No. 50 Squadron IAF

No. 50 squadron participates in operations involving Aerial reconnaissance and Early Warning Missile Launches.

No. 50 Squadron IAF
Beriev A-50 with Phalcon Airborne Warning, Command and Control System
Active	28 May 2009 - Present
Country	India
Role	Airborne early warning and control
Garrison/HQ	AFS Agra
Nickname(s)	Adwitiya (Peerless)
Motto(s)	"Sangrame Jayate Shur"
Aircraft flown
Transport	Beriev A-50

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(Phalcon) mounted on the aircraft by Israeli company Elta Electronics Industries.^[1]

Lineage

• Constituted as No. 50 Squadron on 28 May 2009^[2]

Assignments

• Red Flag exercise

Aircraft

• Beriev A-50