No. 32 Squadron IAF

No. 32 Squadron
Active	15 October 1963 - December 2016
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Role	Fighter
Garrison/HQ	Jodhpur AFS
Nickname(s)	"Thunderbirds"
Motto(s)	Mahavegashya Dhundvrataha Fast in speed, Fast in determination
Aircraft flown
Fighter	MiG-21 Bison

Military unit

No. 32 Squadron (Thunderbirds) is a fighter squadron of Indian Air Force. It was equipped with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21Bison and was based at Jodhpur Air Force Station as part of South Western Air Command.^[1] The squadron was number plated in December 2016.^[2]

History

The squadron was formed with the Mystere IV on 15 Oct 1963 at Air Force Station Adampur. This squadron later operated the Vampire (1965) aircraft followed by the Sukhoi-7 (1969), the MiG-21 Bis (1984) and is currently operating the Mig-21Bison (2003).^[3]

The squadron had received Presidential standard in 2013.^[4]

The squadron was number plated on an unspecified date. Currently, only 4 MiG-21 Bison squadron remains in service.^[2]

Assignments

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Aircraft


Aircraft	From	To	Air Base
Dassault Mystère IV	15 October 1963	February 1969	^[5]
Sukhoi Su-7 BMK	February 1969	February 1984
MiG-21 bis	February 1984	February 2003
MiG-21 Bison	February 2003	N/A	AFS Jodhpur

References

^ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "IAF to get 35 fighter squadrons in next 10 years, but needs 42: Air chief". Deccan Chronicle. 6 October 2021.
^ "President's Standards awarded to IAF's 220 SQN and 32 SQN at Halwara".
^ Bajwa, Mandeep Singh (1 December 2013). "A salute to 32 and 220 squadrons". Indian Express. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
^ "No. 32 Squadron". Bharat Rakshak.

Indian Air Force

Leadership

Minister of Defence
Chief of the Air Staff
Vice Chief of the Air Staff
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
AOCs-in-C (Commander-in-Chief)
Serving air marshals

Components
& commands

Air Force commands

Operational	Central Air Command Eastern Air Command Southern Air Command South Western Air Command Western Air Command
Functional	Training Command Maintenance Command
Joint	Andaman and Nicobar Command Strategic Forces Command Defence Cyber Agency Defence Space Agency Armed Forces Special Operations Division

Air bases

Western Air Command	Adampur Ambala Amritsar Awantipora Bathinda Chandigarh Faridabad Gurugram Halwara Hindan Leh Palam Pathankot Sarsawa Siachen Glacier Sirsa Srinagar Udhampur
Eastern Air Command	Agartala Bagdogra Barapani AFS Barrackpore Chabua Dum Dum Hasimara Jorhat Kalaikunda Kumbhigram Mohanbari Mountain Shadow Tawang Tezpur Panagarh
Central Air Command	Agra Bihta Darbhanga Bakshi Ka Talab Bamrauli Bareilly Chakeri Gorakhpur Maharajpur
Southern Air Command	Car Nicobar Coimbatore Madurai Port Blair Tambaram Thanjavur
South Western Air Command	Bhuj Jaisalmer Jamnagar Jodhpur Lohegaon Nal-Bikaner Naliya Phalodi Uttarlai Makarpura
Training Command	Begumpet Bidar Dundigal Hakimpet Yelahanka Belgaum
Maintenance Command	Nagpur Ojhar
Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs)	Along Chinyalisaur Chushul Daulat Beg Oldi Fukche Hayuliang Mechuka Nyoma Pasighat Airport Tawang Thoise Tuting Vijaynagar Walong Ziro

Squadrons

Combat

No. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
14
15
16
17
18
20
23
24
27
29
30
31
45
47
101
102
106
220
221
222
223
224

Transport

No. 11
12
19
25
33
41
43
44
48
49
59
77
78
81
87

Helicopters

Squadrons	No. 104 125
Units	No. 105 107 109 110 111 112 114 115 116 117 118 119 127 128 129 130 143 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159
Flights	No. 121 122 126 131 132

Acrobatic display

Communication

AHQCS

EW/AWS

RPA

No. 3001
3002
3003
3004
3005

Number plated

No. 10
21
22
26
28
32
35
37
51
108

Aircraft

Military
academies

Education & training	Sainik School Armed Forces Medical College Ajmer Military School Bangalore Military School Belgaum Military School Chail Military School Dholpur Military School Rashtriya Indian Military College
Schools & colleges	Air Force Academy Air Force Administrative College Air Force School, Coimbatore Air Force School, Jodhpur Flying Instructors School Indian Air Force Test Pilot School Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment Air Defence College College of Air Warfare
Tri-service institutions	Defence Services Staff College National Defence Academy National Defence College College of Defence Management Military Institute of Technology