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down before he could give battle. Ghandhi, however, was able to shoot down his adversary before his aircraft fell to the cannon shells of the two remaining Sabres. At about this time, Hunters from No. 27 Sqn returning from a sortie were directed to join the battle, which shot down one of the attackers. The remaining sabre, was claimed that it made itself back to base by the PAF, was also shot down.
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Tithwal area. Wg Cdr Ranjan Dutt along with some pilots of 7 Sqn flew to attack the bridge at Domel. The squadron would suffer two fatalities, Fg Offr Balwant Singh and Fg Offr DG Baptiste to ground fire. In August 1948, the squadron set up base in Srinagar and provided
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1952:Nal-Bikaner
1884:Car Nicobar
1753:Barrackpore
1520:Operational
1247:21 November
1141:AFS Gwalior
953:August 1944
949:Harvard IIB
942:Kumbhirgram
931:Harvard IIC
747:Mirage 2000
641:Arjan Singh
637:L B Shastri
591:Taran Taran
580:Indian Army
313:Battle Axes
300:Mirage 2000
213:Battle Axes
209:Nickname(s)
3066:Categories
2117:Vijaynagar
1899:Port Blair
1889:Coimbatore
1866:Maharajpur
1783:Kumbhigram
1778:Kalaikunda
1660:Chandigarh
1650:Awantipora
1556:Functional
1504:Components
1463:Leadership
1186:References
1175:Kargil War
1079:AFS Hindon
1066:AFS Ambala
1038:March 1951
1003:Vampire F3
902:April 1943
851:Tiger Hill
795:airfield.
789:Trivandrum
722:Ganganagar
563:government
545:aerobatics
479:Vir Chakra
349:Kargil War
337:Waziristan
285:Shatrunjay
223:Shatrunjay
66:newspapers
2797:academies
2408:Squadrons
2315:Transport
2141:Squadrons
2082:Hayuliang
2010:Yelahanka
1972:Makarpura
1932:Jaisalmer
1909:Thanjavur
1861:Gorakhpur
1836:Darbhanga
1788:Mohanbari
1695:Pathankot
1665:Faridabad
1618:Air bases
1134:July 1985
1121:July 1981
1106:July 1981
1103:July 1973
1099:MiG-21 MF
1088:June 1973
1014:AFS Palam
989:June 1947
884:Air Base
828:Tigerhill
731:Pathankot
714:Pakistani
710:Hindon AB
645:Hindon AB
416:partition
289:President
3050:Category
2968:Officers
2952:Insignia
2795:Military
2769:Aircraft
2675:No. 3001
2005:Hakimpet
2000:Dundigal
1990:Begumpet
1967:Uttarlai
1947:Lohegaon
1937:Jamnagar
1904:Tambaram
1851:Bareilly
1846:Bamrauli
1808:Panagarh
1768:Hasimara
1743:Bagdogra
1738:Agartala
1720:Udhampur
1715:Srinagar
1670:Gurugram
1655:Bathinda
1645:Amritsar
1149:See also
1117:MiG-21 M
996:AFS Agra
960:Samungli
938:May 1946
917:May 1943
875:Aircraft
866:Aircraft
836:Tololing
777:Maldives
653:Bagdogra
494:Amritsar
463:Rawalkot
443:Srinagar
439:fighters
420:Risalpur
400:P.C. Lal
381:Samungli
373:Peshawar
345:Pakistan
219:Motto(s)
3077:Gwalior
2572:No. 121
2565:Flights
2436:No. 105
2415:No. 104
2087:Mechuka
2067:Chushul
2015:Belgaum
1962:Phalodi
1942:Jodhpur
1894:Madurai
1856:Chakeri
1763:Dum Dum
1700:Sarsawa
1675:Halwara
1635:Adampur
1351:21 June
1328:22 June
1137:Present
1092:AFS NAL
924:Gwalior
824:Adampur
820:Jaguars
703:ack ack
671:Eastern
575:Halwara
541:Vampire
525:roundel
507:Zoji La
490:J&K
467:Harvard
424:Tempest
385:Gwalior
339:in the
307:History
261:Gwalior
237:Fighter
203:Gwalior
148:Country
80:scholar
2976:Airmen
2711:No. 10
2649:No. 50
2642:EW/AWS
2617:151 HU
2612:No. 52
2322:No. 11
2149:Combat
2122:Walong
2112:Tuting
2107:Thoise
2102:Tawang
2077:Fukche
2050:(ALGs)
2033:Nagpur
1957:Naliya
1803:Tezpur
1798:Tawang
1773:Jorhat
1758:Chabua
1680:Hindan
1640:Ambala
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781:Il-76s
766:Jaffna
699:Teesta
610:Lahore
587:Sabres
547:team.
522:Chakra
511:Gilgit
509:pass.
502:Skardu
498:Poonch
447:Ambala
369:Tiddim
277:Farsha
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165:Branch
140:Active
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2429:Units
2156:No. 1
2092:Nyoma
2057:Along
2038:Ojhar
1995:Bidar
1831:Bihta
1710:Sirsa
1690:Palam
1577:Joint
1191:Notes
1054:1961
762:An 32
718:tanks
695:Dacca
589:over
533:Palam
459:Kotli
365:Kenji
317:Vizag
271:Crest
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1826:Agra
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1249:2011
1085:1971
1075:1971
1062:1965
1059:1961
878:From
805:Army
785:Male
626:VrCs
614:B-57
461:and
428:Agra
201:AFS
198:Base
183:Role
59:news
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