No. 18 Squadron IAF

No. 18 Squadron
Active
  • 15 April 1965 15 April 2016
  • 1 April 2020 – present
Country Republic of India
Branch Indian Air Force
RoleAir Defense
Ground attack
BaseNaliya Air Force Station
Nickname(s)Flying Bullets
Motto(s)Theevra aur Nirbhaya
Fast and Fearless
Decorations
Battle honoursIndo-Pakistan War of 1971
Commanders
Current
commander
Group Captain Dinesh Dhankhar
Aircraft flown
FighterHAL Tejas

No. 18 Squadron (Flying Bullets), is an air-defence unit of the Indian Air Force, flying from Naliya Air Force Station. The squadron is equipped with indigenous HAL Tejas MK1 in FOC configuration .

The squadron was resurrected on 1 April 2020, at Sulur, Tamil Nadu following which on 27 May 2020, the FOC variant of Tejas Mk 1 has been inducted into the squadron.