdr R C Pandey | |
2214 | Squadron | Pechora (SA-3) | Wg Cdr Ravinathan | |
2228 | Squadron | Pechora (SA-3) | ||
2255 | Squadron | OSA-AK (SA-8) | Wg Cdr S Singh | |
2307 | Flight | Igla (SA-16) | Sqn Ldr S C D’Souza |
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