No. 33 Squadron IAF

No. 33 Squadron
Active	9 January 1963- Present
Country	India
Role	Transport
Garrison/HQ	AFS Sulur
Nickname(s)	"Caribous"
Motto(s)	Shramo Dadati Siddim Through hard work comes Glory
Aircraft flown
Transport	AN-32

No. 33 Squadron is a unit of the Indian Air Force assigned to Southern 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 Caribous were raised in 1963 at Gauhati and moved to the present location.

Lineage

Constituted as No. 33 Squadron (Caribous) on 9 January 1963^[1]

Assignments

Aircraft

DHC-4
AN-32

References

↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

Squadrons of the Indian Air Force

Combat

No. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
14
15
16
17
18
20
21
22
23
24
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
35
37
45
47
51
52
101
102
106
108
220
222
223
224

Transport

AHQCS
No. 11
12
25
33
41
43
44
48
49
50
59
77
78
81

Helicopters

Squadrons	No. 104 125

Units	No. 105 107 109 110 111 112 114 115 116 117 118 119 127 128 129 130 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159

Flights	No. 121 122 126 131 132

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