In the aviation world, you have enthusiasts with interesting hobbies. Collecting squadron patches is one such hobby. And one individual is into collecting patches of Rambha squadrons in the IAF. Interesting picture.
1) The patch on the top row, second from right.
You Radiate, We Eliminate
2) The patch on the bottom row, first from left.
Astra Pioneers* Another patch of the same squadron is on the top row in the middle.
3) The patch on top row, second from left is No 2 Winged Arrows.
4) The patch on top row at extreme right is No 24 Hunting Hawks which is the first unit to operate the Su-30 and that patch is aptly named Home of the Flanker. Re-Raised in 1997 at Lohegaon AFS with the Su-30K and converted to the Su-30MKI in 2006. Now stationed at Bareilly AFS.
5) A famous IAF squadron is the patch on the bottom row, second from right. That is No 20 Lightnings based at Lohegaon AFS. Admiral Arun Prakash, former Navy Chief served in this squadron during the 1971 Indo-Pak War.
6) The patch on bottom row at extreme right is No 220 Desert Tigers. This is the unit in Japan right now for Exercise Veer Guardian 2023.
* No 15 Sqn, Flying Lances is the first IAF unit to adopt the Astra Mk1 BVRAAM. The tactics they developed at this squadron is used as the syllabus for all other IAF fighter squadrons that use this missile. No 15 is also home to Avenger 1 and 2 ---> the pair of Rambhas that held the fort on 27 Feb 2019 against eight PAF F-16s and still came out on top. They are aptly nicknamed AMRAAM Dodgers for that feat. The BVR tactics those Rambha pilots displayed on that day, is nothing short of spectacular.
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