No. 11 Squadron nicknamed as Charging Rhinos 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.
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.
Lineage Constituted as No. 11 Squadron (Charging Rhinos) on 15 November 1951
Assignments Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Aircraft C-47 Douglas DC-3 HS-748 Airbus C-295
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