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143 Helicopter Unit, is the latest attack helicopter unit of the Indian Air Force. It is the first unit to be equipped with the indigenously developed HAL Prachand attack helicopter. [2] The unit was raised on 1 June 2022 and started receiving the initial lot of helicopters from 18 July, 2022. The unit officially inducted 4 HAL Prachand on 3 ...
Army variants of helicopter are to be armed with 20 mm nose gun, 70 mm rockets, helicopter-launched anti-tank guided missile and a new air-to-air missile different from the Mistral 2 missile used on air force variant. [76] [77] [78] IAF formally inducted HAL Prachand into 143 Helicopter Unit at Jodhpur Air Force Station on 3 October 2022.
No. 143 Helicopter Unit: Dhanush: South Western Air Command: 1 June 2022 Jodhpur AFS, Rajasthan: Prachand [67] No. 152 Helicopter Unit: Mighty Armours: Central Air Command: 14 September 1988 Saraswa AFS, Uttar Pradesh: Mi-17 [68] No. 153 Helicopter Unit: Daring Dragons: Western Air Command: 1 November 1988 Udhampur AFS, Jammu and Kashmir: Mi-17 ...
Pages in category "Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total. ... No. 143 Helicopter Unit, IAF; No. 151 ...
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 MKIII .
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The newer, but still 1980s-era B-2 Spirit stealth bomber costs $150,741 an hour to fly. The older and notoriously hard to maintain B-1B Lancer swing-wing bomber costs the most of all at $173,014 ...
No. 157 Helicopter Unit; Active: 9 April 2012-Present: Country: Republic of India: Branch Indian Air Force: Garrison/HQ: Barrackpore AFS: Nickname(s) "Tarkshya" Motto(s) No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy: Aircraft flown; Attack: Mil Mi-17V5