No. 108 Squadron (Hawkeyes) was a fighter squadron of Indian Air Force. The squadron was equipped with MiG-21M and was based at Pathankot Air Force Station. The squadron was number plated in December 2017.
History The Hawk, with its keen eyesight, symbolizes the search and acquisition of the target. The lightning and the battle axe denote an immediate response and the power of the strike. The Hawkeye squadron was formed on 20 November 1959 at Halwara. The squadron was initially equipped with Vampire aircraft and was assigned the role of Army Cooperation and photo-Reconnaissance.
The squadron was number plated in December 2017.
Assignments Liberation of Goa Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Aircraft Aircraft types operated by the squadron: + Aircraft typeFromToAir base de Havilland Vampire December 1959 December 1968 AFS Halwara Sukhoi Su-7 December 1968 July 1973 MiG-21 M July 1973 29 December 2017 AFS Adampur
Commanding Officers +FromToService NumberRank & NameLocationPhoto07 Dec 5915 Apr 623650 F(P)Squadron Leader Keshava Prasad MisraHalwara16 May 6212 May 653881 F(P)Squadron Leader Robert Arnold WeirHalwara/ Pathankot13 May 6526 May 654673 GD(P)Squadron Leader Nuggehalli Krishnaswamy RamprasadBagdogra27 Jun 6510 Dec 674582 F(P)Squadron Leader Eric Lionel AllenPathankot/ Bagdogra/11 Dec 6719 Nov 684608 F(P)Squadron Leader Dilip Shankar JogBareilly20 Nov 6816 Jul 724489 F(P)Wing Commander Balchandra Shankar DeshmukhBareilly17 Jul 7221 May 734899 F(P)Wing Commander Onkar Singh WadhawanBareilly22 May 7317 Jul 754736 F(P)Wing Commander Rajendra Kumar DhawanAdampur18 Jul 7505 Feb 765178 F(P)Wing Commander Mohan MurdeshwarAdampur06 Feb 7613 Jul 765060 F(P)Wing Commander Thupakulu Narasimhulu Bhavani ShankarAdampur14 Jul 7622 Oct 785596 F(P)Wing Commander Viney KapilaAdampur23 Oct 7814 Jan 806748 F(P)Wing Commander Philip RajkumarAdampur15 Jan 805 May 827415 F(P)Wing Commander Kumarendra DeAdampur/ Bhatinda6 May 8228 Jun 828444 F(P)Wing Commander Prabhat Chandra PrasadAdampur26 Jul 8228 Feb 858186 F(P)Wing Commander Ashley Malcolm RodriquesAdampur28 Feb 8520 Apr 8711296 F(P)Wing Commander James Arun BenjaminAdampur28 Apr 8701 Jan 8811592 F(P)Wing Commander Adhip BanerjeeAdampur11 Jan 8804 Jan 9012218 F(P)Wing Commander Ashok Vishwanath BhagwatAdampur04 Jan 9020 Jan 9212403 F(P)Wing Commander Kanwar Dalinderjit SinghAdampur20 Jan 9203 Jan 9413382 F(P)Wing Commander Anjan Kumar GogoiAdampur03 Jan 9418 Sep 9513911 F(P)Wing Commander Motilal NalluriAdampur18 Sep 9524 Nov 9715036 F(P)Wing Commander Narinder Pal SinghAdampur24 Nov 9710 Jan 0015206 F(P)Wing Commander Harjinder Jit Singh JallawallaPathankot10 Jan 0015 Jul 0216559 F(P)Wing Commander Sanjeev Narayan DeshpandePathankot15 Jul 0227 Jun 0417343 F(P)Wing Commander Mohan Kumar RaoPathankot28 Jun 0413 Aug 0618561 F(P)Wing Commander Balkrishnan BalachandranPathankot04 Aug 089 May 1021505 F(P)Wing Commander Ganapathiraju SrinivasBhuj/ Nal22 Sep 1403 Mar 1623987 F(P)Wing Commander Rahul MathurNal04 Mar 1603 Jul 1623987 F(P)Group Captain Rahul MathurNal
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