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.
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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