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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 .
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
Total 106 airframes are planned for Indian Air Force. [8] [9] HAL Combat Air Trainer (HJT-39) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Never flown Cancelled 0 Dropped in favour of Hawk 132. [10] HAL SPORT (Supersonic Omni Role Trainer Aircraft) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited TBD Designing phase Advanced trainer based on HAL Tejas fighter aircraft. [11] [12]
This is an organized list of all of the active aircraft squadrons that currently exist in the Indian Air Force. Squadrons might have changed names and designations many times over the years, so they are listed by their current designation. Expeditionary and provisional units are not listed.
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 ]
Aircraft Type From To Air Base de Havilland Vampire FB52: 1 June 1956: May 1959: AFS Halwara: Hawker Hunter Mk 56: May 1959: 1965: AFS Palam: 1965: February 1968: AFS Hindon: Hawker Hunter Mk 56A: February 1968: July 1996: AFS Pathankot: Mig-21 FL: March 1996: 1975 1975: January 1998: Mig-21 Bison: August 2004: May 2005: Sukhoi Su-30 MKI ...
The Indian Air Force plans to attain a 42 squadron strength by 2035 and deploy 450 fighter jets each along the borders of Pakistan and China. The IAF will also acquire large numbers of stealthy autonomous UCAVs ( DRDO Ghatak ), swarm drones (ALFA-S) and uncrewed aircraft to transform into a fully advanced network-centric force capable of ...
No. 4 Squadron IAF (Oorials) is a fighter squadron of the Indian Air Force (IAF) equipped with the Su-30 MKI, based at Jodhpur Air Force Station in Jodhpur in, Rajasthan, India. Since its establishment during the South-East Asian theatre of World War II , No. 4 Squadron remains the only fighter squadron other than No. 3 Squadron IAF and No. 7 ...