No.1 Fighter Squadron
Role: Fighter-Bomber

No.1 Squadron started life as a Fighter-Bomber Flight equipped with three Spitfire XVIIIs transferred in April 1948 from RAF Air Command South East Asia (ACSEA).

Was the first unit to become operational on 3 May 1991 with 10 F-7Ms and two FT-7Ms. At least some of the unit's aircraft have been upgraded by Israeli companies, hence the I for Israel designation prefix.

Air Bases:

Base	Duration
Mingaladon AFB	April 1948 - 1954
No.501 Air Base, Hmawbi AFB	1954 - 1966?
No.501 Air Base, Hmawbi AFB	1991 - Present

Aircraft Used:

Type	Qty	Service	Badge	Example Serials
Spitfire F.XVIII	3	April 1948 - 1952?
Seafire F.XV	20	1952 - 1958
Spitfire LF.IX	30	1954 - 1958?
Sea Fury FB.11	18	Dec 1957 - 1966?
Sea Fury T.20	3	Dec 1957 - 1966?
Chengdu F-7I	10	1991 - current
Guizhou FT-7M	2	1991 - current

Unit Insignia:

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References:

• Burma/Myanmar, 1948-1999