Active 3 March 1972 - Present Nickname(s) "Stallions" | Country Republic of India Garrison/HQ Jamnagar AFS | |
Motto(s) Apatsu MitramA friend in time of need | ||
No. 119 Helicopter Unit (Stallions) is a Helicopter Unit and is equipped with Mil Mi-17 and based at Jamnagar Air Force Station.
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History
The unit was raised on 3 March 1972 at Guwahati and has been operating the Mi-8 helicopters, the workhorse for the IAF. The unit was reequipped with state of the art Mil Mi-17 helicopters on 19 March 2014.
Assignments
The unit has been doing yeoman service in providing succor and relief during natural calamities in Gujarat since it relocated at Jamnagar in 1990.
Aircraft
References
No. 119 Helicopter Unit, IAF Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA