Garud Commando Force

Indian Air Force special operations unit

The Garud Commando Force is the special forces unit of the Indian Air Force. It was formed on 6 February 2004 and with a plan to have around 2,000-personnel strength. The unit derives its name from Garuda, a Hindu deity.

Country	India +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Branch	Indian Air Force +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Type	Special Forces +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Role	Direct Action Airfield Seizure Special Reconnaissance Airborne Operations Air Assault Unconventional Warfare Counter Terrorism Foreign Internal Defence Special Operations Combat Search and Rescue COIN Special operations +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Size	Classified (estimated at over 1500 personnel) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Motto	॥प्रहार से सुरक्षा॥(Translation: Defence by Offence) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Engagements	MONUC (Congo) Security during Aero India 2005/2007/2011/2013 Kashmir conflict 2016 Pathankot attack Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Decorations	1 Ashok Chakra, 4 Shaurya Chakra +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

COMMANDERS

INSIGNIA

AIRCRAFT FLOWN

Contributors

No records found.

More...

Lists (6)

This page is the FamousFix profile for Garud Commando Force. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. We welcome your contributions... so please create an account if you would like to collaborate with other editor's in helping to shape this website.