title: No. 33 Squadron IAF
text: # No. 33 Squadron IAF
  
  No. 33 Squadron is a unit of the Indian Air Force assigned to Southern Air Command based in Trivandrum. The Squadron participates in operations involving air, land and airdrop of troops, equipment, supplies, and support or augment special operations forces, when appropriate.
  
  ## History
  
  The Caribous were raised in 1963 at Gauhati and moved to the present location.
  
  ### Lineage
  
  * Constituted as No. 33 Squadron (Caribous) on 9 January 1963
  
  ### Assignments
  
  * Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
  * Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
  
  ### Aircraft
  
  * DHC-4
  * AN-32
  