The unit was raised on 3 March 1972 at Guwahati and has been operating the Mi-8 helicopters, the workhorse for the IAF. The unit was reequipped with Mil Mi-17 helicopters on 19 March 2014.[2]
Assignments
The unit has been doing service in providing relief during natural calamities in Gujarat since it relocated at Jamnagar in 1990.[citation needed]