No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF

No. 111 Helicopter Unit (Snow Tigers) is a Helicopter Unit and is equipped with HAL Dhruv MKIII and based at Bareilly Air Force Station.^[1][2]

No. 111 Helicopter Unit
Active	1 August 1963 – present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Bareilly AFS
Nickname(s)	"Snow Tigers"
Motto(s)	Apatsu Mitram A friend in time of need
Aircraft flown
Attack	HAL Dhruv MKIII

History

The unit created a world record for the highest landing by a HAL Cheetah helicopter at an altitude of 23,250 ft.

On 8 February 2012, this Helicopter Unit was re-equipped with the latest HAL Dhruv Mk III variant and became the first unit to operate the variant.^[2][3]

Assignments

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

Aircraft

• Mil Mi-4
• HAL Chetak
• HAL Cheetah
• HAL Dhruv MKIII