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The following '''list of active Indian military aircraft''' is a list of [[military aircraft]] ordered or 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]].
The following '''list of active Indian military aircraft''' is a list of [[military aircraft]] currently in service or ordered on 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]].
==Air Force==
==Air Force==

{{Further information|Indian Air Force}}
{{Further information|Indian Air Force}}

[[File:SU-30MKI-g4sp - edit 2(clipped).jpg|thumb| A Su-30MKI]]
[[File:SU-30MKI-g4sp - edit 2(clipped).jpg|thumb| A Su-30MKI]]
[[File:Lockheed C-130J-30 'KC-3801'.jpg|thumb|right|A C-130J Hercules on approach]]
[[File:Lockheed C-130J-30 'KC-3801'.jpg|thumb|right|A C-130J Hercules on approach]]
[[File:An32roh.JPG|thumb|right|An-32 in Leh Airbase]]
[[File:Z1951 (13988623721) cropped.jpg|thumb|right| A Mil Mi-8 flying over 2007 [[Aero India]] 2007]]
[[File:Mi 17 at Aero India 2011 (modified).jpg|thumb|A Mil Mi-17 helicopter]]
[[File:RK-3452 Indian Air Force.jpg|thumb|right|A Ilyushin Il-76 at [[RAIT]] 2007]]
[[File:RK-3452 Indian Air Force.jpg|thumb|right|An Ilyushin Il-78MKI at [[Royal International Air Tattoo|RIAT]] 2007]]
[[File:DRDO AEW&C Embraer ERJ 145.JPG |thumb|right|An AEW&C Embraer ERJ 145]]
[[File:DRDO AEW&C Embraer ERJ 145.JPG|thumb|right|Netra AEW&C on Embraer ERJ 145 platform]]
[[File:Indian air force dhruv helicopter j4042 arp.jpg|thumb|right|A [[HAL Dhruv]] on the Indian Air Force Sarang display team]]
<onlyinclude>{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Notes
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
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| [[MiG-21]]
| [[MiG-21]]
| [[Russia]]
| [[Russia]]
|fighter
| [[Fighter aircraft|Fighter]]
|
| [[List of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 variants|bis/Bison]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Vinay|title=MiG-21bis likely to serve IAF until 2019|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mig21bis-likely-to-serve-iaf-until-2019/article4819970.ece|work=The Hindu|date=16 June 2013|language=en-IN}}</ref>
| 244<ref name="World Air Forces 2018">{{cite web|last1=Hoyle|first1=Craig|last2=Glazunova|first2=Daria|last3=Kwiatkowski|first3=Mark|last4=Lewis-Rice|first4=Sandra|last5=Fafard|first5=Antoine|title=World Air Forces 2018|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/21905/waf/|website=FlightGlobal.com|publisher=Flight International|accessdate=12 December 2017|pages=18&ndash;19}}{{registration required}}</ref>
| 244<ref name="World Air Forces 2018">{{cite web|last1=Hoyle|first1=Craig|last2=Glazunova|first2=Daria|last3=Kwiatkowski|first3=Mark|last4=Lewis-Rice|first4=Sandra|last5=Fafard|first5=Antoine|title=World Air Forces 2018|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/21905/waf/|website=FlightGlobal.com|publisher=Flight International|accessdate=12 December 2017|pages=18&ndash;19}}{{registration required}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[MiG-27]]
| [[MiG-27]]
| Russia
| [[Russia]]
| [[Attack aircraft|Ground attack]]
|[[Attack aircraft|ground attack]]
| [[MiG-27#Variants|ML]]
| [[MiG-27#Variants|ML]]
| 84<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 84<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
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|-
|-
| [[MiG-29]]
| [[MiG-29]]
| Russia
| [[Russia]]
| [[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
|[[Multirole combat aircraft |multirole]]
| [[Mikoyan_MiG-29#Variants|MiG-29UPG]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jennings|first1=Gareth|title=Indian Air Force receives back first upgraded MiG-29 fighters|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=12 December 2012|volume=50|issue=2|issn=20483430}}</ref>
| [[Mikoyan_MiG-29#Variants|MiG-29UPG]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jennings|first1=Gareth|title=Indian Air Force receives back first upgraded MiG-29 fighters|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=12 December 2012|volume=50|issue=2|issn=20483430}}</ref>
| 66<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 66<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[HAL Tejas]]
| [[HAL Tejas]]
| [[India]]
| [[India]]
| Multirole
|[[Multirole combat aircraft |multirole]]
| [[HAL Tejas#Variants| Mk.1]]
| [[HAL Tejas#Variants| Mk.1]]
| 5
| 6<ref>{{cite news|last1=Krishnan|first1=Anantha|title=‘Intelligent’ Tejas does the ‘talking’; pilots & engineers are not complaining|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/jan/27/intelligent-tejas-does-the-talking-pilots--engineers-are-not-complaining-1764203.html|work=The New Indian Express|date=27 January 2018}}</ref>
| Total 40 on order<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dominguez|first1=Gabriel|title=India’s LCA Tejas demonstrates hot refuelling capability|url=http://www.janes.com/article/78227/india-s-lca-tejas-demonstrates-hot-refuelling-capability|work=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=28 February 2018}}</ref>
|123 on order 5<ref name="Tejas Squadron">{{cite news|title=India’s Light Combat Aircraft to Be Armed With Beyond Visual Range Missile|url=http://thediplomat.com/2017/07/indias-light-combat-aircraft-to-be-armed-with-beyond-visual-range-missile/|accessdate=14 July 2017|publisher=The Diplomat|date=13 July 2017}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Dassault Mirage 2000|Mirage 2000]]
|[[Dassault Mirage 2000| Mirage 2000]]
| [[France]]
| [[France]]
|multirole
| Multirole
| [[Dassault Mirage 2000#India|2000 H/I]]
|[[Dassault Mirage 2000#India|2000 H/I]]
| 41<ref name="janes-18mar15">{{cite journal|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India set to receive first upgraded Mirage 2000s from Dassault|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=18 March 2015|volume=52|issue=18|issn=20483430}}</ref><ref name="janes-17jun15">{{cite journal|last1=Grevatt|first1=Jon|title=India's OIS Aerospace to form aircraft pylon JV with Rafaut|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=17 June 2015|volume=52|issue=31|issn=20483430}}</ref>
|41<ref name="janes-18mar15">{{cite journal|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India set to receive first upgraded Mirage 2000s from Dassault|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=18 March 2015|volume=52|issue=18|issn=20483430}}</ref><ref name="janes-17jun15">{{cite journal|last1=Grevatt|first1=Jon|title=India's OIS Aerospace to form aircraft pylon JV with Rafaut|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=17 June 2015|volume=52|issue=31|issn=20483430}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Sukhoi Su-30]]
| [[Sukhoi Su-30]]
| Russia
| [[Russia]]
| Multirole
|[[Multirole combat aircraft |multirole]]
| [[Sukhoi Su-30#Variants|Su-30MKI]]
| [[Sukhoi Su-30#Variants|Su-30MKI]]
| 233
| 272
| Total 272 on order<ref>{{cite news|title=Wreckage of missing Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet found near its last known position|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/wreckage-of-missing-sukhoi-30mki-fighter-jet-found-near-its-last-known-position/articleshow/58853412.cms|work=The Times of India|date=26 May 2017}}</ref>
|39 on order<ref>{{cite news|title=Wreckage of missing Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet found near its last known position|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/wreckage-of-missing-sukhoi-30mki-fighter-jet-found-near-its-last-known-position/articleshow/58853412.cms|work=The Times of India|date=26 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
|-
| [[Dassault Rafale]]
| [[Dassault Rafale]]
| France
| [[France]]
|multirole
| Multirole
| [[Dassault Rafale#Variants|B/C]]
| [[Dassault Rafale#Variants|B/C]]
|
|
| 36 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|36 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
|-
| [[SEPECAT Jaguar]]
| [[SEPECAT Jaguar]]
| [[UK]] / France
| [[UK]] / [[France]]
|attack
| Ground attack
| [[SEPECAT Jaguar#Variants|IM/IS]]<ref name="janes-6aug14">{{cite journal|last1=Jennings|first1=Gareth|title=Indian Air Force Jaguar lost on training sortie|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=6 August 2014|volume=51|issue=37|issn=20483430}}</ref>
| [[SEPECAT Jaguar#Variants|IM/IS]]<ref name="janes-6aug14">{{cite journal|last1=Jennings|first1=Gareth|title=Indian Air Force Jaguar lost on training sortie|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=6 August 2014|volume=51|issue=37|issn=20483430}}</ref>
| 95<ref name="janes-jaguar">{{cite journal|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=Indian Jaguar crashes on training flight|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=17 June 2015|volume=52|issue=31|issn=20483430}}</ref>
| 95<ref name="janes-jaguar">{{cite journal|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=Indian Jaguar crashes on training flight|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=17 June 2015|volume=52|issue=31|issn=20483430}}</ref>
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| [[Brazil]]
| [[Brazil]]
| [[Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C]]
| [[Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C]]
|
| [[DRDO AEW&CS|Netra]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Rahul|title=Aero India-2017: IAF inducts first indigenously developed surveillance plane|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/iaf-inducts-netra-aew-c-the-first-indigenously-developed-surveillance-plane/story-UxyMeY9oH4XvamNEd9JNTP.html|work=Hindustan Times|date=14 February 2017|language=en}}</ref>
| 2
|2
| Equipped with a DRDO-developed AEW&C system - 1 on order<ref name="janes-30nov17">{{cite news|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=IAF refuels its EMB-145 AEW&C aircraft in mid-air|url=http://www.janes.com/article/76086/iaf-refuels-its-emb-145-aew-c-aircraft-in-mid-air|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|date=30 November 2017}}</ref>
|equipped with a DRDO-developed AEW&C system - 1 on order<ref name="janes-30nov17">{{cite news|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=IAF refuels its EMB-145 AEW&C aircraft in mid-air|url=http://www.janes.com/article/76086/iaf-refuels-its-emb-145-aew-c-aircraft-in-mid-air|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|date=30 November 2017}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Beriev A-50]]
| [[Beriev A-50]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
| [[Airborne early warning and control| AEW&C]]
| AEW&C
| [[Beriev A-50#Variants|A-50EI]]
| [[Beriev A-50#Variants|A-50EI]]
| 3
|3
| Equipped with the [[EL/W-2090]] radar - 4 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|equipped with the [[EL/W-2090]] radar - 4 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Reconnaissance aircraft|Reconnaissance]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Reconnaissance aircraft|Reconnaissance]]
|-
|-
| [[Boeing 707]]
|[[ Boeing 707]]
| [[United States]]
| [[United States]]
| reconnaissance
| [[Reconnaissance aircraft|Reconnaissance]]
|
|
| 1<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|1<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Bombardier Global Express|Global 5000]]
| [[Bombardier Global Express |Global 5000]]
| United States
| [[United States]]
| [[ELINT]]
| [[ELINT]]
|
|
| 2<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| Operated under [[R&AW]]
|operated under [[R&AW]]
|-
|-
| [[Gulfstream G100]]
| [[Gulfstream G100]]
| [[Israel]]
| [[Israel]]
| [[Surveillance aircraft|Surveillance]]
| [[Surveillance aircraft| surveillance]]
| [[Gulfstream G100#Variants|1125 Astra]]
| [[Gulfstream G100#Variants|1125 Astra]]
| 2<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
| [[Pipistrel Virus]]
| [[Slovenia]]
| [[Ultralight]]
| SW 80
| 2
| 72 on order<ref name="India Inks World's Largest Microlight Aircraft Deal With Slovenian Firm">{{cite web |last = |first = |url= http://www.armingindia.com/India%20To%20Ink%20World's%20Largest%20Microlight%20Aircraft%20Deal%20With%20Slovenian%20Firm.htm|title = India Inks World's Largest Microlight Aircraft Deal With Slovenian Firm |work= |publisher= armingindia.com Insight |year= 2015 |doi = |accessdate= 12 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Electronic-warfare aircraft|Electronic Warfare]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Electronic-warfare aircraft|Electronic Warfare]]
|-
|-
| [[Gulfstream III]]
|[[ Gulfstream III]]
| United States
| [[United States]]
| [[Electronic-warfare aircraft|EW]] / ELINT
|[[ Electronic-warfare aircraft |EW]] / [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence| radar jamming]]
|SRA<ref>{{cite web|last1=Menon|first1=Jay|title=RFP Coming Soon For Indian Airborne Jamming Aircraft|url=http://aviationweek.com/defense/rfp-coming-soon-indian-airborne-jamming-aircraft|website=aviationweek.com|publisher=AWIN First|date=23 April 2013|language=en}}</ref>
|
| 3<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|3<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| Operated under R&AW
| operated under [[R&AW]]
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Aerial refueling|Tanker]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Aerial refueling|Tanker]]
|-
|-
| [[Ilyushin Il-78]]
| [[Ilyushin Il-78]]
| Soviet Union
| [[Soviet Union]]
| [[Aerial refueling]]
| aerial refueling
|
| [[Ilyushin Il-78#Variants|Il-78MKI]]
| 6<ref name="janes-30nov17"/>
|6<ref name="janes-30nov17"/>
| Equipped with Israeli fuel-transfer system<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Amit|title=IAF to get 5th IL-78 refueller soon - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IAF-to-get-5th-IL-78-refueller-soon/articleshow/867031.cms|work=The Times of India|date=29 September 2004}}</ref>
| equipped with Israeli fuel-transfer system<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Amit|title=IAF to get 5th IL-78 refueller soon - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IAF-to-get-5th-IL-78-refueller-soon/articleshow/867031.cms|work=The Times of India|date=29 September 2004}}</ref>
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
|-
|-
| [[Boeing 737]]
|[[Boeing 737]]
| United States
|[[United States]]
| [[Air transports of heads of state and government|VIP transport]]
|[[Air transports of heads of state and government|VIP transport]]
| [[Boeing_737#Boeing_Business_Jet_(BBJ)|737-700]]
|[[Boeing_737#Boeing_Business_Jet_(BBJ)|737-700]]
| 3<ref>{{cite news|title=India's Air Force One takes off on first official flight|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-india-s-air-force-one-takes-off-on-first-official-flight-1244364|work=dna|agency=PTI|date=1 April 2009}}</ref>
|3<ref>{{cite news|title=India's Air Force One takes off on first official flight|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-india-s-air-force-one-takes-off-on-first-official-flight-1244364|work=dna|agency=PTI|date=1 April 2009}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III|Boeing C-17]]
| [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III|Boeing C-17]]
| United States
| [[United States]]
| [[Strategic airlifter]]
| [[strategic airlifter]]
|
|
| 10<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 10<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
| 1 more on order<ref>{{cite web|last=Jennings|first=Gareth|url=http://www.janes.com/article/78966/indian-contract-for-final-c-17-awarded|title=Indian contract for final C-17 awarded|work=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=3 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Ilyushin Il-76]]
| [[Ilyushin Il-76]]
| Soviet Union
| [[Soviet Union]]
| Strategic airlifter
| [[strategic airlifter]]
| [[Ilyushin Il-76#Military variants|Il-76MD]]
|[[Ilyushin Il-76#Military variants|Il-76MD]]
| 14<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rajkumar|first1=Mike|title=Indian report slams Il-76 availability rate|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/indian-report-slams-il-76-availability-rate-439958/|work=Flightglobal.com|date=3 August 2017}}</ref>
|14<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rajkumar|first1=Mike|title=Indian report slams Il-76 availability rate|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/indian-report-slams-il-76-availability-rate-439958/|work=Flightglobal.com|date=3 August 2017}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Antonov An-32]]
| [[Antonov An-32]]
| Ukraine
| [[Ukraine]]
| transport
| Transport
| [[Antonov An-32#Variants|An-32/32RE]]
|[[Antonov An-32#Variants|An-32/RE]]
| 104<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 104<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 42 are 32RE variant<ref name="fg-27nov15">{{cite news|last1=Chandra|first1=Atul|title=India receives last batch of Ukraine-upgraded An-32s|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/india-receives-last-batch-of-ukraine-upgraded-an-32s-419513/|work=Flightglobal.com|date=27 November 2015}}</ref>
|42 are 32RE variant<ref name="fg-27nov15">{{cite news|last1=Chandra|first1=Atul|title=India receives last batch of Ukraine-upgraded An-32s|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/india-receives-last-batch-of-ukraine-upgraded-an-32s-419513/|work=Flightglobal.com|date=27 November 2015}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Embraer Legacy 600]]
|[[Embraer Legacy 600]]
| Brazil
|[[Brazil]]
| VIP transport
|[[Air transports of heads of state and government|VIP transport]]
|
|
| 4<ref>{{cite news|title=India gets first Embraer jet with Indian airborne radar tech|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/india-gets-first-embraer-jet-with-indian-airborne-radar-tech/article3785186.ece|work=The Hindu Business Line|agency=PTI|date=17 August 2012|language=en}}</ref>
|4<ref>{{cite news|title=India gets first Embraer jet with Indian airborne radar tech|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/india-gets-first-embraer-jet-with-indian-airborne-radar-tech/article3785186.ece|work=The Hindu Business Line|agency=PTI|date=17 August 2012|language=en}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Dornier Do 228]]
| [[Dornier Do 228]]
| [[Germany]]
|[[Germany]]
|transport
| Transport
| 228-201<ref name="jawa-04">{{cite book|editor1-last=Jackson|editor1-first=Paul|editor2-last=Munson|editor2-first=Kenneth|editor3-last=Peacock|editor3-first=Lindsay|title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft|date=2004|publisher=Janes Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0710626142|page=206|edition=95th year of issue 2004-2005.|chapter=HAL (Dornier) 228}}</ref>
| 228-201<ref name="jawa-04">{{cite book|editor1-last=Jackson|editor1-first=Paul|editor2-last=Munson|editor2-first=Kenneth|editor3-last=Peacock|editor3-first=Lindsay|title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft|date=2004|publisher=Janes Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0710626142|page=206|edition=95th year of issue 2004-2005.|chapter=HAL (Dornier) 228}}</ref>
| 40
| 40
| 14 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|14 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
|-
| [[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules| C-130J Super Hercules]]
| [[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules| C-130J Super Hercules]]
| United States
| [[United States]]
| [[Airlift#Tactical airlift|Tactical airlifter]]
|[[Airlift#Tactical airlift|tactical airlifter]]
| [[C-130J#Variants|C-130J-30]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Purchase of Transport Aircraft|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=78432|publisher=Press Information Bureau|date=12 December 2011}}</ref>
|[[C-130J#Variants|C-130J-30]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Purchase of Transport Aircraft|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=78432|publisher=Press Information Bureau|date=12 December 2011}}</ref>
| 11<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|11<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748]]
| [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748]]
| United Kingdom
| [[United Kingdom]]
| transport
| Transport
|
|
| 57<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 57<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
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|-
|-
| [[Mil Mi-17]]
| [[Mil Mi-17]]
| Russia
| [[Russia]]
| Utility
| utility
| [[Mil Mi-17#Variants|Mi-17V-5]]
| [[Mil Mi-17#Variants|Mi-17V-5]]
| 149<ref name="et-mi17">{{cite news|title=Russia, India likely to ink deal on 48 Mi-17 choppers supply this year: Official|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/deal-for-supply-of-48-mi-17-choppers-to-india-likely-by-year-end-russian-official/articleshow/59830198.cms|work=The Economic Times|agency=PTI|date=30 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=20 dead as Air Force helicopter crashes during Uttarakhand rescue operations|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/uttarakhand-floods-mi-17-v5-iaf-chopper-crashes-in-gaurikund/1/285267.html|work=India Today|agency=IANS|date=25 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Som|first1=Vishnu|last2=Ghosh|first2=Deepshikha|title=7 Dead In Air Force Chopper Crash Near Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/air-force-chopper-on-training-sortie-crashes-near-arunachal-pradesh-tawang-1759331|work=NDTV|date=6 October 2017}}</ref>
| 149<ref name="et-mi17">{{cite news|title=Russia, India likely to ink deal on 48 Mi-17 choppers supply this year: Official|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/deal-for-supply-of-48-mi-17-choppers-to-india-likely-by-year-end-russian-official/articleshow/59830198.cms|work=The Economic Times|agency=PTI|date=30 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=20 dead as Air Force helicopter crashes during Uttarakhand rescue operations|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/uttarakhand-floods-mi-17-v5-iaf-chopper-crashes-in-gaurikund/1/285267.html|work=India Today|agency=IANS|date=25 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Som|first1=Vishnu|last2=Ghosh|first2=Deepshikha|title=7 Dead In Air Force Chopper Crash Near Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/air-force-chopper-on-training-sortie-crashes-near-arunachal-pradesh-tawang-1759331|work=NDTV|date=6 October 2017}}</ref>
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|-
|-
| [[Mil Mi-24]]
| [[Mil Mi-24]]
| Russia
| [[Russia]]
| [[Attack helicopter|Attack]]
| [[Attack helicopter|attack]]
| [[List of Mil Mi-24 variants|Mi-35]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pandit|first1=Rajat|title=Mi-35 choppers now become more lethal - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mi-35-choppers-now-become-more-lethal/articleshow/586889.cms|work=The Times of India|date=28 March 2004}}</ref>
|[[List of Mil Mi-24 variants|Mi-24/25/35]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pandit|first1=Rajat|title=Mi-35 choppers now become more lethal - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mi-35-choppers-now-become-more-lethal/articleshow/586889.cms|work=The Times of India|date=28 March 2004}}</ref>
| 15<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 15<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Mil Mi-26]]
|[[Mil Mi-26]]
| Russia
|[[Russia]]
|heavy lift
| Heavy Lift
|
|
| 3<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|3<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[HAL Dhruv]]
| [[HAL Dhruv]]
| India
| [[India]]
| [[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
| [[Utility helicopter|utility]]
|
|
| 75
| 75
| 35 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/> - eight are [[HAL Rudra|Rudra]] variants<ref name="RudraNumber">{{cite news|title=India to enhance military flying in Northeast|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/624373/india-enhance-military-flying-northeast.html|accessdate=24 July 2017|work=Deccan Herald|date=24 July 2017}}</ref>
|35 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/> - eight are [[HAL Rudra|Rudra]] variants<ref name="RudraNumber">{{cite news|title=India to enhance military flying in Northeast|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/624373/india-enhance-military-flying-northeast.html|accessdate=24 July 2017|work=Deccan Herald|date=24 July 2017}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[HAL Chetak]]
|[[HAL Chetak]]
| France
| [[France]]
|liaison / utility
| [[Liaison aircraft|Liaison]] / Utility
|
|
| 76<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|76<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| License-built version of the [[Aérospatiale Alouette III| Alouette III]]
||license-built version of the [[Aérospatiale Alouette III| Alouette III]]
|-
|-
| [[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama|HAL Cheetah]]
| [[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama| HAL Cheetah]]
| India
| [[India]]
| Liaison
| liaison
|
|
| 16<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 16<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| License-built version of the [[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama| SA315B Lama]]
|license-built version of the [[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama| SA315B Lama]]
|-
|-
| [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|Boeing AH-64]]
|[[Boeing AH-64 Apache|Boeing AH-64]]
| United States
| [[United States]]
|attack
| Attack
| [[Boeing AH-64 Apache#AH-64E|AH-64E]]
|[[Boeing AH-64 Apache#AH-64E|AH-64E]]
|
|
| 22 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 22 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
|-
| [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|CH-47 Chinook]]
|[[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|CH-47 Chinook]]
| United States
|[[United States]]
|transport / utility
| Transport / Utility
| [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook#CH-47F|CH-47F]]
|[[Boeing CH-47 Chinook#CH-47F|CH-47F]]
|
|
| 15 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|15 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
| [[HAL Light Combat Helicopter|Hindustan Aeronautics LCH]]
| [[India]]
| attack
|
|
|65 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
|-
|-
| [[BAE Systems Hawk|BAE Hawk]]
|[[BAE Systems Hawk|BAE Hawk]]
| United Kingdom
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[Jet trainer]]
|jet trainer
| [[BAE Systems Hawk#Hawk 132|Hawk 132]]
|[[BAE Systems Hawk#Hawk 132|Hawk 132]]
| 104<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|104<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[HAL Kiran]]
| [[HAL Kiran]]
| India
| [[India]]
| Jet trainer
|jet trainer
|
|
| 80<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 80<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
| [[HAL HTT-40]]
| [[India]]
|basic trainer
|
|
|68 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
|-
| [[SEPECAT Jaguar]]
| [[SEPECAT Jaguar]]
| UK / France
| [[UK]] / [[France]]
| [[Trainer_(aircraft)#Operational_conversion|Conversion trainer]]
| [[Trainer_(aircraft)#Operational_conversion|conversion trainer]]
| [[SEPECAT Jaguar#Variants|IB]]<ref name="janes-6aug14"/>
| | [[SEPECAT Jaguar#Variants|IB]]<ref name="janes-6aug14"/>
| 28<ref name="janes-jaguar"/>
| 28<ref name="janes-jaguar"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Dassault Mirage 2000|Mirage 2000]]
|[[Dassault Mirage 2000| Mirage 2000]]
| France
| [[France]]
| Conversion trainer
|conversion trainer
| [[Dassault Mirage 2000#India|2000 TH/TI]]
|[[Dassault Mirage 2000#India|2000 TH/TI]]
| 8<ref name="janes-18mar15"/><ref name="janes-17jun15"/>
|8<ref name="janes-18mar15"/><ref name="janes-17jun15"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Pilatus PC-7]]
|[[Pilatus PC-7]]
| [[Switzerland]]
| [[Switzerland]]
| Basic trainer
| trainer
| [[Pilatus PC-7#Variants|Mk II]]
|[[Pilatus PC-7#Variants|Mk II]]
| 75<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|75<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Zenith STOL CH 701]]
|[[Pipistrel Virus]]
| [[Canada]]
|[[Slovenia]]
| Basic trainer
|light trainer
|
|
|2
| 85<ref name="airint">{{cite magazine|title=Airscene: Aero India|magazine=[[Air International]]|date=April 2001|volume=60|issue=4|pages=254–255|issn=0306-5634}}</ref>
|72 on order<ref name=" India Inks World's Largest Microlight Aircraft Deal With Slovenian Firm ">{{cite web |last = |first = |url= http://www.armingindia.com/India%20To%20Ink%20World's%20Largest%20Microlight%20Aircraft%20Deal%20With%20Slovenian%20Firm.htm|title = India Inks World's Largest Microlight Aircraft Deal With Slovenian Firm |work= |publisher= armingindia.com Insight |year= 2015 |doi = |accessdate= 12 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[Zenith STOL CH 701]]
|[[Canada]]
|basic trainer
|
|
|85<ref name="airint">{{cite magazine|title=Airscene: Aero India|magazine=[[Air International]]|date=April 2001|volume=60|issue=4|pages=254–255|issn=0306-5634}}</ref>
|}</onlyinclude>
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]
|-
|[[ IAI Harop]]<ref name="janes-20feb13">{{cite journal|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India signs up for more Heron UAVs|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=20 February 2013|volume=50|issue=12|issn=20483430}}</ref>
|[[Israel]]
|[[loitering munition]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[ IAI Heron]]
|[[Israel]]
| surveillance
|Heron 1
|68<ref name="bs-sipri">{{cite news|last1=Mallapur|first1=Chaitanya|title=India tops list of drone-importing nations|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/india-tops-list-of-drone-importing-nations-115050400136_1.html|work=IndiaSpend|publisher=Business Standard|date=4 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="janes-16sep15">{{cite journal|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India to buy Heron TP UAVs|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=16 September 2015|volume=52|issue=44|issn=20483430}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[ IAI Searcher]]
|[[Israel]]
| surveillance
|Mk. I / II
|108<ref name="janes-16sep15"/>
|
|-
|[[ DRDO Lakshya]]
|[[Israel]]
| [[target drone]]
|
|39<ref>{{cite news|title=Hindustan Aeronautics Limited delivers 'Lakshya-1' aircraft to Bharat Dynamics Limited|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-delivers-lakshya1-aircraft-to-bharat-dynamics-limited/1147596/|accessdate=3 August 2013|newspaper=Indian Express|date=27 July 2013}}</ref>
|
|}


==Army Aviation Corps==
==Army Aviation Corps==
{{Further information|Army Aviation Corps (India)}}
[[File:IA Dhruv Berlin-08.jpg|thumb|right|An Army Dhruv at the [[ILA Berlin Air Show ]] 2008]]
[[File:IA Dhruv Berlin-08.jpg|thumb|right|An Army Dhruv at the [[ILA Berlin Air Show ]] 2008]]
{{Further information|Army Aviation Corps (India)|List of equipment of the Indian Army#Aircraft}}

{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Notes
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Helicopters]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Helicopters]]
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| [[HAL Dhruv]]
| [[HAL Dhruv]]
| [[India]]
| [[India]]
| [[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
| [[Utility helicopter|utility]]
|
|
| 140
| 140
| 22 are the [[HAL Rudra|Rudra]] variant.<ref name="RudraNumber"/> - 124 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|22 are [[HAL Rudra|Rudra]] variant.<ref name="RudraNumber"/> - 124 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
|-
| [[HAL Chetak]]
|[[HAL Chetak]]
| [[France]]
| [[France]]
|liaison / utility
| [[Liaison aircraft|Liaison]] / Utility
|
|
| 4<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|4<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| License-built version of the [[Aérospatiale Alouette III| Alouette III]]
|license-built version of the [[Aérospatiale Alouette III| Alouette III]]
|-
|-
| [[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama| HAL Cheetah]]
| [[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama| HAL Cheetah]]
| India
| [[India]]
| Liaison
| liaison
|
|
| 30
| 30
| 16 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|16 or order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
| [[Kamov Ka-226]]
| [[Russia]]
| utility
|
|
|133 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
| [[HAL Light Combat Helicopter|Hindustan Aeronautics LCH]]
| [[India]]
| attack
|
|
|114 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]
|-
|[[ IAI Heron]]
|[[Israel]]
| surveillance
|Heron 1
|
|16 on order<ref name="janes-20feb13"/>
|-
|[[ IAI Searcher]]<ref name="janes-16sep15"/>
|[[Israel]]
| surveillance
|Mk. I / II
|
|
|}
|}


==Naval Air Arm==
==Naval Air Arm==
[[File:An Indian Navy MIG-29K Fulcrum flies over the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during Exercise Malabar 2017.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Mikoyan MiG-29|MiG-29K]] of the Indian Navy]]
{{Further information|Indian Naval Air Arm|List of Indian naval aircraft}}
{{Further information|Indian Naval Air Arm|List of Indian naval aircraft}}
[[File:An Indian Navy MIG-29K Fulcrum flies over the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during Exercise Malabar 2017.jpg|thumb|right|A Mig-29K of the Indian Navy]]
[[File:Boeing P-8I of the Indian Navy (modified).jpg|thumb|right|A Boeing P-8I of the Indian Navy]]
[[File:Boeing P-8I of the Indian Navy (modified).jpg|thumb|right|A Boeing P-8I of the Indian Navy]]
[[File:An Indian Navy Seaking at hover.jpg|thumb|right| An Indian Navy Sea king]]
[[File:An Indian Navy Seaking at hover.jpg|thumb|right| An Indian Navy Sea king]]
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Notes
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
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| [[MiG-29]]
| [[MiG-29]]
| [[Russia]]
| [[Russia]]
| [[Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole]]
|[[Multirole combat aircraft |multirole]]
| [[Mikoyan MiG-29K|MiG-29K]]/[[Mikoyan MiG-29K#Variants|KUB]]
| [[Mikoyan MiG-29K|MiG-29K]]/[[Mikoyan MiG-29K#Variants|KUB]]
| 45<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sputniknews.com/military/201702141050672732-mig-general-director-interview-for-sputnik/|title=Trial by Fire: MiG Chief Tells Sputnik That MiG-29s Proved Themselves Over Syria|last=Sputnik|website=sputniknews.com|accessdate=22 February 2017}}</ref>
| 45<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sputniknews.com/military/201702141050672732-mig-general-director-interview-for-sputnik/|title=Trial by Fire: MiG Chief Tells Sputnik That MiG-29s Proved Themselves Over Syria|last=Sputnik|website=sputniknews.com|accessdate=22 February 2017}}</ref>
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| [[HAL Tejas]]
| [[HAL Tejas]]
| [[India]]
| [[India]]
| Multirole
|[[Multirole combat aircraft |multirole]]
|
|
|
|
| 8 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|8 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Airborne early warning and control|AWACS]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Airborne early warning and control|AWACS]]
|-
|-
| [[Kamov Ka-31]]
| [[Kamov Ka-31]]
| Russia
| [[Russia]]
| [[Airborne early warning and control|AEW]]
| [[Airborne early warning and control|AEW]]
|
|
| 14<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 14<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|employs a [[Planar array radar]]
| Employs a [[planar array radar]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ka-31.html |title= Ka-31 |publisher= archive.org |date= |accessdate= 12 December 2017 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080917034540/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ka-31.html |archivedate= 17 September 2008 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Reconnaissance aircraft|Reconnaissance]]
|-
| [[Pipistrel Virus]]
| [[Slovenia]]
| [[Ultralight]]
| SW 80
| 2<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/navy-inducts-two-mircolight-aircraft/article23274979.ece|title=Navy inducts two mircolight aircraft|date=2018-03-16|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-03-17|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
| 12 on order<ref name="India Inks World's Largest Microlight Aircraft Deal With Slovenian Firm"/>
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Maritime patrol aircraft|Maritime patrol]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Maritime patrol aircraft|Maritime patrol]]
|-
|-
| [[Boeing P-8 Poseidon|Boeing P-8]]
|[[ Boeing P-8 Poseidon| Boeing P-8]]
| [[United States]]
| [[United States]]
| [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]] / [[Maritime patrol aircraft|Patrol]]
| [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]] / [[Maritime patrol aircraft |patrol]]
| [[Boeing P-8 Poseidon#India|P-8I]]
|[[ Boeing P-8 Poseidon#India | P-8I]]
| 8
|8
| 4 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|4 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
|-
| [[Ilyushin Il-38]]
| [[Ilyushin Il-38]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
| [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]] / [[Maritime patrol aircraft |patrol]]
| ASW / Patrol
|
| [[Ilyushin Il-38#Variants|Il-38SD]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Navy's IL 38 SD aircraft carries out anti-ship missile firing|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-navy-s-il-38-sd-aircraft-carries-out-anti-ship-missile-firing-2316654|work=dna|agency=PTI|date=8 February 2017}}</ref>
| 5<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|5<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Dornier Do 228]]
| [[Dornier Do 228]]
| [[Germany]]
|[[Germany]]
| [[Surveillance aircraft|Surveillance]]
|[[Surveillance aircraft| surveillance]]
| 228-201<ref name="jawa-04"/>
| 228-201<ref name="jawa-04"/>
| 25
|25
| 12 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|12 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
|-
| [[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander|Britten-Norman BN-2]]
| [[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander| Britten-Norman BN-2]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| utility / [[Maritime patrol aircraft |patrol]]
| Utility / Patrol
| [[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander#Variants|BN-2B/2T]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dorniers {{!}} INAS 550 – The Flying Fish|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/dorniers-1|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in|language=en}}</ref>
| [[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander#Variants|BN-2B/2T]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dorniers {{!}} INAS 550 – The Flying Fish|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/dorniers-1|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in|language=en}}</ref>
| 11<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 11<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
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|-
|-
| [[HAL Dhruv]]
| [[HAL Dhruv]]
| India
| [[India]]
| [[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
| [[Utility helicopter|utility]]
|
|
| 8
| 8
|16 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 17 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/hal-signs-contract-for-41-dhruv-helicopters/article19621018.ece/|title=HAL signs contract for 41 Dhruv helicopters|date=4 September 2017|work=The Hindu}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Kamov Ka-27]]
| [[Kamov Ka-27]]
| Russia
| [[Russia]]
| [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]]
| [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]]
| [[Kamov Ka-27#Variants|Ka-28]]
| [[Kamov Ka-27#Variants|Ka-28]]
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|-
|-
| [[Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King|SH-3 Sea King]]
| [[Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King|SH-3 Sea King]]
| United States
| [[United States]]
| [[Search and rescue|SAR]] / Utility
|[[Search and rescue|SAR]] / utility
| [[Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King#Sikorsky designations|UH-3H]]
| [[Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King#Sikorsky designations|UH-3H]]
| 8<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 8<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Westland Sea King]]
|[[Westland Sea King]]
| United Kingdom
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[Search and rescue|SAR]] / Utility
|[[Search and rescue|SAR]] / utility
| [[Westland Sea King#Variants|Mk.42B/C]]<ref name="hiranandani">{{cite book|last1=Hiranandani|first1=G. M.|title=Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990|date=2005|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=9788170622666|page=99|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=1WxI9TlAxIQC|language=en}}</ref>
|[[Westland Sea King#Variants | Mk.42B/C]]<ref name="hiranandani">{{cite book|last1=Hiranandani|first1=G. M.|title=Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990|date=2005|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=9788170622666|page=99|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=1WxI9TlAxIQC|language=en}}</ref>
| 25<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|25<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[HAL Chetak]]
|[[HAL Chetak]]
| [[France]]
| [[France]]
| Liaison / Utility
|liaison / utility
|
|
| 34
|34
| 7 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|7 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
|-
|-
| [[BAE Systems Hawk|BAE Hawk]]
|[[BAE Systems Hawk|BAE Hawk]]
| United Kingdom
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[Jet trainer]]
|jet trainer
| [[BAE Systems Hawk#Hawk 132|Hawk 132]]
|[[BAE Systems Hawk#Hawk 132|Hawk 132]]
| 17<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|17<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[HAL Kiran]]
| [[HAL Kiran]]
| India
| [[India]]
| Jet trainer
|jet trainer
|
|
| 20<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
| 20<ref name="World Air Forces 2018"/>
|
|-
|[[Pipistrel Virus]]
|[[Slovenia]]
|light trainer
|
|
|12 on order<ref name=" India Inks World's Largest Microlight Aircraft Deal With Slovenian Firm "/>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]
|-
|[[ IAI Heron]]
|[[Israel]]
| surveillance
|Heron 1
|<ref name="bs-sipri">{{cite news|last1=Mallapur|first1=Chaitanya|title=India tops list of drone-importing nations|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/india-tops-list-of-drone-importing-nations-115050400136_1.html|work=IndiaSpend|publisher=Business Standard|date=4 May 2015}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[ IAI Searcher]]<ref name="janes-16sep15"/>
|[[Israel]]
| surveillance
|Mk. I / II
|
|
|-
|[[ DRDO Lakshya]]
|[[Israel]]
| [[target drone]]
|
|39<ref>{{cite news|title=Hindustan Aeronautics Limited delivers 'Lakshya-1' aircraft to Bharat Dynamics Limited|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-delivers-lakshya1-aircraft-to-bharat-dynamics-limited/1147596/|accessdate=3 August 2013|newspaper=Indian Express|date=27 July 2013}}</ref>
|
|
|}
|}
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! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Notes
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Maritime patrol aircraft|Maritime patrol]]
| [[Dornier Do 228]] || India / Germany
|-
| [[Dornier Do 228]]
| Germany
| [[Reconnaissance aircraft|Reconnaissance]]
| [[Reconnaissance aircraft|Reconnaissance]]
| 228-101/201<ref name="jawa-04"/>
| 101/201<ref name="jawa-04"/>
| 23<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Military_Balance_2017.html?id=Vk8-vgAACAAJ|title=The Military Balance 2017|last=(Iiss)|first=The International Institute of Strategic Studies|date=2017-02-14|publisher=Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated|isbn=9781857439007|language=en}}</ref>
| 23<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Military_Balance_2017.html?id=Vk8-vgAACAAJ|title=The Military Balance 2017|last=(Iiss)|first=The International Institute of Strategic Studies|date=2017-02-14|publisher=Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated|isbn=9781857439007|language=en}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Helicopters]]
| [[HAL Dhruv]] || India
|-
| [[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
| [[HAL Dhruv]]
| Mk. I
| India
| utility
| [[HAL Dhruv#Variants|Mk. I]]
| 4<ref>{{cite news|last1=Purohit|first1=Jugal|title=Indian Coast Guard to acquire 30 advanced copters soon|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-coast-guard-advanced-light-helicopter-dhruv-monitor-seas/1/710049.html|work=India Today|date=8 July 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
| 4<ref>{{cite news|last1=Purohit|first1=Jugal|title=Indian Coast Guard to acquire 30 advanced copters soon|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-coast-guard-advanced-light-helicopter-dhruv-monitor-seas/1/710049.html|work=India Today|date=8 July 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
| 16 [[HAL Dhruv#Variants|Mk. III]] on order.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/indian-navy-and-coast-guard-order-32-dhruv-helicopte-435735/|title=Indian navy and coast guard order 32 Dhruv helicopters|date=31 March 2017|work=Flightglobal.com|accessdate=31 March 2017}}</ref>
| 16 on order.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/indian-navy-and-coast-guard-order-32-dhruv-helicopte-435735/|title=Indian navy and coast guard order 32 Dhruv helicopters|date=31 March 2017|work=Flightglobal.com|accessdate=31 March 2017}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[HAL Chetak]]
| [[HAL Chetak]]
| India
| India
| utility
| [[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
|
| Chetak
| 17<ref name=":0" />
| 17<ref name=":0" />
|
|
|}
|}




== [[National Cadet Corps (India)|NCC]] Air Wing ==
== [[National Cadet Corps (India)|NCC]] Air Wing ==
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! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Notes
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
| [[Zenith STOL CH 701]] || [[Canada]]
|-
| [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer]]
| STOL CH 701 AC
| [[Zenith STOL CH 701|Zenith CH 701]]
|[[Canada]]
| [[Trainer (aircraft)|trainer]]
|
| 85<ref name="airint"/>
| 85<ref name="airint"/>
|[[STOL]] capable aircraft
|
|-
|-
| [[Pipistrel Virus]] SW 80
| [[Pipistrel Virus]]
| [[Slovenia]]
| [[Slovenia]]
| [[Ultralight]]
| [[ultralight]]
| Virus SW 80
| SW 80
|
|
| Total 110 on order.<ref name="India Inks World's Largest Microlight Aircraft Deal With Slovenian Firm"/>
| 110 on order<ref name="India Inks World's Largest Microlight Aircraft Deal With Slovenian Firm"/>
|}
|}


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! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Notes
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
| [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748]] || UK<br>India || [[Airlift#Tactical airlift|Tactical transport]] || || 2<ref name="ie-bsf">{{cite news|last1=Tiwary|first1=Deeptiman|title=BSF plane crash: On a wing and a prayer|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/bsf-plane-crash-on-a-wing-and-a-prayer/|work=The Indian Express|date=28 December 2015}}</ref> ||
|-
|-
| [[Embraer ERJ 135]]
| [[Embraer ERJ 135]] || Brazil || [[Business jet|VIP transport]] || Embraer-135BJ || 1<ref name="ie-bsf"/> ||
| [[ Brazil]]
| [[Air transports of heads of state and government|VIP transport]]
| [[Embraer ERJ 135#Variants|135BJ]]
| 1<ref name="ie-bsf"/>
|
|-
|-
| [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748]]
| [[HAL Cheetah]] || India || [[Utility helicopter]] || || 1<ref name="ie-bsf"/> ||
| [[United Kingdom]]
| transport
|
|2<ref name="ie-bsf">{{cite news|last1=Tiwary|first1=Deeptiman|title=BSF plane crash: On a wing and a prayer|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/bsf-plane-crash-on-a-wing-and-a-prayer/|work=The Indian Express|date=28 December 2015}}</ref>
|
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Helicopters]]
| [[HAL Dhruv]] || India || [[Utility helicopter]] || || 6<ref name="ie-bsf"/> ||
|-
|-
| [[Mil Mi-17]]
| [[Mil Mi-17]] || USSR<br>Russia || [[Military helicopter|Transport helicopter]] || Mi-17-1V<hr>Mi-17V5 || 6<ref name="ie-bsf"/><hr>5<ref name="ie-bsf"/> || A total of 8 Mi-17V5 on order.<ref name="ie-bsf"/>
| [[ Russia]]
|}
|transport
| [[Mil Mi-17#Variants|17 1V/V5]]
|6 / 5<ref name="ie-bsf"/>
|8 Mi-17V5’s were ordered in 2015


==Unmanned Aerial Vehicles==
''Note: The Indian Armed Forces operate a number of Unmanned aerial vehicles split between the three service branches.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
| [[HAL Dhruv]]
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
| India
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Origin
|utility
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Type
|
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Variant
|6<ref name="ie-bsf"/>
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
|
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
| [[IAI Harop]] || Israel
| [[Unmanned combat air vehicle|Attack]] || || || Operated by Indian Air Force<ref name="janes-20feb13">{{cite journal|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India signs up for more Heron UAVs|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=20 February 2013|volume=50|issue=12|issn=20483430}}</ref>
|-
| [[IAI Heron]] || Israel
| Patrol || Heron 1 || 68<ref name="bs-sipri">{{cite news|last1=Mallapur|first1=Chaitanya|title=India tops list of drone-importing nations|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/india-tops-list-of-drone-importing-nations-115050400136_1.html|work=IndiaSpend|publisher=Business Standard|date=4 May 2015}}</ref> || Operated by all three services.<ref name="janes-16sep15">{{cite journal|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India to buy Heron TP UAVs|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=16 September 2015|volume=52|issue=44|issn=20483430}}</ref> 16 on order for Indian Army<ref name="janes-20feb13"/>
|-
| [[IAI Searcher]] || Israel
| Patrol || Mk. I / II || 108<ref name="bs-sipri"/> || Operated by all three services.<ref name="janes-16sep15"/>
|-
|-
| [[DRDO Lakshya]] || India
| [[HAL Cheetah]]
| India
| [[Target drone|Aerial target]] || || 39 || In service with the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hindustan Aeronautics Limited delivers 'Lakshya-1' aircraft to Bharat Dynamics Limited|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-delivers-lakshya1-aircraft-to-bharat-dynamics-limited/1147596/|accessdate=3 August 2013|newspaper=Indian Express|date=27 July 2013}}</ref>
|utility
|
|1<ref name="ie-bsf"/>
|
|}
|}



==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Future of the Indian Air Force]]
* [[Future of the Indian Air Force]]
* [[Border Security Force]] - who operate their own fleet of aircraft for security purposes
* [[Border Security Force]] - who operate their own fleet of aircraft for security purposes
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==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=Note}}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:20, 7 April 2018

The following list of active Indian military aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service or ordered on 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.

Air Force

Further information: Indian Air Force
A Su-30MKI
A C-130J Hercules on approach
A Mil Mi-8 flying over 2007 Aero India 2007
A Ilyushin Il-76 at RAIT 2007
An AEW&C Embraer ERJ 145
A HAL Dhruv on the Indian Air Force Sarang display team
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
MiG-21 Russia fighter 244[1]
MiG-27 Russia ground attack ML 84[1]
MiG-29 Russia multirole MiG-29UPG[2] 66[1]
HAL Tejas India multirole Mk.1 5 123 on order 5[3]
Mirage 2000 France multirole 2000 H/I 41[4][5]
Sukhoi Su-30 Russia multirole Su-30MKI 272 39 on order[6][1]
Dassault Rafale France multirole B/C 36 on order[1]
SEPECAT Jaguar UK / France attack IM/IS[7] 95[8]
AWACS
EMB-145 Brazil AEW&C 2 equipped with a DRDO-developed AEW&C system - 1 on order[9]
Beriev A-50 Soviet Union AEW&C A-50EI 3 equipped with the EL/W-2090 radar - 4 on order[1]
Reconnaissance
Boeing 707 United States reconnaissance 1[1]
Global 5000 United States ELINT 2[1] operated under R&AW
Gulfstream G100 Israel surveillance 1125 Astra 2[1]
Electronic Warfare
Gulfstream III United States EW / radar jamming SRA[10] 3[1] operated under R&AW
Tanker
Ilyushin Il-78 Soviet Union aerial refueling 6[9] equipped with Israeli fuel-transfer system[11]
Transport
Boeing 737 United States VIP transport 737-700 3[12]
Boeing C-17 United States strategic airlifter 10[1]
Ilyushin Il-76 Soviet Union strategic airlifter Il-76MD 14[13]
Antonov An-32 Ukraine transport An-32/RE 104[1] 42 are 32RE variant[14]
Embraer Legacy 600 Brazil VIP transport 4[15]
Dornier Do 228 Germany transport 228-201[16] 40 14 on order[1]
C-130J Super Hercules United States tactical airlifter C-130J-30[17] 11[1]
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 United Kingdom transport 57[1]
Helicopters
Mil Mi-17 Russia utility Mi-17V-5 149[18][19][20]
Mil Mi-24 Russia attack Mi-24/25/35[21] 15[1]
Mil Mi-26 Russia heavy lift 3[1]
HAL Dhruv India utility 75 35 on order[1] - eight are Rudra variants[22]
HAL Chetak France liaison / utility 76[1] license-built version of the Alouette III
HAL Cheetah India liaison 16[1] license-built version of the SA315B Lama
Boeing AH-64 United States attack AH-64E 22 on order[1]
CH-47 Chinook United States transport / utility CH-47F 15 on order[1]
Hindustan Aeronautics LCH India attack 65 on order[1]
Trainer Aircraft
BAE Hawk United Kingdom jet trainer Hawk 132 104[1]
HAL Kiran India jet trainer 80[1]
HAL HTT-40 India basic trainer 68 on order[1]
SEPECAT Jaguar UK / France conversion trainer IB[7] 28[8]
Mirage 2000 France conversion trainer 2000 TH/TI 8[4][5]
Pilatus PC-7 Switzerland trainer Mk II 75[1]
Pipistrel Virus Slovenia light trainer 2 72 on order[23]
Zenith STOL CH 701 Canada basic trainer 85[24]
UAV
IAI Harop[25] Israel loitering munition
IAI Heron Israel surveillance Heron 1 68[26][27]
IAI Searcher Israel surveillance Mk. I / II 108[27]
DRDO Lakshya Israel target drone 39[28]

Army Aviation Corps

Further information: Army Aviation Corps (India)
An Army Dhruv at the ILA Berlin Air Show 2008
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Helicopters
HAL Dhruv India utility 140 22 are Rudra variant.[22] - 124 on order[1]
HAL Chetak France liaison / utility 4[1] license-built version of the Alouette III
HAL Cheetah India liaison 30 16 or order[1]
Kamov Ka-226 Russia utility 133 on order[1]
Hindustan Aeronautics LCH India attack 114 on order[1]
UAV
IAI Heron Israel surveillance Heron 1 16 on order[25]
IAI Searcher[27] Israel surveillance Mk. I / II
A MiG-29K of the Indian Navy
Further information: Indian Naval Air Arm and List of Indian naval aircraft
A Boeing P-8I of the Indian Navy
An Indian Navy Sea king
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
MiG-29 Russia multirole MiG-29K/KUB 45[29]
HAL Tejas India multirole 8 on order[1]
AWACS
Kamov Ka-31 Russia AEW 14[1] employs a Planar array radar
Maritime patrol
Boeing P-8 United States ASW / patrol P-8I 8 4 on order[1]
Ilyushin Il-38 Soviet Union ASW / patrol 5[1]
Dornier Do 228 Germany surveillance 228-201[16] 25 12 on order[1]
Britten-Norman BN-2 United Kingdom utility / patrol BN-2B/2T[30] 11[1]
Helicopters
HAL Dhruv India utility 8 16 on order[1]
Kamov Ka-27 Russia ASW Ka-28 14 4 on order[1]
SH-3 Sea King United States SAR / utility UH-3H 8[1]
Westland Sea King United Kingdom SAR / utility Mk.42B/C[31] 25[1]
HAL Chetak France liaison / utility 34 7 on order[1]
Trainer Aircraft
BAE Hawk United Kingdom jet trainer Hawk 132 17[1]
HAL Kiran India jet trainer 20[1]
Pipistrel Virus Slovenia light trainer 12 on order[23]
UAV
IAI Heron Israel surveillance Heron 1 [26]
IAI Searcher[27] Israel surveillance Mk. I / II
DRDO Lakshya Israel target drone 39[32]

Indian Coast Guard

A Dornier Do-228-101
Further information: Indian Coast Guard
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Maritime patrol
Dornier Do 228 Germany Reconnaissance 101/201[16] 23[33]
Helicopters
HAL Dhruv India utility Mk. I 4[34][33] 16 on order.[35]
HAL Chetak India utility 17[33]


NCC Air Wing

Further information: National Cadet Corps (India)
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Trainer Aircraft
Zenith CH 701 Canada trainer 85[24] STOL capable aircraft
Pipistrel Virus Slovenia ultralight SW 80 110 on order[23]

Border Security Force

Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Transport
Embraer ERJ 135 Brazil VIP transport 135BJ 1[36]
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 United Kingdom transport 2[36]
Helicopters
Mil Mi-17 Russia transport 17 1V/V5 6 / 5[36] 8 Mi-17V5’s were ordered in 2015
HAL Dhruv India utility 6[36]
HAL Cheetah India utility 1[36]


See also

Notes

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