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Revision as of 15:29, 5 March 2017
The following list of active Indian military aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service 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
Type | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Notes |
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Sukhoi Su-30MKI | Russia India |
Multirole air superiority fighter | Su-30MKI | 230[1] | A total of 272 aircraft on order,[2] All aircraft to be upgraded to Super Sukhoi standards and inducted by 2020.[3] |
HAL Tejas | India | Multirole combat aircraft | Mk.1 Trainer |
2[4] 1[4] |
103 LCA (20 x Mk. 1 + 83 x Mk. 1-A) aircraft to be acquired.[5] Final operational certification (FOC) scheduled for early-mid 2017.[6] 2 Mk.1 aircraft inducted; SP-3 ready for induction. Full squadron of 20 Mk.1 aircraft to be introduced by 2018; improved Mk.1-A to be introduced from 2020-21.[6][7] |
Mikoyan MiG-29 | USSR | Fighter | MiG-29UPG | 69[8] | Air defence fighter. Initial B/UB variants have been upgraded to MiG-29UPG standards[9] To be retired by 2030.[10] |
Dassault Mirage 2000 | France | Multirole fighter | M2000H M2000TH M2000I/TI |
39[8] 9[8] 2[11] |
Being upgraded.[12] To be retired by 2030.[3] |
SEPECAT Jaguar | UK India |
Attack | M/S T |
115[8] 30[8][13] |
Service-life upgrades to be completed by 2020.[14] Also operated in a naval strike role.[15] To be retired by 2030.[3] |
Mikoyan MiG-27ML Bahadur | USSR | Attack | MiG-27ML | 87[8] | All non-upgraded aircraft to be retired in 2016; remaining aircraft to be retired by 2017-18.[16] To be replaced by HAL Tejas.[3][14][17] |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | USSR India |
Fighter | MiG21Bison MiG21MF |
245[8] | MiG-21MF ("Type 88") and one squadron of upgraded MiG-21 Bisons to be retired by 2017-18.[10][18][19] Remaining 132 aircraft to be retired by 2022.[3][14][20] To be replaced by the HAL Tejas. |
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | USA | Strategic transport | C-17 | 10[8] | Total 10 ordered with option for 6 more. Ordered only 3 later with delays in clearing funds for further 3. When funds were cleared, Boeing had only 1 more on its production line.[21] |
Ilyushin Il-76MD | USSR | Strategic transport | Il-76MD | 17[8] | |
Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules | USA | Tactical transport | C-130J-30SH | 5[8] | 7 more on order.[8] This is inclusive of 1 additional aircraft ordered in August 2014 to replace the loss of a crashed C-130J.[22] |
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | UK India |
Tactical transport | HS 748-100 | 59[8] | To be replaced with 56 EADS CASA C-295 aircraft.[23] |
Antonov An-32 | Ukraine | Tactical transport | An-32 An-32RE |
60[8] 40[24] |
All to be upgraded to An-32RE standard by 2016 (60 to be upgraded locally and 40 upgraded in Ukraine). |
Dornier Do 228 | Germany India |
Utility transport | Do 228-201 | 40[8] | 14 more ordered in February 2015.[25] |
Boeing 737-2A8 Adv | USA | VIP transport | 737-2A8 Adv | 1 | |
Boeing 737-700 | USA | VIP transport | 737-700 | 3 | |
Embraer ERJ 135 | Brazil | VIP transport | ERJ 135 | 4 | |
Embraer ERJ 145 | Brazil | VIP transport | ERJ 145 | 4 | |
Ilyushin Il-78 MKI | Russia[Note 1] | Aerial refueling | IL-78MKI | 7[8] | |
Beriev A-50EI | Russia[Note 2] | AEW&C | A-50E/I | 3[8] | 2 more on order.[8] |
Embraer ERJ-145 AEWCS | Brazil[Note 3] | AEW&C | 2 | 2 currently undergoing testing by DRDO and IAF. 1 more to be delivered.[26] | |
Gulfstream III | USA | Electronic warfare | IV SRA-4 | 3[8] | Operated by the R&AW, India's external intelligence agency. |
Bombardier Global 5000 | Canada[Note 4] | Reconnaissance | Global 5000 | 2[27] | Operated by the R&AW, India's external intelligence agency. |
Israel Aircraft Industries Astra | Israel | Reconnaissance | G100 | 2[8] | |
BAE Hawk | UK India |
Trainer | Hawk 132 | 90[28][29] | 15 more to be delivered.[28] Deliveries expected to be complete by the end of 2016.[30] |
HAL HJT-16 Kiran | India | Trainer | HJT-16 HJT-16II |
81[8] | To be phased out by 2017 and eventually be replaced by BAE Hawk (20 Hawks currently on order).[28][31] |
Pilatus PC-7 MkII | Switzerland | Trainer | Mk II | 75 | All aircraft delivered by November 2015.[32] A further 106 may be ordered.[33] |
Zenith STOL CH 701 | Canada | Trainer | STOL 701 | 85 | Ordered 85 aircraft, with options for a further 48 for use by the National Cadet Corps entered service from February 2001.[34] |
Pipistrel Virus | Slovenia | Trainer | SW 80 Garud | 2[35][36] | Total 72 on order.[37][38] |
Mil Mi-35 | USSR | Attack | Mi-35 | 20[8] | Few donated to Afghanistan Armed Forces. To be eventually replaced by Boeing AH-64E Apache.[39] |
HAL Rudra | India | Attack | ALH-WSI | 7 | Total of 38 on order. |
HAL Light Combat Helicopter | India | Attack | LCH | 3 prototypes | 65 on order.[8] 3 prototypes delivered.[40] |
Mil Mi-26 | USSR | Transport | Mi-26 | 3[8] | Will be complemented by Boeing CH-47 Chinook of which 15 are ordered. |
Mil Mi-8 | USSR | Transport helicopter | Mi-8 | 400+ | |
Mil Mi-17 | Russia | Transport helicopter | Mi-17V5 | 400+[41] | Additional 48 Mi-17V5s may be ordered.[42] |
HAL Dhruv | India | Utility | Dhruv | 66[43] | 65 more on order.[8] |
HAL Cheetah | India | Utility | Cheetah | 14[8] | |
HAL Chetak | India | Utility | SA316B SA319 |
74[8] |
Indian Naval Air Arm
Type | Origin | Role | Version | Number[8] | Notes |
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Mikoyan MiG-29K | Russia | Multirole fighter | MiG-29K MiG-29KUB |
45[44] | Delivery completed[45] |
Boeing P-8 Poseidon | USA | Patrol | P-8I Neptune | 8[8] | 4 more to be delivered.[46] |
Tupolev Tu-142 | USSR | Patrol | Tu-142M | 8[8] | Being modernised in Russia.[47] |
Ilyushin Il-38 | USSR | Patrol | Il-38SD | 5[8] | All five Sea Dragon variants are being overhauled, and will include a further minor upgrade.[48] |
Dornier Do 228 | Germany India |
Utility | Do 228-101 Do 228-201 |
25[8] | 12 more on order [49] |
Britten-Norman Turbine-Islander | UK | Utility | BN-2T | 8[8] | |
BAE Hawk | UK | Trainer | Hawk 132 | 11[50] | 6 more to be delivered. A total of 17 on order.[50] |
HAL HJT-16 Kiran | India | Trainer | 20[8] | To be replaced by the new HAL HJT-36 Sitara. | |
Pipistrel Virus | Slovenia | Trainer | SW 80 | Total 12 on order.[37][38] | |
Kamov Ka-31 | Russia | Airborne early warning | 14[8] | ||
Kamov Ka-28 | Russia | Anti-submarine warfare | Ka-28 (Ka-27PL) | 14[8] | |
Westland Sea King | UK | Anti-submarine warfare Transport |
Mk42B Mk42C |
22[8] 5[8] |
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Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King | USA | Transport | UH-3H | 6[8] | |
HAL Dhruv | India | Utility | 8[8] | 16 more on order.[8] | |
HAL Chetak | India | Utility | SA316B SA319 |
30[8] |
Army Aviation Corps
Type | Origin | Role | Version | Number[8] | Notes |
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HAL Rudra | India | Attack | ALH-WSI | 20 | 40 more on order.[51] |
HAL Light Combat Helicopter | India | Attack | LCH | Prototypes are being built | 114 on order.[8] |
HAL Dhruv | India | Utility | 78[43] | Total of 151 on order.[8] | |
HAL Cheetah | India | Utility | Cheetah | 23[8] | Being replaced by HAL Cheetal and Lancer. |
HAL Cheetal | India | Utility | Cheetal | 4 | Hal Cheetah manufactured with HAL Turbomecca TM 333-2M2 Shakti engine. |
HAL Lancer | India | Attack | Lancer | 12 | Armed version of HAL Cheetal. |
HAL Chetak | India | Utility | Chetak | 4[8] | Being withdrawn from service and replaced by HAL Dhruv. |
HAL Chetan | India | Utility | Chetan | 4[8] | Hal Chetak manufacture with HAL Turbomecca TM 333-2M2 Shakti engine. |
Indian Coast Guard
Type | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Notes |
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Dornier Do 228 | India Germany | Reconnaissance | Maritime | 38 | Being upgraded. |
HAL Dhruv | India | Utility | 4 | More Being ordered. | |
HAL Chetak | India | Utility | Chetak | 18 | Being withdrawn from service and replaced by HAL Dhruv. |
NCC Air Wing
Type | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Notes |
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Zenith STOL CH 701 | Canada | Trainer | STOL CH 701 AC | 85[52] | |
Pipistrel Virus SW 80 | Slovenia | Trainer | Virus SW 80 | Total 110 on order.[37][38] |
Border Security Force
Type | Origin | Role | Version | Number | Notes |
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Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | UK India |
Tactical transport | HS 748-100 | 2 | As of 2009.[53] |
Beechcraft Super King Air | USA | Utility aircraft | B200 | 1 | crashed in December 2015 |
Embraer ERJ 135 | Brazil | VIP transport | Embraer-135 J | 2 | As of 2009.[54] |
HAL Dhruv | India | Utility helicopter | 8 | As of 2009.[53] | |
Mil Mi-17 | USSR Russia |
Transport helicopter | Mi-17 Mi-17V5 |
6 2 |
As of 2009.[53] As of 2014.[55] |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Note: The Indian Armed Forces operate a number of Unmanned aerial vehicles split between the three service branches.
Type | Class | Role | Version | Number | Notes |
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IAI Harpy | Israel | Attack | 5+ | A small UCAV that homes into enemy radar emissions - destroying both itself and the enemy radar. In service with Indian Air Force. | |
IAI Harop | Israel | UAV | Attack | 10 | A small UCAV that homes into enemy radar emissions - destroying both itself and the enemy radar. In service with Indian Air Force. |
IAI Heron | Israel | Heron I Heron II |
50+ | In service with Indian Air Force and Indian Navy. 15 more ordered in December 2013. | |
IAI Searcher | Israel | Searcher II Searcher I |
100+ | In service with the Indian Army. | |
DRDO Nishant | India | 12+ | In service with the Indian Army. | ||
DRDO Lakshya | India | Aerial target | 39 | A small target drone in service with the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy.[56] |
See also
- List of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force
- List of Indian naval aircraft
- Currently active military equipment by country
- Military of India
- Indian Air Force
- Indian Naval Air Arm
- Future of the Indian Air Force
- Border Security Force - who operate their own fleet of aircraft for security purposes
Notes
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