List of aircraft of the Indian Air Force
Encyclopedia
List of aircraft of the Indian Air Force is a list of current and historical aircraft that have ever served in the Indian Air Force
Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict...

. As of (year) 2010 - 2011,there are 1,330 aircraft in active service.

For aircraft programmes still under development refer to Future of the Indian Air Force
Future of the Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force started modernising and upgrading its aging and outdated equipment since the late 90’s. For that reason it has started procuring and developing aircraft, weapons, associated technologies, and infrastructures. Some of these programmes date back to the late 80’s...

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Fixed-wing aircraft


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Fighter aircraft
A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets...


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| || HAL Tejas || || Multi-role || Mark I || 7 || Induction in progress. The first squadron will be in place by 2013. 40 Mark 1 aircraft have been ordered, to be followed by 120-180 Mark 2 LCAs. The IAF has a requirement of 200 single seat and 20 double seat LCAs.
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| || Sukhoi Su-30MKI Flanker-H ||
||Air Superiority Multirole fighter || Su-30MKI || 180 || Total 272 on order. Delivery to be completed by 2018. 2 crashes-May 2009 and December 2009. 50 aircrafts bought from Russia in flyaway condition, rest 222 are being manufactured by by HAL in 3 batches[140+40+42]. Upgrade of the oldest 50 airframes has already begun at HAL.
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| || Dassault Mirage 2000 || || Multi-role fighter || Mirage 2000H || 51 || A total 59 were purchased from France, with 8 lost to accidents. Remaining to be upgraded to mirage 2000-5 mk 2 standard by 2021.
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| || Mikoyan MiG-29
Mikoyan MiG-29
The Mikoyan MiG-29 is a fourth-generation jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union for an air superiority role. Developed in the 1970s by the Mikoyan design bureau, it entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1983, and remains in use by the Russian Air Force as well as in many other...

 Fulcrum || || Air superiority fighter ||MiG-29 ||68 || 80 were delivered from USSR and Russia. 12 have crashed, the latest being on 19 October 2011. Remaining are being upgraded to Mig-29 UPG for US $964 Million. Upgradation to be completed by 2013.
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| || Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was popularly nicknamed "balalaika", from the aircraft's planform-view resemblance to the Russian stringed musical instrument or ołówek by Polish pilots due to...

 || || Interceptor/fighter || MiG-21 Bison
MiG-21Bis || 157 ||
All other versions are grounded , MiG-21Bis to be grounded around 2012-13 and MiG-21 Bison to be replaced from 2017 by HAL Tejas Mk 2.
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| || Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 Bahadur
Mikoyan MiG-27
The Mikoyan MiG-27 is a variable-geometry ground-attack aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan design bureau in the Soviet Union and later license-produced in India by Hindustan Aeronautics as the Bahadur . It is based on the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 fighter aircraft, but optimized for...

 || || Ground Attack || MiG-27H || 122 || Bahadur (Hindi for Valiant) Around 160 were delivered to IAF . 38 have crashed. All are being upgraded by DARE to improve all round performance and also give it limited Air to Air capability. Around 40 of the 122 aircrafts have been upgrade so far. All are to be phased out by 2025 in favour of the AMCA.
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| || SEPECAT Jaguar
SEPECAT Jaguar
The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet ground attack aircraft, originally used by the British Royal Air Force and the French Armée de l'Air in the close air support and nuclear strike role, and still in service with several export customers, notably the Indian Air Force and the Royal Air Force...

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|| Ground attack || Shamser IB
IS
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12 || 138 remain of 178 of these Indian variants of the SEPECAT Jaguar were delivered. Around 40 have crashed.Plans are in place to upgrade the remaining aircrafts with international assistance.
As a result, in 2011, Honeywell Inc. and a joint British and some upgrades to the engine was
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Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about enemy forces or features of the environment....

 Airborne Early Warning
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| || IAI Astra
IAI Astra
|-See also:-External links:...

 1125 || || Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about enemy forces or features of the environment....

 || 1125 Astra || 1 ||
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| || Il-76 EL/M-2075 Phalcon ||
|| AEW || EL/M-2075 Phalcon || 3 || 2 more on order |
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| || Embraer EMB 135 || || AEW || ECJ-135 Legacy || 0 || 3 on order
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| || Gulfstream III || || Early Warning (EW) || G-III || 1 ||
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Aerial Refueling
Aerial refueling
Aerial refueling, also called air refueling, in-flight refueling , air-to-air refueling or tanking, is the process of transferring fuel from one aircraft to another during flight....


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| || Ilyushin Il-78 MKI
Ilyushin Il-78
The Ilyushin Il-78 is a four-engined aerial refueling tanker based on the Il-76.-Design and development:...

||
|| Aerial Refueling
Aerial refueling
Aerial refueling, also called air refueling, in-flight refueling , air-to-air refueling or tanking, is the process of transferring fuel from one aircraft to another during flight....

 || IL-78MKI || 7 ||
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Military transport aircraft
Military transport aircraft are typically fixed and rotary wing cargo aircraft which are used to deliver troops, weapons and other military equipment by a variety of methods to any area of military operations around the surface of the planet, usually outside of the commercial flight routes in...


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| || IAI Astra
IAI Astra
|-See also:-External links:...

 1125 || || Light Transport
Military transport aircraft
Military transport aircraft are typically fixed and rotary wing cargo aircraft which are used to deliver troops, weapons and other military equipment by a variety of methods to any area of military operations around the surface of the planet, usually outside of the commercial flight routes in...

 || 1125 Astra || 1 ||
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| || Dornier Do 228
Dornier Do 228
The Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH from 1981 until 1998. In 1983, Hindustan Aeronautics bought a production licence and manufactures the 228 for the Asian market sphere. Approximately 270 Do 228 were built at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany and...

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|| Light Transport
Airlift
Airlift is the act of transporting people or cargo from point to point using aircraft.Airlift may also refer to:*Airlift , a suction device for moving sand and silt underwater-See also:...

 || Do 228-201 || 28 ||
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| || Hawker Siddeley HS 748 || || Medium Transport
Airlift
Airlift is the act of transporting people or cargo from point to point using aircraft.Airlift may also refer to:*Airlift , a suction device for moving sand and silt underwater-See also:...

 || HS 748-100 || 57 ||
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| || Antonov An-32 Cline
Antonov An-32
The Antonov An-32 is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft.-Design and development:The An-32 is basically a re-engined An-26. The launch customer was the Indian Air Force, which ordered this aircraft partly due to good relations between then USSR leader Leonid Brezhnev and then...

 || || Medium Transport
Airlift
Airlift is the act of transporting people or cargo from point to point using aircraft.Airlift may also refer to:*Airlift , a suction device for moving sand and silt underwater-See also:...

 || An-32 || 110 ||
|-
| || Ilyushin Il-76 Candid
Ilyushin Il-76
The Ilyushin Il-76 is a multi-purpose four-engined strategic airlifter designed by Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a commercial freighter in 1967. Intended as a replacement for the Antonov An-12, the Il-76 was designed for delivering heavy machinery to remote, poorly-serviced areas...

 || || Tactical Transport || Il-76 || 24 ||
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| || C-130J Super Hercules
C-130J Super Hercules
The Lockheed Martin C-130J "Super" Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. The C-130J is a comprehensive update of the venerable Lockheed C-130 Hercules, with new engines, flight deck, and other systems. The Hercules family has the longest continuous production run of any...

 || || Tactical Transport || C-130J ||6 || 6 more order is awaiting
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| || C-17 Globemaster III
C-17 Globemaster III
The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. Developed for the United States Air Force from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas, the C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases throughout...

 || || Tactical Transport || C-17 || || 10 ordered and 6 more order is awaiting
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| || HAL HJT-16 Kiran || || Intermediate Trainer (IJT) || HJT-16 || 137 ||
|-
| || BAE Hawk
BAE Hawk
The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single-engine, advanced jet trainer aircraft. It first flew in 1974 as the Hawker Siddeley Hawk. The Hawk is used by the Royal Air Force, and other air forces, as either a trainer or a low-cost combat aircraft...

 || || Advanced Trainer (AJT) || Hawk 132 || 52 || more on order
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Total Fixed-wing aircraft 1,103

Helicopters


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| || HAL Dhruv
HAL Dhruv
The HAL Dhruv is a utility helicopter developed and manufactured by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited . Dhruv was first announced in November 1984. The ALH was designed with assistance from MBB in Germany. The Dhruv first flew in 1992; but, due to the changing demands of the Indian Army and...

 || || Utility helicopter || Dhruv || 37 || more on order
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| || Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
Aérospatiale Lama
|-See also:-External links:...

 || || Utility helicopter || SA 315B Cheetah/Cheetal || 10 ||
|-
| || Aérospatiale SA 316B Alouette III
Aérospatiale Alouette III
The Aérospatiale Alouette III is a single-engine, light utility helicopter developed by Sud Aviation. It was manufactured by Aérospatiale of France, and under licence by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in India as Hal Chetak and Industria Aeronautică Română in Romania.The Alouette III is the...

 || || Utility || SA-316B || 65 ||
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|| Mil Mi-8
Mil Mi-8
The Mil Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. The Mi-8 is the world's most-produced helicopter, and is used by over 50 countries. Russia is the largest operator of the Mi-8/Mi-17 helicopter....


Mi-17
Mil Mi-17
The Mil Mi-17 is a Russian helicopter currently in production at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude...

 || || Transport helicopter
Transport helicopter || Mi-8
Mi-17 || 112 || more on order, up to 134 Mi-8 (including 40 Mi-8TV)& 80 Mi-17IV
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| || Mil Mi-26 Halo
Mil Mi-26
The Mil Mi-26 is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. In service with civilian and military operators, it is the largest and most powerful helicopter ever to have gone into production.-Design and development:...

 || || Transport helicopter || Mi-26 || 4 ||
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| || Mil Mi-35 Hind-E || || Attack helicopter || Mi-35 || 20 || To be replaced by 22 Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopters.
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Total Helicopters 248

UAVs


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| || Lakshya PTA
Lakshya PTA
-See also:-References:...

 || ||Pilotless Target Aircraft (PTA) || - || ~10 || 23 were orderd by India to be operated by the IAF, Indian army and Indian Navy.

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| || IAI Harpy
IAI Harpy
-See also:...

 || ||Fire & Forget Radar Emitter Destroyer || - || ||A UAV explosive which attacks enemy radars, but also destroys its self.

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| || IAI Heron
IAI Heron
The IAI Heron is a Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Malat division of Israel Aerospace Industries. It is capable of Medium Altitude Long Endurance operations of up to 52 hours' duration at up to 35,000 feet...

 || || Strategic Role UAV || Heron I/II || ~150 || India orderd 50 to be deployed by the IAF.

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| || IAI Searcher
IAI Searcher
|-See also:-References:This article contains material that originally came from the web article by Greg Goebel, which exists in the Public Domain....

 || || Searcher II || - || ~100+ ||

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Fighters

Hawker Tempest
Hawker Tempest
The Hawker Tempest was a British fighter aircraft primarily used by the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. The Tempest was an improved derivative of the Hawker Typhoon, and one of the most powerful fighter aircraft used during the war....

 de Havilland Vampire
De Havilland Vampire
The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was a British jet-engine fighter commissioned by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Following the Gloster Meteor, it was the second jet fighter to enter service with the RAF. Although it arrived too late to see combat during the war, the Vampire served...

 Dassault Ouragan
Dassault Ouragan
The Dassault M.D.450 Ouragan was the first French-designed jet fighter-bomber to enter production, playing a key role in resurgence of the French aviation industry after World War II. The Ouragan was operated by France, Israel, India and El Salvador...

 (Toofani) - Introduced in 1953.Initially India ordered 71 Ouragons in 1953 and an order for 33 second hand ouragons was placed in 1957 bringing the total to 104. Withdrawn from front line service in 1965, although it continued in use for some years as a Target Tug. Dassault Mystère IV
Dassault Mystère IV
|-See also:-External links:*...

 - A total of 104 of these were bought by India with deliveries starting in 1957 and the aircraft was phased out in 1973. Hawker Hunter
Hawker Hunter
The Hawker Hunter is a subsonic British jet aircraft developed in the 1950s. The single-seat Hunter entered service as a manoeuvrable fighter aircraft, and later operated in fighter-bomber and reconnaissance roles in numerous conflicts. Two-seat variants remained in use for training and secondary...

 Folland Gnat
Folland Gnat
The Folland Gnat was a small, swept-wing British subsonic jet trainer and light fighter aircraft developed by Folland Aircraft for the Royal Air Force, and flown extensively by the Indian Air Force....

 - built by Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) under licence from Folland
Folland
Folland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturing company which was active between 1937 and 1963.-History:British Marine Aircraft Ltd was formed in February 1936 to produce Sikorsky S-42-A flying boats under licence in the UK. The company built a factory on the western side of the Hamble...

 in the UK HAL Ajeet - Variant of the Folland Gnat developed and produced by HAL.Total 89 were built including 10 upgraded Gnats .Introduced in 1977 and retired in 1991. Mig-23MF
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is considered to belong to the Soviet third generation jet fighter category, along with similarly aged Soviet fighters such as the MiG-25 "Foxbat"...


Ground attack / Bombers

Consolidated B-24J Liberator
B-24 Liberator
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and a small number of early models were sold under the name LB-30, for Land Bomber...

-HAL helped refurbish nearly 44 of these ex-Thai World War Two era bombers that served on till 1967. HAL HF-24 Marut
HAL HF-24 Marut
|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography*Donald, David . The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. London:Aerospace, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.*Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969-70. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1969....

-Total of 147 built for IAF,introduced on 17 June 1961 and retired in 1985.Sukhoi Su-7 Fitter-140 introduced.Introduced in March 1968. English Electric Canberra
English Electric Canberra
The English Electric Canberra is a first-generation jet-powered light bomber manufactured in large numbers through the 1950s. The Canberra could fly at a higher altitude than any other bomber through the 1950s and set a world altitude record of 70,310 ft in 1957...

-Total of 150 Canberras introduced starting in the April of 1957.Retired 11 May 2007. MiG-23BN-Introduced in 1981,retired on 6 March 2009.Total of 95 introduced.

Reconnaissance

English Electric Canberra
English Electric Canberra
The English Electric Canberra is a first-generation jet-powered light bomber manufactured in large numbers through the 1950s. The Canberra could fly at a higher altitude than any other bomber through the 1950s and set a world altitude record of 70,310 ft in 1957...

-Total of 150 introduced starting in the April of 1957.Retired 11 May 2007. MiG-25-Took delivery of six MiG-25RBK and two MiG-25RU in 1981. They were operated by no.102 Squdron 'Trisonics' based at Bakshi-ka-talabab in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. One MiG-RBK crashed on August 3, 1994. Retired from service in July 2006. The Trishul air-base in Bareilly
Bareilly
Bareilly is a prominent city in Bareilly district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Standing on the Ramganga river, it is the capital of the Bareilly division and the geographical region Rohilkhand...

 had Foxbats capable of flying up to 80,000 feet

Trainers

HAL HT-2
HAL HT-2
|-See also:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpEVtxbgH0g-References:* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft , 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2172...

 PZL TS-11 Iskra
PZL TS-11 Iskra
|-See also:-References:*"Poland's Veteran Spark". Air International, March 1979, Vol 16 No. 3. Bromley, UK:Fine Scroll Publishing. pp. 126–131....

: 50 Iskra bis D Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 jet
Jet engine
A jet engine is a reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet to generate thrust by jet propulsion and in accordance with Newton's laws of motion. This broad definition of jet engines includes turbojets, turbofans, rockets, ramjets, pulse jets...

 trainer aircraft were bought by India in 1975, then a further 26 in the 1990s. All Iskra aircraft were phased out from the IAF by December 16, 2004. North American Harvard
T-6 Texan
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1950s...

 de Havilland Tiger Moth
De Havilland Tiger Moth
The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk in 1952, when many of the surplus aircraft...

 Percival Prentice
Percival Prentice
|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Ellison, Norman H. Percivals Aircraft . Chalford, Stroud, UK: Chalford Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 0-7524-0774-0....


Transport aircraft

Douglas C-47 Dakota
C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in front line operations through the 1950s with a few remaining in operation to this day.-Design and...

 de Havilland Devon
De Havilland Dove
The de Havilland DH.104 Dove was a British monoplane short-haul airliner from de Havilland, the successor to the biplane de Havilland Dragon Rapide and was one of Britain's most successful post-war civil designs...

 Ilyushin Il-14
Ilyushin Il-14
The Ilyushin Il-14 was a Soviet twin-engine commercial and military personnel and cargo transport aircraft that first flew in 1950, and entered service in 1954. Il-14 was also manufactured in East Germany by VVB Flugzeugbau, in Czechoslovakia as the Avia 14, and in China under the Chinese...

 de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. It was conceived to be capable of performing the same roles as the earlier and highly successful Beaver, but was overall a larger aircraft.-Design and...

 de Havilland Dragonfly
De Havilland Dragonfly
-References:*The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft . London: Orbis Publishing.*Hayes, P & King, B. de Havilland biplane transports. Coulsden: Gatwick Aviation Society ISBN 0 95304132 8...

 Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
C-119 Flying Boxcar
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute...

 Lockheed Super Constellation
Lockheed Constellation
The Lockheed Constellation was a propeller-driven airliner powered by four 18-cylinder radial Wright R-3350 engines. It was built by Lockheed between 1943 and 1958 at its Burbank, California, USA, facility. A total of 856 aircraft were produced in numerous models, all distinguished by a...

 de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou
De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou
The de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou is a Canadian-designed and produced specialized cargo aircraft with short takeoff and landing capability...

 Tupolev Tu-124
Tupolev Tu-124
The Tupolev Tu-124 was a 56 passenger short range twinjet airliner built in the Soviet Union. It was the world's first turbofan-powered airliner.- Design and development :...

 Antonov An-12
Antonov An-12
The Antonov An-12 is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10.-Design and development:...


General purpose

Westland Wapiti
Westland Wapiti
The Westland Wapiti was a British two-seat general purpose military single-engined biplane of the 1920s. It was designed and built by Westland Aircraft Works to replace the Airco DH.9A in Royal Air Force service....

  Westland Lysander
Westland Lysander
The Westland Lysander was a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft used immediately before and during the Second World War...

 

See also

  • Indian Air Force
    Indian Air Force
    The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict...

  • Future of the Indian Air Force
    Future of the Indian Air Force
    The Indian Air Force started modernising and upgrading its aging and outdated equipment since the late 90’s. For that reason it has started procuring and developing aircraft, weapons, associated technologies, and infrastructures. Some of these programmes date back to the late 80’s...

  • Military of India
  • Indian Navy
    Indian Navy
    The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the armed forces of India. The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff , usually a four-star officer in the rank of Admiral, commands the Navy...

  • Indian Naval Air Arm
    Indian Naval Air Arm
    The Indian Naval Air Arm is part of the Indian Navy which is tasked to provide an aircraft carrier based strike capability, fleet air defence, maritime reconnaissance, and anti-submarine warfare. To undertake these tasks, the Indian Navy employs an aircraft carrier and a variety of manned and...


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