No. 18 Squadron IAF
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No. 18 Squadron (Flying Bullets), is an air-defence unit of the Indian Air Force, flying from Sulur Air Force Station. The squadron is equipped with indigenous HAL Tejas MK1 in FOC configuration .[3]
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Country | Republic of India |
Branch | Indian Air Force |
Role | Air Defense Ground attack |
Base | Sulur Air Force Station |
Nickname(s) | Flying Bullets |
Motto(s) | Theevra aur Nirbhaya[1] Fast and Fearless[1] |
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Battle honours | Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 |
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Current commander | Group Captain Dinesh Dhankhar [2] |
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Fighter | HAL Tejas |
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The squadron was resurrected on 1 April 2020, at Sulur, Tamil Nadu following which on 27 May 2020, the FOC variant of Tejas Mk 1 has been inducted into the squadron.[4][5]