DEFENCE

IAF’s 222 Squadron - ‘The Tigersharks’

  • The Indian Air Force (IAF) has inducted its first squadron of Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft carrying the BrahMos missiles at its Thanjavur base in Tamil Nadu.
  • The 222 squadron was raised at Ambala in 1969 with Sukhoi Su-7 aircraft. In July 1971, it was moved to Halwara and was engaged in combat with the Pakistan Air Force in the 1971 war. In 1985, the Tigersharks became the first Indian squadron to be equipped with the Mig-27 aircraft and it is now being “resurrected,” with the Su-30 MKI at Thanjavur.

K-4 Missile Test

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