List of Active Indian military aircraft currently in service or on order with the Indian Air Force. The Indian Air force is the world’s 3rd strongest air force globally and IAF overtakes the Chinese Air Force in WDMMA Global Air Powers Ranking 2022 in terms of the number of personnel and the number of assets it operates. With its origins in 1932 as the British Indian Air force and after 1947 ended up as the Indian Air force.
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Combat Aircraft | |||||
| MiG-21 | Soviet Union | Interceptor | Bison | 54 | |
| MiG-29 | Russia | multirole | MiG-29UPG | 65 | |
| HAL Tejas | India | multirole | Mk.1 | 22 | 18 (Mk.1) / 83 (Mk.1A) on order |
| Mirage 2000 | France | multirole | 2000 H/I | 45 | 12 TH/TI variants provide training |
| Sukhoi Su-30 | Russia | multirole | Su-30MKI | 272 | |
| Dassault Rafale | France | multirole | EH/DH | 20 | 16 on order |
| SEPECAT Jaguar | United Kingdom | ground attack | IM/IS | 91 |
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| AWACS | |||||
| EMB-145 | Brazil | AEW&C | 2 | equipped with a DRDO-developed AEW&C system – 1 on order | |
| Beriev A-50 | Soviet Union | AEW&C | A-50EI | 3 | equipped with the EL/W-2090 radar – 2 on order |
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Reconnaissance | |||||
| Boeing 707 | United States | surveillance | 1 | ||
| Global 5000 | United States | ELINT | 2 | ||
| Gulfstream G100 | Israel | surveillance | 1125 Astra | 2 |
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Electronic Warfare | |||||
| Gulfstream III | United States | EW / ELINT | SRA | 3 |
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Air Fuel Tanker | |||||
| Ilyushin Il-78 | Soviet Union | aerial refueling | Il-78MKI | 6 | equipped with Israeli fuel-transfer system |
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Transport | |||||
| Boeing 737 | United States | VIP transport | 737-700 | 3 | |
| Boeing 777 | United States | VIP transport | 777-300ER | 2 | used for Air India One for presidential flight |
| Boeing C-17 | United States | strategic airlifter | 11 | ||
| Ilyushin Il-76 | Soviet Union | strategic airlifter | Il-76MD | 17 | |
| Antonov An-32 | Ukraine | transport | An-32/32RE | 104 | 42 are 32RE variant |
| Embraer Legacy 600 | Brazil | VIP transport | 4 | ||
| Dornier Do 228 | Germany | transport | 228-201[23] | 50 | 4 on order |
| C-130J Super Hercules | United States | tactical airlifter | C-130J-30[24] | 12 | |
| Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | United Kingdom | Transport | 57 |
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Helicopters | |||||
| Mil Mi-17 | Russia | utility | Mi-17V-5 | 223 | |
| Mil Mi-24 | Russia | attack | Mi-24/25/35 | 15 | |
| HAL Dhruv | India | utility | 99 | 12 on order – eight are Rudra variants | |
| HAL Chetak | France | liaison | 77 | license-built version of the Alouette III | |
| HAL Cheetah | India | utility | 17 | license-built version of the SA315B Lama | |
| Boeing AH-64 | United States | attack | AH-64E | 22 | |
| CH-47 Chinook | United States | transport | CH-47F | 15> | |
| Hindustan Aeronautics LCH | India | attack | 65 on order |
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Trainer Aircraft | |||||
| BAE Hawk | United Kingdom | Jet trainer | Hawk 132 | 104 | |
| HAL Kiran | India | Jet trainer | 78 | ||
| HAL Tejas | India | conversion trainer | 8 on order | ||
| SEPECAT Jaguar | UK / France | conversion trainer | IB | 30 | |
| MiG-21 | Soviet Union | Conversion trainer | U/UM | 39 | |
| Pilatus PC-7 | Switzerland | trainer | Mk II | 75 |
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| UAV | |||||
| IAI Harop | Israel | loitering munition | |||
| IAI Heron | Israel | surveillance | Heron 1 | 68 | |
| IAI Searcher | Israel | surveillance | Mk. I / II | 108 | |
| DRDO Lakshya | Israel | target drone | 39 |
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