No. 50 Squadron IAF

No. 50 Squadron IAF
Beriev A-50 with Phalcon Airborne Warning, Command and Control System
Active	28 May 2009 - Present
Country	India
Role	Airborne early warning and control
Garrison/HQ	AFS Agra
Nickname(s)	Adwitiya
Motto(s)	"Sangrame Jayate Shur"
Aircraft flown
Transport	Beriev A-50

No. 50 squadron participates in operations involving Aerial reconnaissance and Early Warning Missile Launches.

History

The No. 50 Squadron were raised in 2009 at Agra Airforce Station of the Central Air Command. Beriev A-50 is based on the air-frame of the Ilyushin Il-76 and fitted by Beriev with PS-90A-76 engines and Israeli radar system EL/W-2090(Phalcon) mounted on the aircraft by Israeli company Elta Electronics Industries.^[1]

Lineage

• Constituted as No. 50 Squadron on 28 May 2009^[2]

Assignments

• Red Flag exercise

Aircraft

• Beriev A-50

References

1. A.F. "Take-off Magazine : Beriev delivered third A-50EI". en.take-off.ru. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
2. "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.