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The Army Aviation Corps units are designated as 'Squadrons'. Each squadron generally consists of two Reconnaissance (Recce) and Observation Flights. R & O Flights might be part of squadrons or operate independently and do not have a parent squadron (designated by an (I) in their name).
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During this period, the armed forces of India were involved in a number of significant military operations, notably the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 and Operation Polo, the code name of a military operation in September 1948 where the Indian Armed Forces invaded the State of Hyderabad, annexing the state into the Indian Union.
As of 2020, women are not allowed to serve in combat units such as Infantry, Mechanised infantry and Armoured corps List of regiments of the Indian Army. [ 14 ] On 27 August 1976, Gertrude Alice Ram , the military nursing service Matron-in-Chief, became the first woman officer in the Indian Army to attain the rank of Major General , and the ...
Active Strength Governing Body Operational area Role Assam Rifles: 63,747 [5] Ministry of Home Affairs (administrative) Ministry of Defence (operational) [6] Northeast India, India–Myanmar border: Border guard: Border Security Force: 257,363 [5] Ministry of Home Affairs: India–Pakistan border and India–Bangladesh border [7] Border guard
The Indian Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Republic of India encompassing the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. The President of India serves as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. With an estimated total active force of 1,325,000 personnel, maintains the world's second largest armed forces.
Along the lines of the geographical partition, the assets of the air force were divided between the new countries. India's air force retained the name of the Royal Indian Air Force, but three of the ten operational squadrons and facilities, located within the borders of Pakistan, were transferred to the Royal Pakistan Air Force. [29]