The following list of active Indian military aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service or on order with the Indian Armed Forces. For a list of historical aircraft used by the Indian military, see list of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force.
Indian Air Force
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A Su-30MKI
HAL Tejas
Netra AEW&C on Embraer ERJ 145 platform
A C-130J Hercules on approach
An-32 in Leh Airbase
A Mil Mi-17 helicopter
An Ilyushin Il-78MKI at RIAT 2007
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Fighter Aircraft | ||||||
MiG-21 | Soviet Union | Multirole | Bison | 112[1][2][3] | ||
MiG-29 | Soviet Union | Multirole | MiG-29UPG[4] | 66[5] | ||
Sukhoi Su-30 | Russia | Multirole | Su-30MKI | 249[1] | Total 272 on order[6] | |
HAL Tejas | India | Multirole | Mk 1 | 16 | 24 on order[7] | |
Mirage 2000 | France | Multirole | 2000 H/I | 41[8][9] | ||
Dassault Rafale | France | Multirole | EH/DH[10] | 36 on order[5] | ||
Attack Aircraft | ||||||
SEPECAT Jaguar | UK / France | Ground attack | IM/IS[11] | 91[12][13] | ||
MiG-27 | Soviet Union | Ground attack | MiG-27ML | 43[5][14] | ||
Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
MiG-21 | Soviet Union | Conversion trainer | U/UM | 39[1] | ||
MiG-23 | Soviet Union | Conversion trainer | MiG-23UB | 14[5] | ||
SEPECAT Jaguar | UK / France | Conversion trainer | IB[11] | 26[12] | ||
Mirage 2000 | France | Conversion trainer | 2000 TH/TI | 7[8][9][15] | ||
BAE Hawk | United Kingdom | Jet trainer | Hawk 132 | 104[5] | ||
HAL Kiran | India | Jet trainer | 79[5] | |||
Pilatus PC-7 | Switzerland | Basic trainer | Mk II | 75[5] | ||
AWACS | ||||||
EMB-145 | Brazil | AEW&C | Netra[16] | 2 | Equipped with a DRDO-developed AEW&C system - 1 on order[17] | |
Beriev A-50 | Soviet Union | AEW&C | A-50EI | 3 | Equipped with the EL/W-2090 radar[5] | |
Reconnaissance | ||||||
Boeing 707 | United States | Reconnaissance | 1[5] | |||
Global 5000 | United States | ELINT | 2[5] | Operated under R&AW | ||
Gulfstream G100 | Israel | Surveillance | 1125 Astra | 2[5] | ||
Pipistrel Virus | Slovenia | Ultralight | SW 80 | 72 on order[18] | ||
Electronic Warfare | ||||||
Gulfstream III | United States | EW / ELINT | SRA[19] | 3[5] | Operated under R&AW | |
Tanker | ||||||
Ilyushin Il-78 | Soviet Union | Aerial refueling | Il-78MKI | 6[17] | Equipped with Israeli fuel-transfer system[20] | |
Transport | ||||||
Boeing 737 | United States | VIP transport | 737-700 | 3[21] | ||
Boeing C-17 | United States | Strategic airlifter | 10 | 1 on order[5] | ||
Ilyushin Il-76 | Soviet Union | Strategic airlifter | Il-76MD | 14[22] | ||
Antonov An-32 | Ukraine | Transport | An-32/32RE | 104[5] | 46 are 32RE variant[23][24] | |
Embraer Legacy 600 | Brazil | VIP transport | 4[25] | |||
Dornier Do 228 | Germany | Transport | 228-201[26] | 48 | 6 on order[5] | |
C-130J Super Hercules | United States | Tactical airlifter | C-130J-30[27] | 11[5] | ||
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | UK | Transport | 57[5] | |||
Helicopters | ||||||
Mil Mi-17 | Russia | Utility | Mi-17-1VMi-17V-5 | 35[1]45[1]148[1][28] | ||
Mil Mi-24 | Russia | Attack | Mi-35[29] | 17[5] | ||
Mil Mi-26 | Russia | Heavy Lift | 3[5] | |||
HAL Dhruv | India | Utility | 83 | 28 on order[5] - eight are Rudra variants[30] | ||
HAL Chetak | France / India | Liaison / Utility | 77[5] | License-built version of the Alouette III | ||
HAL Cheetah | France / India | Liaison | 17[5] | License-built version of the SA315B Lama | ||
Boeing AH-64 | United States | Attack | AH-64E(I)[31] | 1[31] | 21 on order[5] | |
CH-47 Chinook | United States | Transport / Utility | CH-47F(I) | 4[32] | 11 on order[5] |
Army Aviation Corps
An Army Dhruv at the ILA Berlin Air Show 2008
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Helicopters | ||||||
HAL Dhruv | India | Utility | 145[5] | 22 are the Rudra variant.[30] - 119 on order[5] | ||
HAL Chetak | France | Liaison / Utility | 4[5] | License-built version of the Alouette III | ||
HAL Cheetah | India | Liaison | 32 | 14 on order[5] |
Naval Air Arm
A Mig-29K of the Indian Navy
A Boeing P-8I of the Indian Navy
An Indian Navy Sea king
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Combat Aircraft | ||||||
MiG-29 | Russia | Multirole | MiG-29K | 36[5] | ||
AWACS | ||||||
Kamov Ka-31 | Russia | AEW | 14[5] | Employs a planar array radar[33] | ||
Reconnaissance | ||||||
Pipistrel Virus | Slovenia | Ultralight | SW 80 | 2[34] | 10 on order[18] | |
Maritime Patrol | ||||||
Boeing P-8 | United States | ASW / Patrol | P-8I | 8 | 4 on order[5] | |
Ilyushin Il-38 | Soviet Union | ASW / Patrol | Il-38SD[35] | 5[5] | ||
Dornier Do 228 | Germany | Surveillance | 228-201[26] | 25 | 12 on order[5] | |
Britten-Norman BN-2 | United Kingdom | Utility / Patrol | BN-2B/2T[36] | 11[5] | ||
Helicopters | ||||||
HAL Dhruv | India | Utility | 8 | 33 on order[5] | ||
Kamov Ka-27 | Russia | ASW | Ka-28 | 14 | 4 on order[5] | |
SH-3 Sea King | United States | SAR / Utility | UH-3H | 8[5] | ||
Westland Sea King | United Kingdom | SAR / Utility | Mk.42B/C[37] | 25[5] | ||
HAL Chetak | France | Liaison / Utility | 34 | 7 on order[5] | ||
Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
MiG-29 | Russia | Conversion trainer | MiG-29KUB | 9[5] | ||
BAE Hawk | United Kingdom | Jet trainer | Hawk 132 | 17[5] | ||
HAL Kiran | India | Jet trainer | 20[5] |
Indian Coast Guard
A Dornier Do-228-101
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Maritime patrol | ||||||
Dornier Do 228 | Germany | Reconnaissance | 101/201[26] | 23[1] | ||
Helicopters | ||||||
HAL Dhruv | India | Utility | Mk. I | 4[38][1] | 16 Mk. III on order.[39][40] | |
HAL Chetak | India | Utility | 17[1] |
NCC Air Wing
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
Zenith STOL CH 701 | Canada | Trainer | AC | 85[41] | ||
Pipistrel Virus | Slovenia | Ultralight | SW 80 | 2[42] | 108 on order[18] |
Border Security Force
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Transport | ||||||
Embraer ERJ 135 | Brazil | VIP transport | 135BJ | 1[43] | ||
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | United Kingdom | Tactical transport | 2[43] | |||
Helicopters | ||||||
Mil Mi-17 | Russia | Transport helicopter | Mi-17-1VMi-17V5 | 65 | Total 8 Mi-17V5 on order[43] | |
HAL Dhruv | India | Utility helicopter | 6[43] | |||
HAL Cheetah | India | Utility helicopter | 1[43] |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Note: The Indian Armed Forces operate a number of Unmanned aerial vehicles split between the three service branches.
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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IAI Harop | Israel | Attack | 110[44] | Operated by Indian Air Force[45] | |
IAI Heron | Israel | Patrol | Heron 1 | 68[46] | Operated by all three services.[47] 16 on order for Indian Army[45] |
IAI Searcher | Israel | Patrol | Mk. I / II | 108[46] | Operated by all three services.[47] |
DRDO Lakshya | India | Aerial target | 39 | In service with the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy.[48] |
See also
- Border Security Force - who operate their own fleet of aircraft for security purposes
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External links
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