No. 33 Squadron IAF

No. 33 Squadron is a unit of the Indian Air Force assigned to Southern Air Command based in Trivandrum. The Squadron participates in operations involving air, land and airdrop of troops, equipment, supplies, and support or augment special operations forces, when appropriate.

History
The Caribous were raised in 1963 at Gauhati and moved to the present location.

Lineage

 * Constituted as No. 33 Squadron (Caribous) on 9 January 1963

Assignments

 * Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
 * Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Aircraft

 * DHC-4
 * AN-32