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Revision as of 14:25, 13 August 2023

This article provides the list of active Indian military aircraft currently in service or on order with the Indian Armed Forces. For a list of historical military aircraft used by the Indian military, see list of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force.

Air Force

Further information: Indian Air Force
IAF Rafale take off from Dassault Aviation Facility, Merignac, France.
A Su-30MKI
Netra AEW&C on Embraer ERJ 145 platform
A C-130J Hercules on approach
A Mil Mi-17 helicopter
An AH-64 Apache
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
MiG-21 Soviet Union fighter 54[1]
MiG-29 Russia multirole MiG-29UPG[2] 75[3] 10 Mig-29's provide conversion training
HAL Tejas India multirole Mk.1 / 1A 32[4] Total 91[3] on order (83 Mk.1A’s & 8 MK.1)[5][6]
Mirage 2000 France multirole 2000 H/I 50[7][8] 12 TH/TI variants provide training[3]
Sukhoi Su-30MKI Russia multirole 260[9][10]
Dassault Rafale France multirole EH/DH[11] 36[3]
SEPECAT Jaguar United Kingdom ground attack IM/IS[12] 160[3] 30 IB’s provide training
AWACS
Embraer R-99 Brazil AEW&C 2[3] equipped with a DRDO-developed AEW&C system
Beriev A-50 Soviet Union AEW&C A-50EI 3 equipped with the EL/W-2090 radar - 2 on order[3]
Reconnaissance
Boeing 707 United States surveillance 1[3]
Global 5000 United States ELINT 2[3]
Gulfstream G100 Israel surveillance 1125 Astra 2[3]
Electronic Warfare
Gulfstream III United States EW / ELINT SRA[13] 3[3]
Tanker
Ilyushin Il-78 Soviet Union aerial refueling Il-78MKI 6[3] equipped with Israeli fuel-transfer system[14]
Transport
Boeing 737 United States VIP transport 737-700 3[15]
Boeing 777 United States VIP transport 777-300ER 2[16] used for Air India One for presidential flight
Boeing C-17 United States strategic airlifter 11[3]
Ilyushin Il-76 Soviet Union strategic airlifter Il-76MD 17[3]
Antonov An-32 Ukraine transport 103[3] 53 are the 32RE variant[17]
Embraer Legacy 600 Brazil VIP transport 4[18]
Dornier Do 228 Germany transport 228-201 54[3] license built by HAL[19]
EADS CASA C-295 Spain transport C-295MW 56 on order - license built by TAS - HS 748 replacement[3][20]
C-130J Super Hercules United States tactical airlifter C-130J-30[21] 12[3]
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 United Kingdom transport 57[3]
Helicopters
Mil Mi-24 Russia attack Mi-24/25/35 15[3]
HAL Rudra India attack 16[22]
HAL Light Combat Helicopter India attack 5[23][24] 10 ordered. limited series production[25]
Mil Mi-17 Russia utility Mi-17V-5 250[26][27][28]
HAL Dhruv India utility 70[29] 4 on order[3]
HAL Chetak France liaison 77[3] license-built version of the Alouette III
HAL Cheetah India utility 17[3] license-built version of the SA315B Lama
Boeing AH-64 United States attack AH-64E 22[3]
CH-47 Chinook United States transport CH-47F 15[3]
HAL Light Utility Helicopter India Utility 6 on order[30]
Trainer Aircraft
BAE Hawk United Kingdom Jet trainer Hawk 132 123[31][32]
HAL Kiran India Jet trainer 78[3]
HAL HTT-40 India basic trainer 70 on order[33]
Pilatus PC-7 Switzerland trainer Mk II 75[3]
Pipistrel Virus Slovenia basic trainer 72[34]
UAV
IAI Heron Israel surveillance Heron 1 49[35][36]
IAI Searcher Israel surveillance Mk. I / II [36]
DRDO Lakshya Israel target drone 15[37]

Army Aviation Corps

Further information: Army Aviation Corps (India)
An Army Dhruv at the ILA Berlin Air Show 2008
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Helicopters
HAL Prachand India attack 3 2 on order[38]
Boeing AH-64 United States attack AH-64E(I) 6 on order[3]
HAL Rudra India attack[39][40] ALH-

WSI

75[41][42]
HAL Dhruv India utility 145[43] 73 on order[3]
HAL Chetak India /

France

liaison / utility 4[3] license-built version of the Alouette III
HAL Cheetah India /

France

liaison / utility 37 licence-build version of the

LAMA SA 315B[44] build 8 on order[3]

UAV
IAI Heron TP[45] Israel surveillance Heron TP 4[46] Heron on order[47]
IAI Searcher[47] Israel surveillance Mk. I / II
Switch [48][49] India surveillance undisclosed quantities on order[48]
Further information: Indian Naval Air Arm and List of Indian naval aircraft
MH-60R Seahawk helicopter of Indian Navy
A Boeing P-8I Neptune of Indian Navy
A Kamov Ka-31 helicopter lands on the USS Bunker Hill
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
MiG-29 Russia multirole MiG-29K 45[3][50][51] 9[3] KUB variants provide conversion training
AWACS
Kamov Ka-31 Russia AEW 14[3] employs a Planar array radar
Maritime patrol
Boeing P-8 United States ASW / patrol P-8I 12[3]
Ilyushin Il-38 Soviet Union ASW / patrol 4[3]
Dornier Do 228 Germany surveillance 228-201[19] 24 11 on order[3]
Britten-Norman BN-2 United Kingdom utility / patrol BN-2B/2T[52] 4[3]
Helicopters
HAL Dhruv India utility 17 8 on order[3]
Kamov Ka-27 Russia ASW Ka-28 14[3]
Westland Sea King United Kingdom SAR / utility Mk.42B/C[53] 25[3] six are UH-3H variants
HAL Chetak France liaison / utility 36 6 on order[3]
SH-60 Seahawk United States ASW / SAR MH-60R 2 22 on order[3]
Trainer Aircraft
BAE Hawk United Kingdom Jet trainer Hawk 132 17[3]
HAL Kiran India Jet trainer 20[3]
UAV
IAI Heron Israel surveillance Heron 1 [35]
IAI Searcher[36] Israel surveillance Mk. I / II
DRDO Lakshya Israel target drone 39[54]
MQ-9 Reaper United States surveillance SeaGuardian 2[55]

Indian Coast Guard

A Dornier Do-228-101
Further information: Indian Coast Guard
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Maritime patrol
Dornier Do 228 Germany reconnaissance 101/201[19] 23[56]
Helicopters
HAL Dhruv India utility Mk. I /

Mk. III

20[57]


(Mk.III)

  • 4

(Mk.I)

HAL Chetak India utility 17[56]

See also

Notes

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