No. 127 Helicopter Unit IAF

No. 127 Helicopter Unit
Active	10 January 1985 - Present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Mohanbari AFS
Nickname(s)	"First Ranas"
Motto(s)	? Undaunted Undettered
Aircraft flown
Attack	Mil Mi-17

No. 127 Helicopter Unit (First Ranas) is a Helicopter Unit and is equipped with Mil Mi-17 and based at Mohanbari AFS.^[1]

History

No. 127 Helicopter Unit was raised on 10 January 1985 at Hindon AFS.It was the first unit to be equipped with Mi-17, or 'Rana' as it is called in the Indian Air Force. Hence the squadron motto.^{[clarification needed]} Initially the unit was tasked with providing communications and logistics support in the Himalayas. On 21 August 1987 the unit moved to Chabua in the east and from there they moved to Mohanbari in June 1992.

Assignments

On occasions they have also been called upon to perform VIP duties for Eastern Air Command and have also been required to provide search and rescue coverage for fighters operating in the area. This unit has a dedicated wartime role as well, which involves the induction of troops behind enemy lines.^[2]

The unit has actively participated in the following:

• Operation Vijay (1999) in Kargil during 1999.
• Operation Rhino against ULFA Terrorist Camps in Bhutan during September 1991.
• Operation Pawan, the Battle for Jafna in Sri Lanka during October 1987.
• Operation Rakshak, a counter insurgency operation in Kashmir during 2000.
• Operation Meghdoot, the operation to take the high ground on the Siachen Glacier in 1985.
• Operation Brasstacks, the entire mobilisation of the Indian Army in Rajasthan in 1987.
• Operation Safed Sagar in Kargil during 1999.

Aircraft

• Mil Mi-17

References

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• Minister of Defence
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& 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
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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

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