No. 50 Squadron IAF

No. 50 squadron IAF is an Indian Air Force transport squadron that 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 mounted on the aircraft by Israeli company Elta Electronics Industries.

Lineage

Constituted as No. 50 Squadron on 28 May 2009

Assignments

Red Flag exercise

Aircraft

Beriev A-50