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India attack 16 50 on order. [30] CH-47 Chinook: United States transport CH-47F: 15 [15] Mil Mi-17: Russia utility Mi-17V-5: 222 [15] HAL Dhruv: India utility: 95 [15] HAL Light Utility Helicopter: India utility 6 on order [31] Alouette III: France/India liaison Chetak: 79 [15] license-built by HAL. A fleet of around 120 aircraft. [32] Cheetal ...
India: Fighter: 1977: 1991: 89 [note 10] HAL HPT-32 Deepak: India: Primary trainer: 1984: ... List of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force. Add languages ...
Fighter aircraft: 30 September 1976: Retired 89 [25] HAL Tejas (Light Combat Aircraft) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Multirole combat aircraft: 4 January 2001: In production 40 (+83 on order) [26] HAL Tejas Mk2 (Medium Weight Fighter) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Multirole combat aircraft: 2023 (planned) Building prototypes [27]
A Bréguet 1050 Alizé anti-submarine aircraft taking off from INS Vikrant. The first naval air station, INS Garuda, was inaugurated in Cochin on 11 May 1953. [5] This went hand-in-hand with the commissioning of the No.550 Squadron, [6] utilising Short Sealand aircraft [7] and Fairey Firefly aircraft [8]
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HAL is currently involved in the designing and manufacturing of fighter jets, helicopters, jet engine and marine gas turbine engine, avionics, hardware development, spares supply, overhauling and upgrading of Indian military aircraft. [9] The HAL HF-24 Marut fighter-bomber was the first indigenous fighter aircraft made in India.
It is a further development of the HAL Tejas, or the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), programme which began in the 1980s to replace India's ageing MiG-21 fighters. The Tejas Mk 2 is being designed to replace multiple strike-fighters like SEPECAT Jaguars , Dassault Mirage-2000 & MiG-29 of Indian Air Force.
From February 1955 to December 1958, ten Firefly aircraft were acquired. To meet the training requirements of the pilots, the indigenously developed HAL HT-2 trainer was inducted into the FRU. On 17 January 1959, the FRU was commissioned as Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 550, to be the first Indian naval air squadron. [1]