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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]].
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==
==Air Force==
{{Further|Indian Air Force}}
[[File:RB005 - Dassault Rafale - Indian Air Force - 50976863128.jpg|thumb|IAF [[Rafale]] take off from [[Dassault Aviation]] Facility, Merignac, France.]]
[[File:SU-30MKI-g4sp - edit 2(clipped).jpg|thumb|A Su-30MKI]]
[[File:DRDO AEW&C Embraer ERJ 145.JPG|thumb|right|Netra AEW&C on Embraer ERJ 145 platform]]
[[File:Lockheed C-130J-30 'KC-3801'.jpg|thumb|right|A C-130J Hercules on approach]]
[[File:Mi 17 at Aero India 2011 (modified).jpg|thumb|A Mil Mi-17 helicopter]]
[[File:Apache at Air Force Day Parade, at Air Force Station Hindan, in Ghaziabad (cropped).jpg|thumb|An AH-64 Apache]]
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{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Image
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
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! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lightblue;" colspan="8"| [[Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
|-
|-
|[[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|Mikoyan MiG-21]]
| [[MiG-21]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
|[[File:Sheeju_mig21.JPG|100px]]
||[[Interceptor aircraft|interceptor]]
|[[Soviet Union]]
|[[Interceptor aircraft|Interceptor]]
|[[List_of_Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21_variants#India|MiG-21UPG]]
|[[List_of_Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21_variants#India|MiG-21UPG]]
|40<ref>{{Cite news|title=Another MiG-21 Squadron Retired: The Curtain Is Closing on IAF’s Most Abiding Fighter|url=https://thewire.in/security/mig-21-squadron-retired-curtain-closing-iaf-most-abiding-fighter|access-date=25 November 2023|newspaper=The Wire}}</ref>
|40<ref>{{Cite news|title=Another MiG-21 Squadron Retired: The Curtain Is Closing on IAF’s Most Abiding Fighter|url=https://thewire.in/security/mig-21-squadron-retired-curtain-closing-iaf-most-abiding-fighter|access-date=25 November 2023|newspaper=The Wire}}</ref>|
|
|-
| [[MiG-29]]
| [[Russia]]
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|multirole]]
| [[Mikoyan MiG-29#Variants|MiG-29UPG]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jennings|first1=Gareth|title=Indian Air Force receives back first upgraded MiG-29 fighters|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=12 December 2012|volume=50|issue=2|issn=2048-3430}}</ref>
| 75<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
| 10 provide [[Trainer (aircraft)#Operational conversion|conversion training]]
|-
|-
|[[SEPECAT Jaguar]]
| [[HAL Tejas]]
| [[India]]
|[[File:IAF Jaguar.jpg|100px]]
| multirole
|[[United Kingdom]]
| [[HAL Tejas#Variants| Mk.1 / 1A]]
|[[Ground attack aircraft|Ground attack]]
| |33<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 October 2023|title=IAF chief receives 1st LCA trainer from HAL, 7 more to come by Mar ‘24|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/iaf-chief-receives-1st-lca-trainer-from-hal-7-more-to-come-by-mar-24-101696421772646.html|access-date=9 December 2023|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en}}</ref>
|[[SEPECAT Jaguar#Variants|Jaguar IM/IS]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jennings|first1=Gareth|title=Indian Air Force Jaguar lost on training sortie|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=6 August 2014|volume=51|issue=37|issn=2048-3430}}</ref>
|170 [[HAL Tejas#Variants|Mk.1A]]’s / 17 MK.1’s on order<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theprint.in/defence/contract-signed-for-83-lca-tejas-fighters-all-eyes-now-on-hal-delivery-schedule/597841/|title=Contract signed for 83 LCA Tejas fighters, all eyes now on HAL delivery schedule|date=3 February 2021|newspaper=Print|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=30 November 2023|title=Rs 2.23 lakh crore-deal: India approves purchase of 97 Tejas aircraft, 156 Prachanda helicopters, other defence equipment|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/defence-ministry-approves-purchase-of-97-tejas-aircraft-and-156-prachanda-helicopters-sources-11833571.html|access-date=30 November 2023|newspaper=Money Control|language=en}}</ref>
|160<ref name="World Air Forces 2024">{{Cite report|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=98602|title=World Air Forces 2024|publisher=Flight Global|access-date=3 August 2023|year=2023}}</ref>
|30 [[SEPECAT Jaguar#Variants|IB]] variants provide training
|-
|-
|[[Dassault Mirage 2000]]
|[[Dassault Mirage 2000| Mirage 2000]]
| [[France]]
|[[File:Blue Flag 2021 (88713).jpg|100px]]
| multirole
|[[France]]
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
|[[Dassault Mirage 2000#India|2000 H/I]]
|[[Dassault Mirage 2000#India|2000 H/I]]
|44<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|44<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|12 [[Dassault Mirage 2000#India|TH/TI]] variants provide training<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|12 [[Dassault Mirage 2000#India|TH/TI]] variants provide training<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|-
|-
|[[Mikoyan MiG-29]]
| [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]]
| Russia
|[[File:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29UPG Fulcrum, India - Air Force JP7677166.jpg|100px]]
| multirole
|[[Soviet Union]]<br>[[Russia]]
|
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
266<ref>{{cite news|title=India's Aviation Behemoth HAL Expects More Orders as It Completes Production of Su-30MKI|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/india/2020/india-200331-sputnik01.htm|work=Global Security|date=3 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|[[Mikoyan MiG-29#Variants|MiG-29UPG]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jennings|first1=Gareth|title=Indian Air Force receives back first upgraded MiG-29 fighters|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=12 December 2012|volume=50|issue=2|issn=2048-3430}}</ref>
|75<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|10 provide [[Trainer (aircraft)#Operational conversion|conversion training]]
|-
|[[Sukhoi Su-30]]
|[[File:SU-30MKI-g4sp_-_edit_2(clipped).jpg|100px]]
|[[Russia]]
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
|[[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]]
|266<ref>{{cite news|title=India's Aviation Behemoth HAL Expects More Orders as It Completes Production of Su-30MKI|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/india/2020/india-200331-sputnik01.htm|work=Global Security|date=3 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|12 on order<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 September 2023|title=Centre clears proposal to buy 12 Su-30 MKI fighter jets|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/centre-clears-proposal-to-buy-12-su-30-mki-fighter-jets-8941926/|access-date=11 October 2023|newspaper=Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
|12 on order<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 September 2023|title=Centre clears proposal to buy 12 Su-30 MKI fighter jets|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/centre-clears-proposal-to-buy-12-su-30-mki-fighter-jets-8941926/|access-date=11 October 2023|newspaper=Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[HAL Tejas]]
| [[Dassault Rafale]]
| France
|[[File:HAL_Tejas_(LA-5018)_of_Squadron_18_Flying_Bullets.jpg|100px]]
| multirole
|[[India]]
| [[Dassault Rafale#Variants|EH/DH]]<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |date=11 January 2017 |title=Les Rafale indiens porteront la dénomination Rafale EH et Rafale DH - Defens'Aero |url=http://defens-aero.com/2017/01/rafale-indiens-denomination-rafale-eh-rafale-dh.html |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=defens-aero.com}}</ref>
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
|36<ref name="World Air Forces 2024">{{cite news |last = |first = |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=98602|title = World Air Forces 2023|newspaper = Flight Global|publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2024 |doi = |access-date= 12 December 2023}}</ref>
|[[HAL Tejas#Variants|Tejas Mk.1]]
|33<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 October 2023|title=IAF chief receives 1st LCA trainer from HAL, 7 more to come by Mar ‘24|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/iaf-chief-receives-1st-lca-trainer-from-hal-7-more-to-come-by-mar-24-101696421772646.html|access-date=9 December 2023|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en}}</ref>
|1 trainer variant; 170 single seat Mk.1A and 17 trainers on order.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theprint.in/defence/contract-signed-for-83-lca-tejas-fighters-all-eyes-now-on-hal-delivery-schedule/597841/|title=Contract signed for 83 LCA Tejas fighters, all eyes now on HAL delivery schedule|date=3 February 2021|newspaper=Print|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=30 November 2023|title=Rs 2.23 lakh crore-deal: India approves purchase of 97 Tejas aircraft, 156 Prachanda helicopters, other defence equipment|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/defence-ministry-approves-purchase-of-97-tejas-aircraft-and-156-prachanda-helicopters-sources-11833571.html|access-date=30 November 2023|newspaper=Money Control|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Dassault Rafale]]
|[[File:Indian Air Force Rafale.jpg|100px]]
|[[France]]
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
|[[Dassault Rafale#Variants|Rafale EH/DH]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dassault-aviation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2017/07/Dassault-Aviation-Press-Conf-July-26-2017.pdf|title=Dassault Press Conference|access-date=8 August 2017|publisher=Dassault Aviation}}</ref>
|36<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-12-15|title=Last of Rafales arrive, deal of 36 completed|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/last-of-rafales-arrive-deal-of-36-completed-101671128940031.html|access-date=2023-12-12|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[SEPECAT Jaguar]]
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"|[[Airborne early warning and control|EW/AWC]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
|[[Ground attack aircraft|ground attack]]
| [[SEPECAT Jaguar#Variants|IM/IS]]<ref name="janes-6aug14">{{cite journal|last1=Jennings|first1=Gareth|title=Indian Air Force Jaguar lost on training sortie|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=6 August 2014|volume=51|issue=37|issn=2048-3430}}</ref>
| 160<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|30 [[SEPECAT Jaguar#Variants|IB]]’s provide training
|-
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Airborne early warning and control|AWACS]]
|-
| [[Embraer R-99]]
| [[Brazil]]
| [[Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C]]
|
|3<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|equipped with a [[DRDO AEW&CS| DRDO-developed AEW&C system]]
|-
| [[Beriev A-50]]
| Soviet Union
| AEW&C
| [[Beriev A-50#Variants|A-50EI]]
|3
|equipped with the [[EL/W-2090]] radar - 2 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>>
|-
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Reconnaissance aircraft|Reconnaissance]]
|-
|-
|[[Boeing 707]]
|[[Boeing 707]]
| [[United States]]
| surveillance
|
|
|[[United States]]
|[[Surveillance aircraft|Surveillance]]
|[[Boeing_707#Variants|707-337C]]
|1<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|1<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Bombardier Global Express|Global 5000]]
|[[Beriev A-50]]
| United States
|[[File:Beriev_A-50EI_Mainstay2009.jpg|100px]]
| [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Russia]]
|
|[[Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C]]
|[[Beriev A-50#Variants|A-50EI]]
|3<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|Equipped with [[EL/W-2090]] radar; 2 on order
|-
|[[Embraer ERJ family|ERJ-145]]
|[[File:DRDO AEW&C Embraer ERJ 145.JPG|100px]]
|[[Brazil]]
|[[Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C]]
|[[Embraer ERJ family#Military_models|ERJ-145SM AEW&C]]
|3<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|Equipped with [[DRDO AEW&CS]]
|-
|[[Bombardier Global Express|Bombardier Global]]
|
|[[Canada]]
|[[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Bombardier Global Express#Variants|Global 5000]]
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Gulfstream G100]]
| [[Gulfstream G100]]
| [[Israel]]
|
| [[Surveillance aircraft|surveillance]]
|[[Israel]] / [[United States]]
| [[Gulfstream G100#Variants|1125 Astra]]
|[[Surveillance aircraft|Surveillance]]
|[[Gulfstream G100#Variants|1125 Astra]]
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Gulfstream III]]
|[[Gulfstream III]]
| United States
|
| [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Gulfstream III#Variants|SRA]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Menon|first1=Jay|title=RFP Coming Soon For Indian Airborne Jamming Aircraft|url=http://aviationweek.com/defense/rfp-coming-soon-indian-airborne-jamming-aircraft|website=aviationweek.com|publisher=AWIN First|date=23 April 2013|language=en}}</ref>
|[[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Gulfstream III#Variants|SRA]]
|3<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|3<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
| also used for [[Electronic-warfare aircraft| electronic-warfare]]
|
|-
|-
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Aerial refueling|Tanker]]
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Aerial refueling|Tanker]]
|-
|-
|[[Ilyushin Il-78]]
| [[Ilyushin Il-78]]
| Soviet Union
|[[File:RK-3452 Indian Air Force.jpg|100px]]
| aerial refueling
|[[Soviet Union]] <br> [[Russia]]
| [[Ilyushin Il-78#Variants|Il-78MKI]]
|[[Aerial refueling]]
|[[Ilyushin Il-78#Variants|Il-78MKI]]
|6<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|6<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|-
|-
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
|-
|-
|[[Hawker Siddeley HS 748]]
|[[Boeing 737]]
|United States
|[[File:Indian Air Force Hindustan HAL-748 Srs2M-LFD Vyas-1.jpg|100px]]
|[[Air transports of heads of state and government|VIP transport]]
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[Boeing 737#Boeing Business Jet (BBJ)|737-700]]
|[[Military transport|Transport]]
|3<ref>{{cite news|title=India's Air Force One takes off on first official flight|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-india-s-air-force-one-takes-off-on-first-official-flight-1244364|work=dna|agency=PTI|date=1 April 2009}}</ref>
|[[Hawker Siddeley HS 748#Variants|HS-748 2]]
|
|58<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|License built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited|HAL]]<ref name="HS"/>
|-
|-
|[[Antonov An-32]]
| [[Boeing 777]]
| United States
|[[File:K2717 Antonov An.32 Indian Air Force (8414615752).jpg|100px]]
| VIP transport
|[[Soviet Union]] <br> [[Ukraine]]
| [[777-300ER]]
|[[Military transport|Transport]]
| 2<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-01|title=PM's new special aircraft, equipped with missile defence systems, lands in Delhi|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/first-modified-boeing-777-aircraft-part-of-air-india-one-fleet-for-pm-to-arrive-in-delhi-today/story-V1eKOpfrXTGhXq34XNkjRL.html|access-date=2020-10-01|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
|[[Antonov An-32#Variants|32B]], [[Antonov An-32#Variants|32RE]]
| used for [[Air India One]] for presidential flight
|103<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|53 upgraded to [[Antonov An-32#Variants|32RE]] variant<ref name="fg-27nov15">{{Cite news|last1=Chandra|first1=Atul|title=India receives last batch of Ukraine-upgraded An-32s|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/india-receives-last-batch-of-ukraine-upgraded-an-32s-419513/|work=Flightglobal.com|date=27 November 2015|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III|Boeing C-17]]
|[[Ilyushin Il-76]]
| United States
|[[File:K3014 Ilyushin IL.76MD Indian Air Force (8413525337).jpg|100px]]
| [[strategic airlifter]]
|[[Soviet Union]] <br> [[Russia]]
|
|[[Strategic airlifter]]
| 11<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|-
| [[Ilyushin Il-76]]
| Soviet Union
| strategic airlifter
|[[Ilyushin Il-76#Military variants|Il-76MD]]
|[[Ilyushin Il-76#Military variants|Il-76MD]]
|17<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|17<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Dornier Do 228]]
| [[Antonov An-32]]
| [[Ukraine]]
|[[File:Indian Air Force Dornier 228 SDS-2.jpg|100px]]
| transport
|[[Germany]]
|
|[[Military transport|Transport]]
| 103<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|[[Dornier 228#Indian production|228-201]]
|53 are the [[Antonov An-32#Variants|32RE]] variant<ref name="fg-27nov15">{{cite news|last1=Chandra|first1=Atul|title=India receives last batch of Ukraine-upgraded An-32s|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/india-receives-last-batch-of-ukraine-upgraded-an-32s-419513/|work=Flightglobal.com|date=27 November 2015}}</ref>
|58<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|License built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited|HAL]]<ref>{{Cite book|editor1-last=Jackson|editor1-first=Paul|editor2-last=Munson|editor2-first=Kenneth|editor3-last=Peacock|editor3-first=Lindsay|title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft|date=2004|publisher=Janes Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=978-071-0626-141|page=206|edition=95th year of issue 2004-2005|chapter=HAL (Dornier) 228}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Boeing 737]]
|[[Embraer Legacy 600]]
|Brazil
|[[File:Indian Air Force Boeing 737-200 SDS-2.jpg|100px]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Air transports of heads of state and government|VIP transport]]
|[[Air transports of heads of state and government|VIP transport]]
|[[Boeing 737#Boeing Business Jet (BBJ)|737-7HI]]
|2<ref name="BJ">{{Cite news|title=India's Air Force One takes off on first official flight|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-india-s-air-force-one-takes-off-on-first-official-flight-1244364|newspaper=DNA|agency=PTI|date=1 April 2009|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|4<ref>{{cite news|title=India gets first Embraer jet with Indian airborne radar tech|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/india-gets-first-embraer-jet-with-indian-airborne-radar-tech/article3785186.ece|work=The Hindu Business Line|agency=PTI|date=17 August 2012|language=en}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Dornier Do 228]]
|[[Germany]]
| transport
| 228-201
|58<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|license built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited|HAL]]<ref name="jawa-04">{{cite book|editor1-last=Jackson|editor1-first=Paul|editor2-last=Munson|editor2-first=Kenneth|editor3-last=Peacock|editor3-first=Lindsay|title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft|date=2004|publisher=Janes Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0710626142|page=206|edition=95th year of issue 2004-2005.|chapter=HAL (Dornier) 228}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[EADS CASA C-295]]
|[[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules|C-130J]]
| [[Spain]]
|[[File:Indian C-130 Hercules transits through Grand Forks AFB.jpg|100px]]
| transport
|[[United States]]
| [[EADS CASA C-295#Variants|C-295MW]]
|[[Airlift#Tactical airlift|Tactical airlifter]]
| 1
|[[C-130J#Variants|C-130J-30]]<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Purchase of Transport Aircraft|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=78432|publisher=Press Information Bureau|date=12 December 2011|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
| 55 on order - [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748|HS 748]] replacement<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-24|title=Govt Seals Mega Deal with Airbus for Purchase of 56 C-295 Military Transport Aircraft|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/govt-likely-to-seal-deal-on-purchase-of-56-c-295-military-transport-planes-in-next-few-days-4239749.html|access-date=2021-09-24|website=News18|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules| C-130J Super Hercules]]
| United States
|[[Airlift#Tactical airlift|tactical airlifter]]
|[[C-130J#Variants|C-130J-30]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Purchase of Transport Aircraft|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=78432|publisher=Press Information Bureau|date=12 December 2011}}</ref>
|12<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|12<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748]]
|[[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III|Boeing C-17]]
| United Kingdom
|[[File:CB-8006 C17 INDIAN AIR FORCE.jpg|100px]]
| transport
|[[United States]]
|[[Strategic airlifter]]
|[[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III#Variants|C-17A]]
|11<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|-
|[[Embraer Legacy 600]]
|[[File:Indian Air Force Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy SDS-1.jpg|100px]]
|[[Brazil]]
|[[Air transports of heads of state and government|VIP transport]]
|
|
| 57<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|4<ref name="EL">{{Cite news|title=India gets first Embraer jet with Indian airborne radar tech|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/india-gets-first-embraer-jet-with-indian-airborne-radar-tech/article3785186.ece|work=The Hindu Business Line|agency=PTI|date=17 August 2012|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Helicopters]]
|[[Boeing 777]]
|[[File:Air India One Chennai.png|100px]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Air transports of heads of state and government|VIP transport]]
|[[777-300ER]]
|2<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 October 2020|title=PM's new special aircraft, equipped with missile defence systems, lands in Delhi|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/first-modified-boeing-777-aircraft-part-of-air-india-one-fleet-for-pm-to-arrive-in-delhi-today/story-V1eKOpfrXTGhXq34XNkjRL.html|access-date=1 October 2020|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en}}</ref>
|Used as [[Air India One]]
|-
|-
| [[Mil Mi-17]]
|[[EADS CASA C-295|Airbus C-295]]
| Russia
| utility
| [[Mil Mi-17#Variants|Mi-17V-5]]
| 222<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|[[Spain]]
|[[Military transport|Transport]]
|[[EADS CASA C-295#Variants|C-295MW]]
|1<ref name="AB">{{Cite press release|url=https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-09-airbus-delivers-first-c295-to-india|title=Airbus delivers first C295 to India|date=13 September 2023|access-date=19 September 2023|publisher=Airbus}}</ref>
|55 on order
|-
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Military helicopter|Helicopters]]
|-
|[[Aérospatiale Alouette III]]
|[[File:Z1829 Indian Air Force HAL Chetak (30628146933).jpg|100px]]
|[[France]]
|[[Liaison aircraft|Liaison]]
|[[HAL Chetak|Chetak]]
|77<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|License-built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited| HAL]]
|-
|-
|[[Mil Mi-24]]
| [[Mil Mi-24]]
| Russia
|[[File:Indian Air Force Mil Mi-35 Lofting-1.jpg|100px]]
| [[Attack helicopter|attack]]
|[[Russia]]
|[[Attack helicopter|Attack]]
|[[List of Mil Mi-24 variants|Mi-24/25/35]]
|[[List of Mil Mi-24 variants|Mi-24/25/35]]
|15<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
| 15<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[HAL Dhruv]]
|[[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama]]
| India
|[[File:An Indian Air Force Cheetah evacuating ill J&K Police Personnel. Photograph taken in Bani region of Basoli Tehsil, Kathua District, Jammu and Kashmir, India.jpg|100px]]
| [[Utility helicopter|utility]]
|[[India]]
|[[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
|[[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama#Variants|Cheetah]]
|18<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|License-built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited| HAL]]
|-
|[[HAL Dhruv]]
|[[File:ALH Dhruv, Indian Air Force.jpg|100px]]
|[[India]]
|[[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
|
|95<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/><ref name="Rudra"/>
|
|
|111<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|16 are the [[HAL Rudra|Rudra]] derivative<ref>{{cite web |url = https://defenceaviationpost.com/about-50-rudra-attack-helicopters-to-be-acquired-by-the-indian-air-force/ |title = About 50 Rudra Attack Helicopters To Be Acquired By The Indian Air Force |date = 16 April 2022 |language = en |access-date = 16 April 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Aérospatiale Alouette III|Alouette III]]
|[[Mil Mi-17]]
| France
|[[File:Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17-IV SDS-1.jpg|100px]]
|liaison
|[[Russia]]
|[[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
|[[HAL Chetak|Chetak]]
|77<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|[[Mil Mi-17#Variants|Mi-17V-5]]
| license-built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited| HAL]]
|222<ref>{{Cite news|last=Philip|first=Snehesh Alex|date=16 January 2023|title=India's Mi-17s gets indigenous armour to stave off fire from small arms, snipers|url=https://theprint.in/defence/indias-mi-17s-gets-indigenous-armour-to-stave-off-fire-from-small-arms-snipers/1317142/|access-date=13 June 2023|newspaper=The Print|language=en-US}}</ref>
|
|-
|-
| [[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama| SA 315B Lama]]
|[[HAL Rudra]]
| India
|[[File:HAL Rudra firing gun.jpg|100px]]
| utility
|[[India]]
|[[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama#Variants| Cheetah]]
|[[Attack helicopter|Attack]]
| 17<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
| license-built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited| HAL]]
|16<ref name="Rudra">{{Cite news|url=https://defenceaviationpost.com/about-50-rudra-attack-helicopters-to-be-acquired-by-the-indian-air-force/|title=About 50 Rudra Attack Helicopters To Be Acquired By The Indian Air Force|date=16 April 2022|language=en|access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|Boeing CH-47]]
|[[File:Induction of Boeing Chinook - CH 47 F(I) helicopters in Indian Air Force.jpg|100px]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Military transport helicopter|Transport]]
|[[Boeing CH-47 Chinook#CH-47F|CH-47F]]
|15<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|7 on order
|-
|-
|[[Boeing AH-64 Apache|Boeing AH-64]]
|[[Boeing AH-64 Apache|Boeing AH-64]]
| [[United States]]
|[[File:Apache at Air Force Day Parade, at Air Force Station Hindan, in Ghaziabad (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|attack
|[[United States]]
|[[Attack helicopter|Attack]]
|[[Boeing AH-64 Apache#AH-64E|AH-64E]]
|[[Boeing AH-64 Apache#AH-64E|AH-64E]]
|22<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|22<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|CH-47 Chinook]]
|[[HAL Prachand]]
|United States
|[[File:HAL_Prachand_(ZF_4834).jpg|100px]]
|transport
|[[India]]
|[[Boeing CH-47 Chinook#CH-47F|CH-47F]]
|[[Attack helicopter|Attack]]
|15<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|10<ref name=":5">{{Cite press release|title=CCS Approves Procurement of 15 Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) Limited Series Production (LSP) from HAL for IAF (10) & IA(05)|url=https://www.pib.gov.in/www.pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1811565|access-date=30 November 2023|publisher=[[Government of India]]|language=en}}</ref>
|66 on order<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|date=30 November 2023|title=IAF’s Strengthened Arsenal: Acquisition of 97 Tejas Mk1A Jets Marks a Milestone|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/business/defence-iafs-strengthened-arsenal-acquisition-of-97-tejas-mk1a-jets-marks-a-milestone-3321952/|access-date=30 November 2023|newspaper=Financial Express|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|date=24 November 2023|title=India set to kick off 3 mega defence projects worth Rs 1.4 lakh crore|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-set-to-kick-off-3-mega-defence-projects-worth-rs-1-4-lakh-crore/articleshow/105455212.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2023-11-30|issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[HAL Light Utility Helicopter]]
| [[HAL Light Utility Helicopter]]
| India
|[[File:HAL_LUH_Aero_India_2023_(cropped).jpg|100px]]
| utility
|[[India]]
|[[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
|
|
|
|
|6 on order<ref>{{Cite news|title=Indigenous light choppers get go-ahead, delivery in 2022|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indigenous-light-choppers-get-go-ahead-delivery-in-22/articleshow/81638498.cms|last1=Pubby|first1=Manu|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>
| 6 on order<ref>{{Cite news|title=Indigenous light choppers get go-ahead, delivery in 2022|newspaper=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indigenous-light-choppers-get-go-ahead-delivery-in-22/articleshow/81638498.cms|last1=Pubby|first1=Manu}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[HAL Light Combat Helicopter]]
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
| India
| attack
|
| 5
| 60 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|-
|-
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
|[[HAL Kiran]]
|[[File:U2484_HAL_HJT-16_Kiran_Indian_Air_Force_(_Surya_Kiran_Aerobatic_Team_)_(8414605364).jpg|100px]]
|[[India]]
|[[Jet trainer]]
|[[HAL Kiran#MK 2| MK II]]
|77<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|-
|-
|[[BAE Systems Hawk|BAE Hawk]]
|[[BAE Systems Hawk|BAE Hawk]]
| United Kingdom
|[[File:British Aerospace Hawk 132 India Air Force ZK130 (2949445028).jpg|100px]]
|Jet trainer
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[BAE Systems Hawk#Hawk 132|Hawk 132]]
|[[Jet trainer]]
|[[BAE Systems Hawk#Hawk 132|Hawk 132]]
|102<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|102<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|License produced by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited|HAL]]
|-
|[[Pilatus PC-7]]
|[[File:Pilatus PC-7 Mk II of Indian Air Force en route to Dundigal AFA, Hyderabad.PNG|100px]]
|[[Switzerland]]
|[[Basic trainer]]
|[[Pilatus PC-7#Variants|Mk II]]
|75<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Pipistrel Virus]]
| [[HAL Kiran]]
| India
|
| Jet trainer
|[[Slovenia]]
|
|[[Basic trainer]]
| 77<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|72<ref>{{Cite news|date=29 April 2020|title=Pipistrel completes deliveries of Garud trainers to India|url=https://archive.today/20200429143302/https://www.janes.com/article/92112/pipistrel-completes-deliveries-of-garud-trainers-to-india|access-date=1 December 2021|publisher=Janes}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[HAL HTT-40]]
|[[HAL HTT-40]]
|[[File:HAL_HTT-40.jpg|100px]]
|[[India]]
|[[India]]
|[[Basic trainer]]
| basic trainer
|
|
|
| 70 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|-
| [[HAL Tejas]]
|India
|[[Trainer (aircraft)#Operational conversion|conversion trainer]]
|[[HAL Tejas#Variants|Mk. 1]]
|
|
|8<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|106 on order<ref>{{Cite news|title=Union Cabinet approves procurement of 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft from HAL for Indian Air Force at a cost of over Rs 6,800 crore|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1903445|access-date=1 March 2023|website=pib.gov.in|language=en}}</ref><ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|-
|-
|[[Pilatus PC-7]]
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]
| [[Switzerland]]
| trainer
|[[Pilatus PC-7#Variants|Mk II]]
|75<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|-
|-
|[[IAI Searcher]]
|[[Pipistrel Virus]]
|[[Slovenia]]
| basic trainer
|
|
|72<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-29|title=Pipistrel completes deliveries of Garud trainers to India {{!}} Jane's 360|url=http://archive.today/fiRHU|access-date=2021-12-01|website=archive.ph}}</ref>
|[[Israel]]
|[[Surveillance aircraft|Surveillance]]
|Mk. I / II<ref name="janes-16sep15"/>
|108
|
|
|-
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]
|-
|-
|[[IAI Heron]]
|[[IAI Heron]]
|Israel
|
| surveillance
|[[Israel]]
|[[Surveillance aircraft|Surveillance]]
|Heron 1
|Heron 1
|49<ref name="bs-sipri">{{Cite news|last1=Mallapur|first1=Chaitanya|title=India tops list of drone-importing nations|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/india-tops-list-of-drone-importing-nations-115050400136_1.html|publisher=Business Standard|date=4 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="janes-16sep15">{{Cite journal|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India to buy Heron TP UAVs|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=16 September 2015|volume=52|issue=44|issn=2048-3430}}</ref>
| 49<ref name="bs-sipri">{{cite news|last1=Mallapur|first1=Chaitanya|title=India tops list of drone-importing nations|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/india-tops-list-of-drone-importing-nations-115050400136_1.html|work=IndiaSpend|publisher=Business Standard|date=4 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="janes-16sep15">{{cite journal|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India to buy Heron TP UAVs|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=16 September 2015|volume=52|issue=44|issn=2048-3430}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[IAI Searcher]]
|Israel
| surveillance
|Mk. I / II
|<ref name="janes-16sep15"/>
|
|
|}
|}


==Army Aviation Corps==
==Army Aviation Corps==
{{Further information|Army Aviation Corps (India)}}
{{Further information|Army Aviation Corps (India)}}
[[File:IA Dhruv Berlin-08.jpg|thumb|right|An Army Dhruv at the [[ILA Berlin Air Show ]] 2008]]
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Image
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
Line 367: Line 333:
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
|-
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Military helicopter|Helicopters]]
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Helicopters]]
|-
|-
| [[HAL Dhruv]]
|[[Aérospatiale Alouette III]]
| [[India]]
|[[File:Indian army CHetak helicopter.jpg|100px]]
| [[Utility helicopter|utility]]
|[[France]]
|
|[[Liaison aircraft|Liaison]]
| 145<ref>{{Cite web |title=Army Clears Grounded 'Dhruv' Chopper Fleet For Flight, But Conditions Apply |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/army-clears-grounded-dhruv-chopper-fleet-for-flight-but-conditions-apply-4080889 |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
| 43 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|-
| [[HAL Rudra]]
| [[India]]
| attack
|
|75<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-09-27 |title=Watch: IAF's Apache-like Made in India Light Combat Helicopter |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/watch-iafs-apache-like-made-in-india-light-combat-helicopter/articleshow/94481515.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-08-13 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-21 |title=अरुणाचल में भारतीय सेना का हेलिकॉप्टर रुद्र हुआ क्रैश, 15 दिनों में क्रैश की दूसरी घटना! |url=https://www.thelallantop.com/news/post/indian-army-helicopter-rudra-crashed-in-arunachal-pradesh |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=The Lallantop |language=hi}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Aérospatiale Alouette III|Alouette III]]
| France
|liaison / utility
|[[HAL Chetak|Chetak]]
|[[HAL Chetak|Chetak]]
|4<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|4<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|License-built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited| HAL]]
| license-built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited| HAL]]
|-
|-
|[[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama]]
| [[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama|SA 315B Lama]]
| France
|[[File:Indian Army's HAL Cheetah at Leh cropped.JPG|100px]]
| liaison / utility
|[[France]]
|[[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama#Variants| Cheetah]]
|[[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
|[[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama#Variants|Cheetah]]
|40
|40
|License-built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited| HAL]]; 4 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
| license-built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited| HAL]] - 4 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|-
|-
|[[HAL Dhruv]]
| [[HAL Prachand]]
| India
|[[File:IA Dhruv Berlin-08.jpg|100px]]
| [[Attack helicopter|attack]]
|[[India]]
|[[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
|
|145<ref>{{Cite news|title=Army Clears Grounded 'Dhruv' Chopper Fleet For Flight, But Conditions Apply|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/army-clears-grounded-dhruv-chopper-fleet-for-flight-but-conditions-apply-4080889|access-date=13 August 2023|publisher=[[NDTV]]}}</ref>
|73 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|-
|[[HAL Rudra]]
|[[File:HAL Rudra at Aero India 2013.JPG|100px]]
|[[India]]
|[[Attack helicopter|Attack]]
|
|75<ref>{{Cite news|date=27 September 2022|title=Watch: IAF's Apache-like Made in India Light Combat Helicopter|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/watch-iafs-apache-like-made-in-india-light-combat-helicopter/articleshow/94481515.cms?from=mdr|access-date=13 August 2023|issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[HAL Prachand]]
|[[File:IA LCH induction1.jpg|100px]]
|[[India]]
|[[Attack helicopter|Attack]]
|
|
| 3
|5<ref name=":5" />
| 111 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|90 on order<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|date=30 November 2023|title=Rs 2.23 lakh crore-deal: India approves purchase of 97 Tejas aircraft, 156 Prachanda helicopters, other defence equipment|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/defence-ministry-approves-purchase-of-97-tejas-aircraft-and-156-prachanda-helicopters-sources-11833571.html|access-date=1 December 2023|website=Moneycontrol|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" />
|-
|-
|[[Boeing AH-64 Apache|Boeing AH-64]]
|[[Boeing AH-64 Apache|Boeing AH-64]]
|United States
|[[File:Annual-Report-2018-2019-Ministry-of-Defence-Government-of-India-p.-45-2-(Apache-AH-64-Operating-from-an).jpg|100px]]
|attack
|[[United States]]
|[[Attack helicopter|Attack]]
|[[Boeing AH-64 Apache#AH-64E|AH-64E(I)]]
|[[Boeing AH-64 Apache#AH-64E|AH-64E(I)]]
|
|
|17 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|6 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|-
|-
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]
|[[HAL Light Utility Helicopter]]
|[[File:HAL_LUH_Aero_India_2023_(cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[India]]
|[[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
|
|
|6 on order<ref>{{Cite news|title=Indigenous light choppers get go-ahead, delivery in 2022|newspaper=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indigenous-light-choppers-get-go-ahead-delivery-in-22/articleshow/81638498.cms|last1=Pubby|first1=Manu}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[IAI Eitan|IAI Heron TP]]<ref name="News18">{{Cite news|title=India Buys 4 Israeli Herons, to Upgrade Them With Missiles as Army, IAF, Navy Ramp Up Drone Inventory|language=en-IN|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/india-buys-4-israeli-herons-to-upgrade-them-with-missiles-as-army-iaf-navy-ramp-up-drone-inventory-4255400.html|publisher= News18}}</ref>
! colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]
|-
|[[IAI Eitan|IAI Heron TP]]
|
|[[Israel]]
|[[Israel]]
|[[Surveillance aircraft|Surveillance]]
| [[Surveillance aircraft|surveillance]]
|Heron TP
| Heron TP
|4<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/indian-army-receives-new-israeli-heron-drones-for-deployment-in-ladakh-sector20211130143701|title=Indian Army receives new Israeli Heron drones for deployment in Ladakh sector|publisher=ANI news}}</ref>
| 4<ref name="aninews.in">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/indian-army-receives-new-israeli-heron-drones-for-deployment-in-ladakh-sector20211130143701|title=Indian Army receives new Israeli Heron drones for deployment in Ladakh sector|website=www.aninews.in}}</ref>
|16 [[IAI Heron|Heron]] on order<ref name="janes-20feb13"/>
|-
|-
|[[IAI Searcher]]<ref name="janes-20feb13">{{cite journal|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India signs up for more Heron UAVs|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=20 February 2013|volume=50|issue=12|issn=2048-3430}}</ref>
|[[Elbit Hermes 900]]
|
|[[Israel]]
|[[Israel]]
| surveillance
|[[Surveillance aircraft|Surveillance]]
|Mk. I / II
|
|
|
|2 on order<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|title=India orders Hermes 900 for army, navy|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/india-orders-hermes-900-for-army-navy|access-date=24 November 2023|publisher=Janes|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Switch<ref name="Business Standard India">{{Cite news |agency=Press Trust of India |date=2021-01-14 |title=Indian Army signs $20 mn contract with ideaForge to procure SWITCH drones |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/indian-army-signs-20-mn-contract-with-ideaforge-to-procure-switch-drones-121011401192_1.html |access-date=2022-04-19}}</ref><ref>https://www.ideaforge.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SWITCH-Prime-Brochure-web.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=October 2022}}</ref>
| [[India]]
| surveillance
|
|
|undisclosed quantities on order<ref name="Business Standard India"/>
|}
|}


==Naval Air Arm==
==Naval Air Arm==
{{Further|Indian Naval Air Arm|List of Indian naval aircraft}}
{{Further|Indian Naval Air Arm|List of Indian naval aircraft}}
[[File:Sikorsky_MH-60R_Seahawk_helicopter_of_Indian_Navy.jpg|thumb|MH-60R Seahawk helicopter of Indian Navy]]
[[File:Boeing P-8I of the Indian Navy (modified).jpg|thumb|right|[[Boeing P-8 Poseidon#India|A Boeing P-8I Neptune of Indian Navy]]]]
[[File:Indian Navy Kamov Ka-31 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Kamov Ka-31|A Kamov Ka-31]] helicopter lands on the [[USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)|USS ''Bunker Hill'']]]]
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Image
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
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! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
|-
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
|-
|-
| [[HAL Tejas]]
|[[Mikoyan MiG-29K|Mikoyan MiG-29K]]
| [[India]]
|[[File:Mikoyan MiG-29K of the Indian Navy.jpg|100px]]
| multirole
|[[Russia]]
| [[HAL Tejas#Variants| Mk.1]]
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
|
|[[Mikoyan MiG-29K|K/KUB]]
|45<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|8 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2023"/>
|9 [[Mikoyan MiG-29K#Variants|KUB]] [[Trainer (aircraft)#Operational conversion|trainers]]
|-
|-
|[[Dassault Rafale]]
| [[MiG-29]]
| [[Russia]]
|
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|multirole]]
|[[France]]
| [[Mikoyan MiG-29K|MiG-29K]]
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
| 36<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|[[Dassault Rafale#Variants|Rafale M]]
|8 [[Mikoyan MiG-29K#Variants|KUB]] variants provide [[Trainer (aircraft)#Operational conversion|conversion training]]
|
|26 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|-
|-
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C]]
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Maritime patrol aircraft|Maritime patrol]]
|-
|-
|[[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander| Britten-Norman BN-2]]
|[[Boeing P-8 Poseidon| Boeing P-8]]
| United States
|
| [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]] / [[Maritime patrol aircraft |patrol]]
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[Boeing P-8 Poseidon#India| P-8I]]
|[[Utility aircraft|Utility]]/[[Maritime patrol aircraft|Patrol]]
|12<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|[[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander#Variants|BN-2B/2T]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dorniers {{!}} INAS 550 – The Flying Fish|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/dorniers-1|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in|language=en}}</ref>
|4<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Dornier Do 228]]
| [[Dornier Do 228]]
|Germany
|[[File:IW Dornier of INAS 310.JPG|100px]]
|[[Surveillance aircraft| surveillance]]
|[[Germany]]
| 228-201<ref name="jawa-04"/>
|[[Surveillance aircraft|Surveillance]]
|[[Dornier 228#Indian_production|228-201]]<ref name="jawa-04">{{Cite book|editor1-last=Jackson|editor1-first=Paul|editor2-last=Munson|editor2-first=Kenneth|editor3-last=Peacock|editor3-first=Lindsay|title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft|date=2004|publisher=Janes Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0710626142|page=206|edition=95th year of issue 2004-2005.|chapter=HAL (Dornier) 228}}</ref>
|24
|24
|11 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|10 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|-
|-
| [[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander| Britten-Norman BN-2]]
|[[Kamov Ka-31]]
| United Kingdom
|[[File:Indian Navy Kamov Ka-31 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| utility / [[Maritime patrol aircraft |patrol]]
|[[Russia]]
| [[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander#Variants|BN-2B/2T]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dorniers {{!}} INAS 550 – The Flying Fish|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/dorniers-1|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in|language=en}}</ref>
|[[Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C]]
| 4<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|14<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|Employs a [[Planar array radar]]
|-
|-
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Maritime patrol aircraft|Maritime patrol]]
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Helicopters]]
|-
|-
| [[HAL Dhruv]]
|[[Boeing P-8 Poseidon| Boeing P-8]]
| [[India]]
|[[File:Boeing P-8I of the Indian Navy (modified).jpg|100px]]
| [[Utility helicopter|utility]]
|[[United States]]
|
|[[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]]/[[Maritime patrol aircraft|Patrol]]
| 24<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|[[Boeing P-8 Poseidon#India|P-8I]]
|12
|
|12 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|-
|-
| [[Kamov Ka-27]]
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Naval helicopter|Helicopters]]
| [[Russia]]
| [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]]
| [[Kamov Ka-27#Variants|Ka-28]]
| 14<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|-
|-
| [[Kamov Ka-31]]
|[[Aérospatiale Alouette III]]
| Russia
|[[File:Indian Navy Chetak flying (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Airborne early warning and control|AEW]]
|[[France]]
|
|[[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
| 14<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|[[HAL Chetak]]
|employs a [[Planar array radar]]
|42<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|6
|-
|-
|[[Westland Sea King]]
|[[Westland Sea King]]
| United Kingdom
|[[File:Indian Navy Sea King Mk.42B helicopter landing on the JS Murasame（Malabar 2020）.jpg|100px]]
|[[Search and rescue|SAR]] / utility
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[Westland Sea King#Variants | Mk.42B/C]]<ref name="hiranandani">{{cite book|last1=Hiranandani|first1=G. M.|title=Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990|date=2005|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=9788170622666|page=99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WxI9TlAxIQC|language=en}}</ref>
|[[Search and rescue|SAR]]
|[[Westland Sea King#Variants|Mk.42B/C]]<ref name="hiranandani">{{Cite book|last1=Hiranandani|first1=G. M.|title=Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990|date=2005|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=9788170622666|page=99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WxI9TlAxIQC|language=en}}</ref>
|25<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|25<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|6 [[Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King#Sikorsky designations|UH-3H]] variant
|six are [[Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King#Sikorsky designations|UH-3H]] variants
|-
|-
|[[HAL Dhruv]]
|[[HAL Chetak]]
| France
|[[File:HAL Dhruv of Indian Navy during an exercise taking off from INS Vikramaditya.jpg|100px]]
| liaison / utility
|[[India]]
|[[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
|
|
|24<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|42<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|-
|[[Kamov Ka-27]]
|[[File:IN585 Kamov KA.28 Indian Navy (8414600528).jpg|100px]]
|[[Russia]]
|[[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]]
|[[Kamov Ka-27#Variants|Ka-28]]
|14<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|-
|-
|[[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60 Seahawk]]
|[[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60 Seahawk]]
| [[United States]]
|[[File:Sikorsky_MH-60R_Seahawk_helicopter_of_Indian_Navy.jpg|100px]]
|[[Anti-surface warfare|ASW]] / [[Search and rescue|SAR]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Anti-surface warfare|ASuW]] / [[Search and rescue|SAR]]
|[[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk#U.S. versions|MH-60R]]
|[[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk#U.S. versions|MH-60R]]
|6
| 6
|18 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
| 18 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|-
|-
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
|-
|[[HAL Kiran]]
|[[File:HAL HJT-16 Kiran of Indian Navy.JPG|100px]]
|[[India]]
|[[Jet trainer]]
|
|20<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|-
|-
|[[BAE Systems Hawk|BAE Hawk]]
|[[BAE Systems Hawk|BAE Hawk]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
|[[File:BAE Hawk of Indian Navy.jpg|100px]]
|Jet trainer
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[BAE Systems Hawk#Hawk 132|Hawk 132]]
|[[Jet trainer]]
|[[BAE Systems Hawk#Hawk 132|Hawk 132]]
|17<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|17<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[HAL Kiran]]
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]
| [[India]]
|Jet trainer
|
| 20<ref name="World Air Forces 2024"/>
|
|-
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]
|-
|-
|[[IAI Heron]]<ref name="bs-sipri">{{cite news|last1=Mallapur|first1=Chaitanya|title=India tops list of drone-importing nations|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/india-tops-list-of-drone-importing-nations-115050400136_1.html|work=IndiaSpend|publisher=Business Standard|date=4 May 2015}}</ref>
|[[IAI Heron]]<ref name="bs-sipri"/>
|Israel
| surveillance
|Heron 1
|
|
|
|-
|[[IAI Searcher]]<ref name="janes-16sep15"/>
|[[Israel]]
|[[Israel]]
| surveillance
|[[surveillance drone|Surveillance]]
|Mk. I / II
|Heron 1
|16
|
|
|
|-
|-
|[[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper|MQ-9 Reaper]]
|[[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper| MQ-9 Reaper]]
|
|[[United States]]
|[[United States]]
|[[surveillance drone|Surveillance]]
| [[surveillance drone|surveillance]]
|[[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper#SeaGuardian|SeaGuardian]]
|[[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper#SeaGuardian|SeaGuardian]]
|2<ref>{{Cite news|last=Peri|first=Dinakar|date=2020-11-25|title=Navy inducts two Sea Guardian drones on lease from U.S.|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-inducts-two-sea-guardian-drones-on-lease-from-us/article33178519.ece|access-date=2020-11-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|2<ref>{{Cite news|last=Peri|first=Dinakar|date=2020-11-25|title=Navy inducts two Sea Guardian drones on lease from U.S.|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-inducts-two-sea-guardian-drones-on-lease-from-us/article33178519.ece|access-date=2020-11-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|
|Both on lease
|-
|[[Elbit Hermes 900]]
|
|[[Israel]]
|[[surveillance drone|Surveillance]]
|
|
|2 on order<ref name=":2" />
|}
|}


==Indian Coast Guard==
==Indian Coast Guard==
[[File:Dornier Do-228-101, India - Coast Guard JP7712387.jpg|thumb|A Dornier Do-228-101]]
{{Further information|Indian Coast Guard}}
{{Further information|Indian Coast Guard}}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Image
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
|-
! colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Maritime patrol aircraft|Maritime patrol]]
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Maritime patrol aircraft|Maritime patrol]]
|-
|-
|[[Dornier Do 228]]
| [[Dornier Do 228]]
|[[ Germany]]
|[[File:Dornier Do-228-101, India - Coast Guard JP7712387.jpg|100px]]
| [[Reconnaissance aircraft|reconnaissance]]
|[[Germany]]
| 101/201<ref name="jawa-04"/>
|[[Maritime patrol aircraft|Maritime patrol]]
| 23<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vk8-vgAACAAJ|title=The Military Balance 2017|last=(Iiss)|first=The International Institute of Strategic Studies|date=2017-02-14|publisher=Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated|isbn=9781857439007|language=en}}</ref>
|[[Dornier_228#Indian_production|228-101/201]]<ref name="jawa-04"/>
|23<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vk8-vgAACAAJ|title=The Military Balance 2017|last=(Iiss)|first=The International Institute of Strategic Studies|date=2017-02-14|publisher=Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated|isbn=978-185-743-9007|language=en}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
!colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lightblue;"| [[Helicopters]]
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"| [[Helicopters]]
|-
|-
|[[HAL Dhruv]]
| [[HAL Dhruv]]
| India
|[[File:Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv, Indian Coast Guard.jpg|100px]]
| utility
|[[India]]
| [[HAL Dhruv#Variants|Mk. I]] / Mk. III
|[[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
|4 / 16<ref>{{Cite web |title=Army Clears Grounded 'Dhruv' Chopper Fleet For Flight, But Conditions Apply |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/army-clears-grounded-dhruv-chopper-fleet-for-flight-but-conditions-apply-4080889 |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Coast Guard Advanced Light Helicopter Mk-III squadron, 840 Sqn (CG), commissioned in Chennai |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/www.pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1880134 |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=www.pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-26 |title=Indian Coast Guard looks for new helicopters, rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indian-coast-guard-looks-for-new-helicopters-rotary-unmanned-aerial-vehicles/article66187739.ece |access-date=2023-08-13 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|[[HAL Dhruv#Variants|Mk. I]]/Mk. III
|20<ref>{{Cite news|title=Army Clears Grounded 'Dhruv' Chopper Fleet For Flight, But Conditions Apply|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/army-clears-grounded-dhruv-chopper-fleet-for-flight-but-conditions-apply-4080889|access-date=13 August 2023|publisher=NDTV}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Indian Coast Guard Advanced Light Helicopter Mk-III squadron, 840 Sqn (CG), commissioned in Chennai|url=https://www.pib.gov.in/www.pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1880134|access-date=13 August 2023|website=www.pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=26 November 2022|title=Indian Coast Guard looks for new helicopters, rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicles|language=en-IN|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indian-coast-guard-looks-for-new-helicopters-rotary-unmanned-aerial-vehicles/article66187739.ece|access-date=13 August 2023|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[HAL Chetak]]
|[[Aérospatiale Alouette III]]
| India
|[[File:HAL Chetak of the Indian Coast Guard.jpg|100px]]
| utility
|[[India]]
|
|[[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
| 17<ref name=":0" />
|[[HAL Chetak]]
|17<ref name=":0" />
|
|
|}
|}
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* [[List of Indian naval aircraft]]
* [[Currently active military equipment by country]]
* [[Currently active military equipment by country]]
* [[List of active Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons]]
* [[Military of India]]
* [[Military of India]]
* [[Indian Air Force]]
* [[Indian Air Force]]
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|3}}
{{Reflist|30em}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_unit_page.php?pg_id=23&cat=F The Official Home Page of Indian Air Force]
*[http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_unit_page.php?pg_id=23&cat=F The Official Home Page of Indian Air Force.]


{{Military of India}}
{{Military of India}}

Revision as of 06:35, 15 December 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 interceptor MiG-21UPG
MiG-29 Russia multirole MiG-29UPG[2] 75[3] 10 provide conversion training
HAL Tejas India multirole Mk.1 / 1A 33[4] 170 Mk.1A’s / 17 MK.1’s on order[5][6]
Mirage 2000 France multirole 2000 H/I 44[3] 12 TH/TI variants provide training[3]
Sukhoi Su-30MKI Russia multirole

266[7][3]

12 on order[8]
Dassault Rafale France multirole EH/DH[9] 36[3]
SEPECAT Jaguar United Kingdom ground attack IM/IS[10] 160[3] 30 IB’s provide training
AWACS
Embraer R-99 Brazil AEW&C 3[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]
Gulfstream III United States ELINT SRA[11] 3[3] also used for electronic-warfare
Tanker
Ilyushin Il-78 Soviet Union aerial refueling Il-78MKI 6[3]
Transport
Boeing 737 United States VIP transport 737-700 3[12]
Boeing 777 United States VIP transport 777-300ER 2[13] 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[14]
Embraer Legacy 600 Brazil VIP transport 4[15]
Dornier Do 228 Germany transport 228-201 58[3] license built by HAL[16]
EADS CASA C-295 Spain transport C-295MW 1 55 on order - HS 748 replacement[3][17]
C-130J Super Hercules United States tactical airlifter C-130J-30[18] 12[3]
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 United Kingdom transport 57[3]
Helicopters
Mil Mi-17 Russia utility Mi-17V-5 222[3]
Mil Mi-24 Russia attack Mi-24/25/35 15[3]
HAL Dhruv India utility 111[3] 16 are the Rudra derivative[19]
Alouette III France liaison Chetak 77[3] license-built by HAL
SA 315B Lama India utility Cheetah 17[3] license-built by HAL
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[20]
HAL Light Combat Helicopter India attack 5 60 on order[3]
Trainer Aircraft
BAE Hawk United Kingdom Jet trainer Hawk 132 102[3]
HAL Kiran India Jet trainer 77[3]
HAL HTT-40 India basic trainer 70 on order[3]
HAL Tejas India conversion trainer Mk. 1 8[3]
Pilatus PC-7 Switzerland trainer Mk II 75[3]
Pipistrel Virus Slovenia basic trainer 72[21]
UAV
IAI Heron Israel surveillance Heron 1 49[22][23]
IAI Searcher Israel surveillance Mk. I / II [23]

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 Dhruv India utility 145[24] 43 on order[3]
HAL Rudra India attack 75[25][26]
Alouette III France liaison / utility Chetak 4[3] license-built by HAL
SA 315B Lama France liaison / utility Cheetah 40 license-built by HAL - 4 on order[3]
HAL Prachand India attack 3 111 on order[3]
Boeing AH-64 United States attack AH-64E(I) 6 on order[3]
UAV
IAI Heron TP[27] Israel surveillance Heron TP 4[28] 16 Heron on order[29]
IAI Searcher[29] Israel surveillance Mk. I / II
Switch[30][31] India surveillance undisclosed quantities on order[30]
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
HAL Tejas India multirole Mk.1 8 on order[32]
MiG-29 Russia multirole MiG-29K 36[3] 8 KUB variants provide conversion training
Maritime patrol
Boeing P-8 United States ASW / patrol P-8I 12[3]
Dornier Do 228 Germany surveillance 228-201[16] 24 10 on order[3]
Britten-Norman BN-2 United Kingdom utility / patrol BN-2B/2T[33] 4[3]
Helicopters
HAL Dhruv India utility 24[3]
Kamov Ka-27 Russia ASW Ka-28 14[3]
Kamov Ka-31 Russia AEW 14[3] employs a Planar array radar
Westland Sea King United Kingdom SAR / utility Mk.42B/C[34] 25[3] six are UH-3H variants
HAL Chetak France liaison / utility 42[3]
SH-60 Seahawk United States ASW / SAR MH-60R 6 18 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[22] Israel surveillance Heron 1
IAI Searcher[23] Israel surveillance Mk. I / II
MQ-9 Reaper United States surveillance SeaGuardian 2[35]

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[16] 23[36]
Helicopters
HAL Dhruv India utility Mk. I / Mk. III 4 / 16[37][38][39]
HAL Chetak India utility 17[36]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Another MiG-21 Squadron Retired: The Curtain Is Closing on IAF's Most Abiding Fighter". The Wire. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ^ Jennings, Gareth (12 December 2012). "Indian Air Force receives back first upgraded MiG-29 fighters". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. 50 (2). ISSN 2048-3430.
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