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This article provides a list of active Indian military aircraft currently in service with the Indian Armed Forces, as well as aircraft on order. For a list of historical military aircraft used by the Indian military, see list of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force .
Aircraft. Westland Wapiti, one of the first aircraft flown by the Royal Indian Air Force. Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber over the Deccan plateau in the early 1950s. Canberra medium bomber. Mystere IV A being armed with cannon rounds during September 1965.
Total 106 airframes are planned for Indian Air Force. [8] [9] HAL Combat Air Trainer (HJT-39) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Never flown Cancelled 0 Dropped in favour of Hawk 132. [10] HAL SPORT (Supersonic Omni Role Trainer Aircraft) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited TBD Designing phase Advanced trainer based on HAL Tejas fighter aircraft. [11] [12]
The Indian Air Force was established on 8 October 1932 in British India as an auxiliary air force [ 22 ] of the Royal Air Force. The enactment of the Indian Air Force Act 1932 [ 23 ][ 24 ] stipulated out their auxiliary status and enforced the adoption of the Royal Air Force uniforms, badges, brevets and insignia. [ 25 ]
List of active Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons. This is an organized list of all of the active aircraft squadrons that currently exist in the Indian Air Force. Squadrons might have changed names and designations many times over the years, so they are listed by their current designation. Expeditionary and provisional units are not listed.
The HAL Tejas (Sanskrit: तेजस, ISO: Tējasa, lit. 'Radiance') is an Indian single-engine, 4.5 generation delta wing multirole [9] combat aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Navy. [10][11] Tejas made its first ...
The Sukhoi Su-30MKI[ a ] (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) is a two-seater, twinjet multirole air superiority fighter developed by Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi and built under licence by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). A variant of the Sukhoi Su-30, it is a heavy, all-weather, long-range fighter.
The Indian Air Force currently operates seven Air Commands. Each command is headed by an Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Air Marshal. The Air Force currently has over 60 air stations all over India. These are grouped into seven commands: Western Air Command at New Delhi, Delhi. Eastern Air Command at Shillong, Meghalaya.