COMBAT AIRCRAFT OF THE IAF: 1933 - PRESENT
| Aircraft Type | Years in Service | Total Procured |
| Westland Wapiti IIA | 1933-1942 | 25 |
| Hawker Audax | 1941-1945 | 18 |
| Bristol BLENHEIM Mk.1 | 1939-1941 | 18 |
| Westland Lysander Mk II | 1941-1943 | 40 |
| North American HARVARD | 1942-1973 | 120 |
| Vultee VENGENCE Mk.I/III | 1942-1944 | 80 |
| Hawker HURRICANE Mk.IIB/C | 1942-1945 | 200 |
| Hawker HURRICANE Mk.XII | 1943-1945 | 70 |
| Hawker HURRICANE Mk.IV | 1944-1945 | 30 |
| Supermarine SPITFIRE Mk.VIII | 1944-1948 | 250 |
| Supermarine SPITFIRE Mk.XIV | 1945-1950 | 70 |
| Supermarine SPITFIRE Mk.XVIII | 1951-1957 | 40 |
| Supermarine SPITFIRE Mk.XIX | 1951-1959 | 25 |
| Hawker TEMPEST II | 1946-1955 | 150 |
| Consolidated B-24J/L LIBERATOR | 1948-1968 | 42 |
| De Havilland VAMPIRE-F Mk.3/FB Mk.52 | 1948-1973 | 300 |
| De Havilland VAMPIRE-NF Mk.54 | 1953-1966 | 29 |
| De Havilland VAMPIRE-T Mk.55 | 1953-1975 | 82 |
| Dassault MD450 OURAGAN (Toofani) | 1953-1967 | 104 |
| Dassault MYSTERE-IVA | 1957-1974 | 110 |
| English
Electric CANBERRA Mk.B(I)/PR57/T54/B66/PR67 |
1957-present | 121 |
| Hawker HUNTER Mk.F56/T66/F56A/T66D | 1957-1996 | 230 |
| HAL/Folland GNAT Mk.1 | 1958-1980 | 235 |
| HAL AJEET (GNAT Mk.2) | 1977-1992 | 90 |
| MiG-21F/PF | 1963-68 | 14 |
| MiG-21FL/U | 1966-present | 300 |
| MiG-21M/MF | 1973-present | 240 |
| MiG-21bis | 1977-present | 250+ |
| HAL MARUT Mk.1/1T | 1964-1990 | 129/16 |
| Sukhoi Su-7BMK/U | 1968-1986 | 152 |
| MiG-23BN/UB | 1980-present | 90/15 |
| MiG-23MF | 1982-present | 45 |
| Sepecat JAGUAR IS/IM/IB | 1979-present | 146 |
| MiG-27ML | 1984-present | 210 |
| Dassault MIRAGE 2000H/TH | 1985-present | 49 |
| MiG-29B/S/UB | 1986-present | 84 |
| Sukhoi Su-30K | 1997-present | 18 |
Chopra, Pushpindar Singh. Aircraft of the Indian Air Force, 1933-73. English Book Store, New Delhi, 1974.
Chopra, Pushpindar Singh, William Green and Swanborough, Gordon. Eds. The Indian Air Force and its Aircraft. IAF Golden Jubilee. 1932-82. Ducimus Books, London, UK.
Lake, Jon. "Indian Air Power". World Air Power Journal. Volume 12 Spring 1993.
Tanham, George K. The Indian Air Force: Trends and Prospects. Rand, Santa Monica, CA 1995.
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