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28 Squadron, IAF

Equipped with the first lot of MiG- 21 (F-13 type) aircraft in the IAF, 28 Squadron was raised in Chandigarh with Wing Commander (later Air Chief Marshal and Chief of Air Staff) Dilbagh Singh taking over its command on March 2, 1963. Named The First Supersonics' they retain that name to date. The unit now flies the MiG- 29 aircraft and is stationed in Adampur in Punjab.

2IC

Second in Command

44 Squadron, IAF

Raised by Group Captain Trilok Nath Ghadiok in Chandigarh in April 1961. The 44 Squadron was equipped with Soviet AN-12 transport aircraft and Captain Ghadiok commanded the squadron through the Sino-India conflict in October-November 1962.

ACCCCS

Artillery Combat, Command, Control and Communication System

ACLANT

Allied Command Atlantic

ACO

Allied Command Operations

ACT

Allied Command Transformation

ADJT

Adjutant

AESA

Active Electronically Scanned Array (radar)

Against India