No. 104 Helicopter Squadron, IAF

No. 104 Helicopter Squadron
Active	10 March 1954- Present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Suratgarh AFS
Nickname(s)	"Pioneer Rotarians"
Motto(s)	Apatsu Mitram A friend in time of need
Aircraft flown
Attack	Mil Mi-35

No. 104 Helicopter Squadron (Pioneer Rotarians) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Mil Mi-35 and based at Suratgarh Air Force Station.^[1]

History

The acquisition of Sikorsky S-55 in 1954 heralded the creation of the first Helicopter Flight within the IAF, and in 1958 become established as the first dedicated Helicopter Unit, No. 104 Helicopter Squadron.^[2]

The IAF S-55s were later phased out in 1966 inducting other helicopter types into service, such as the Mil Mi-35 model in 1990.^[3]

Assignments

• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• 1971 JVP insurrection
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Aircraft

References

• v
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• e

 Indian Air Force

Leadership

• Minister of Defence
• Chief of the Air Staff
• Vice Chief of the Air Staff
• Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
• AOCs-in-C (Commander-in-Chief)
• Serving marshals

Components
& commands

Air Force commands	Operational Central Air Command Eastern Air Command Southern Air Command South Western Air Command Western Air Command Functional Training Command Maintenance Command Joint Andaman and Nicobar Command Strategic Forces Command Defence Cyber Agency Defence Space Agency Armed Forces Special Operations Division
Air bases	Western Air Command Adampur Ambala Amritsar Awantipora Bathinda Chandigarh Faridabad Gurugram Halwara Hindan Leh Palam Pathankot Sarsawa Siachen Glacier Sirsa Srinagar Udhampur Eastern Air Command Agartala Bagdogra Barapani AFS Barrackpore Chabua Dum Dum Hasimara Jorhat Kalaikunda Kumbhigram Mohanbari Mountain Shadow Tawang Tezpur Panagarh Central Air Command Agra Bihta Darbhanga Bakshi Ka Talab Bamrauli Bareilly Chakeri Gorakhpur Maharajpur Southern Air Command Car Nicobar Coimbatore Madurai Port Blair Tambaram Thanjavur South Western Air Command Bhuj Jaisalmer Jamnagar Jodhpur Lohegaon Nal-Bikaner Naliya Phalodi Uttarlai Makarpura Training Command Begumpet Bidar Dundigal Hakimpet Yelahanka Belgaum Maintenance Command Nagpur Ojhar Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) Along Chinyalisaur Chushul Daulat Beg Oldi Fukche Hayuliang Mechuka Nyoma Pasighat Airport Tawang Thoise Tuting Vijaynagar Walong Ziro
Squadrons	Combat No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 15 16 17 18 20 23 24 27 28 30 31 45 47 101 102 106 220 221 222 223 224 Transport No. 11 12 19 25 33 41 43 44 48 49 59 77 78 81 87 Helicopters Squadrons No. 104 125 Units No. 105 107 109 110 111 112 114 115 116 117 118 119 127 128 129 130 143 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 Flights No. 121 122 126 131 132 Acrobatic display No. 52 151 HU Communication AHQCS EW/AWS No. 50 181 200 RPA No. 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 Number plated No. 10 21 22 26 29 32 35 37 51 108
Aircraft	List of active Indian military aircraft List of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force

Military
academies

Education & training	Sainik School Armed Forces Medical College Ajmer Military School Bangalore Military School Belgaum Military School Chail Military School Dholpur Military School Rashtriya Indian Military College
Schools & colleges	Air Force Academy Air Force Administrative College Air Force School, Coimbatore Air Force School, Jodhpur Flying Instructors School Indian Air Force Test Pilot School Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment Air Defence College College of Air Warfare
Tri-service institutions	Defence Services Staff College National Defence Academy National Defence College College of Defence Management Military Institute of Technology

Insignia

• Awards and decorations
• Ranks and insignia (Officers, JCOs, Airmen)
• Air Force Day
  • Air Warrior Drill Team

History & future

• Royal Indian Air Force
• History of the Indian Air Force
• Future of the Indian Air Force

Other

• List of exercises of the Indian Air Force

• Category