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This article provides a list of active Indian military aircraft currently in service with the Indian Armed Forces, as well as aircraft on order. For a list of historical military aircraft used by the Indian military, see list of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force .
The Indian Air Force was established on 8 October 1932 in British India as an auxiliary air force [22] of the Royal Air Force. The enactment of the Indian Air Force Act 1932 [23] [24] stipulated out their auxiliary status and enforced the adoption of the Royal Air Force uniforms, badges, brevets and insignia. [25]
Sapru, Somanth, Combat Lore: Indian Air Force 1930-1945 K W Publishers, 2014, 978-9383649259; Singh, Pushpindar, Aircraft of the Indian Air Force 1933-1973 English Book Store, New Delhi, 1974, ASIN B00K0Q8MX6
The Indian Navy (IN), which is the naval warfare branch of the Indian Armed Forces, has approximately 135+ warships on active commission. [1]By forethought, the IN's Maritime Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP) for the period 2012-2027 had set the objective of the service becoming a 200-ship fleet by 2035; however, that number has since been reduced to 175 in December 2019 - principally owing ...
Western Air Command: 2 November 1948 Ambala AFS, Punjab: Jaguar [5] No. 6 Squadron: Dragons: South Western Air Command: 1 December 1942 Jamnagar AFS, Gujarat: Jaguar [6] No. 7 Squadron: Battle Axes: Central Air Command: 1 December 1942 Maharajpur AFS, Madhya Pradesh: Mirage 2000 [7] No. 8 Squadron: Eight Pursoots: Central Air Command: 1 ...
The Indian Air Force has placed order for 18 MRSAM squadrons with each squadron having 3 launcher vehicles, carrying 8 missiles each. [72] [73] Indian Air Force has plans to deploy 5 squadrons of a multi-layer long range air defence system being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation under Project Kusha. [74]
The Indian Air Force was established in British India as an auxiliary air force [2] of the Royal Air Force with the enactment of the Indian Air Force Act 1932 on 8 October that year [3] [4] and adopted the Royal Air Force uniforms, badges, brevets and insignia. [5]
As of 2 December 2024, large quantitates of beyond-visual-range air-to-air, anti-ship missiles as well as 40 drop tanks for the IAF Rafale fleet is also expected to be included in the deal. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] The Rafale M squadron will be based at INS Dega , Visakhapatnam and will form the Carrier Air Group of Vikrant .