No. 1 Squadron IAF

No. 1 Squadron
Active	1 April 1933 – May 1947 February 1953 – Present
Role	Air superiority Interdiction
Base	AFS Gwalior
Nickname(s)	Tigers
Motto(s)	Ekta Mein Shakti (Hindi: "Strength in Unity")
Engagements	Hur's Operations NWFP Burma Campaign Operation Polo Western Air War, 1965 Liberation War, 1971 Kargil War, 1999, Operation Parakram
Commanders
Current commander	Group Captain Hemant Kumar
Notable commanders	Subroto Mukerjee Arjan Singh Dilbagh Singh
Insignia
Identification symbol	A Royal Bengal Tiger
Aircraft flown
Fighter	Dassault Mirage 2000

No. 1 Squadron (The Tigers), the oldest squadron of the Indian Air Force operates as a multirole (air superiority and electronic warfare) unit. Part of 40 Wing of the Indian Air Force under Central Air Command, it is based at Maharajpur in Gwalior.^[1]