No. 119 Helicopter Unit, IAF

No. 119 Helicopter Unit
Active	3 March 1972 - Present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Jamnagar AFS
Nickname(s)	"Stallions"
Motto(s)	Apatsu Mitram A friend in time of need
Aircraft flown
Attack	Mil Mi-17

No. 119 Helicopter Unit (Stallions) is a Helicopter Unit and is equipped with Mil Mi-17 and based at Jamnagar Air Force Station.^[1]

History

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 state of the art Mil Mi-17 helicopters on 19 March 2014.^[2]

Assignments

The unit has been doing yeoman service in providing succor and relief during natural calamities in Gujarat since it relocated at Jamnagar in 1990.

Aircraft

Mil Mi-17

References

↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
↑ http://frontierindia.net/mi-17-v5-helicopters-inducted-air-force-station-jamnagar/

Squadrons of the Indian Air Force

Combat

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Transport

AHQCS
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25
33
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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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