No. 11 Squadron IAF

No. 11 Squadron is a unit of the Indian Air Force assigned to South Western Air Command. The Squadron participates in operations involving air, land and airdrop of troops, equipment, supplies, and support or augment special operations forces, when appropriate.

No. 11 Squadron
Active	1 December 1945- Present
Country	India
Role	Transport
Garrison/HQ	Vadodara AFS
Nickname(s)	"Charging Rhinos"
Motto(s)	Vishwambhara Pranadah Supporters of the Universe
Aircraft flown
Transport	Airbus C-295[1]

History

The No. 11 Squadron were raised in 1951 at Barrackpore and Jorhat and moved to the present location.

It became the first squadron of the IAF to operate the Airbus C-295 in September 2023.^[2]

Lineage

• Constituted as No. 11 Squadron (Charging Rhinos) on 15 November 1951^[3]

Assignments

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

Aircraft

• C-47^[4]
• Douglas DC-3
• HS-748
• Airbus C-295^[5]

References

1. "First C-295 aircraft inducted into '11 Squadron' of IAF". Business Line. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
2. "First C-295 aircraft inducted into '11 Squadron' of IAF". The Hindu Business Line. 25 September 2023. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
3. "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
4. "Indian Air Force and its Transport Fleet". India Strategic.
5. "First C-295 transport aircraft formally inducted into Indian Air Force". Press Information Bureau of India. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023. The first IAF squadron to be equipped with the aircraft, 11 Squadron (The Rhinos), is also based at Vadodara