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| No. 14 Squadron Tail Choppers | |
|---|---|
 Squadron Logo | |
| Active | Since 1 November 1948 |
| Disbanded | 15 January 1949 - 16 December 1949[a] |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Branch |  Pakistan Air Force |
| Type | Fighter squadron |
| Role | Multi-role |
| Part of | Central Air Command |
| Airbase | PAF Base Dacca (1954-71)[2] PAF Base Rafiqui |
| Nickname(s) | Tail Choppers |
| Motto(s) | شاهِ مَرداں شیرِ یزداں قوتِ پروردگار (Urdu for 'The king of men, the lion of Yazdan, the strength of the Lord') |
| Engagements | |
| Battle honours | Kalaikunda 1965 Dhaka 1971 |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Khyber Khan Sajad Haider Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui PQ Mehdi Abdul Razzaq Anjum Squadron leader Shabbir |
| Insignia | |
| Patch[b] |  |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Fighter | Hawker Tempest Hawker Sea Fury F-86 Sabre CL-13B Sabre F-16 Fighting Falcon JF-17 Thunder |
| Interceptor | Chengdu F-7 |
| Trainer | Chengdu FT-7P[3] |
The No. 14 Squadron, nicknamed Tail Choppers, is an air superiority squadron of the Pakistan Air Force's Central Air Command. It is one of PAF's most decorated squadrons which earned its nickname after a daring strike mission on the Kalaikunda Air Force Station during the 1965 War. Currently, the Squadron is deployed at PAF Base Rafiqui and operates the PAC JF-17 Thunder multirole aircraft.[4][5][1][6]
- ^ a b "No. 14 Squadron". PakDef.Info. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ Himalayan Eagle: The story of the Indian Air Force. Lancer Publishers LLC. 2017. ISBN 978-1-940988-35-1.
- ^ "Picture of Sohail Aman climbing into an FT-7P with No. 14 Squadron "Tail Chopper" markings". Pakistan Air Force Official Website. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Today In History (No. 14 Air Superiority Squadron)" (Press release). DGPR Pakistan Air Force. Instagram. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "No. 14 Squadron". GlobalSecurity.org.
- ^ Herk, Hans van (11 November 2020). "Pakistan JF-17 Thunder unit shuffles". www.scramble.nl. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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