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AIR FORCE FLEET

Last Updated 23 April 2007

TABLE A: Summary of estimates of the Indian Air Force active aircraft fleet*

Combat Aircraft - Air Superiority	321 (Incl 32 Trainers)
Ground Attack	282 (Incl 32 Trainers)
Second Line Combat Aircraft	54 (Incl 6 Trainers)
Helicopters	288
Transport Aircraft	254
Trainers	154
TOTAL	1353

TABLE B: Detailed Type Wise Break up

Type	Sqn Est	Sqn Nos	Total No of Units	Est Combat	Est Trainers
COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Air Superiority and Multi Role
MiG-29	16 As and 2 UMs	28, 47, 223	3	48	6
Mirage 2000H	16 Hs and 2 THs 6 THs and 4 Hs	1, 7 9	3	36	10
MiG-21 Bison	16 Bison and 2 U	3, 4, 21, 23, 32, 35'B', 51	6.5	104	13
Sukhoi-30 MKI	16 MKI	20 , 24, 30	3	48
MiG-21Bis	16 + 2 Us	15, 26,	3	48	8
Total for Air Superiority and Multi Role						284	37

Ground Attack
MiG-27 ML	16 + 2 UMs(23)	10,18,22,29,222, TACDE(0.5)	5.5	98	11
MiG-23 BN	16 + 2 UMs(23)	221	1	16	2
MiG-21 M/MF	16 + 2 Us	17, 35 'A', 37,101,108,	4.5	72	9
Jaguar IS	16 IS + 2 IT	5,14,16,27	4	64	8
Jaguar IM	6 IM+ 2 IT+ 4 IS	6	1	10	2
Total for Ground Attack						250	32

Second Line Combat Aircraft
MiG-21FL	16 + 2 Us	MOFTU A, MOFTU B, OCU	3	48	6
Total for Second line Combat Aircraft						48	6

Total Combat Aircraft			36			558	75

HELICOPTERS
Mi-8	12	105,107,109,110,112,118,119,121,122F	8.5	102
Mi-17	12	127,128,129,130,152,153	6	72
Mi-24/35	10	104,125	2	20
Mi-26	4	126HF	1	4
Chetak	12	111,116,141SSS F, 142SSS F,HTS	4	48
Cheetah	12	114,131F,132F,	2	24
Dhruv	6-12	117, 151	2	18
Total Helicopters						288

TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
Il-76 MD (24)		44,25 'A'	1.5	24
Il-78 MKI (6)		78	1	6
An-32 (119)		12,25'B',33,43,48,49,PTS, TTW	7	112
HS-748 (68)		11,41 'A', 59, 106 'A' , 6 Cmd Flts(2 A/c)	4	64
Do-228 (24)		41, TTW, 6 Comm Flts(2 A/c)	2.5	40
Boeing 737		Air HQ Flt	1	4
Embraer 135BJ		Air HQ Flt	1	4
Total Transports						254

TRAINER AIRCRAFT
HJT-16 Kiran		AFA(A), AFA(B) , FIS , FTW, 52			84
HPT-32 Deepak		BFTS, FIS, AFA			70
BAe Hawk Mk 132		AFA			-
Total Trainers							154

Total Fleet*						1124	229

Number plated Units

Fighter 2, 8, 31, 45, 102, 220, 224 Transport: 19, 42

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* Editors Note: Does not include Attrition Reserves, aircraft of ARC. This estimate is based on the number of units and the standard Unit Establishment of aircraft that each unit is eligible to hold. The numbers on this page will not reflect the actual numbers held by IAF units. The number of each type of aircraft may appear to be less than the total procured by the IAF as the totals here does not take into account Storage reserves. Any shortfall between the estimates here and the total procured does not automatically mean that the rest of the aircraft were lost in attrition. For Example, The total number of Mirage 2000s procured by IAF stand at 49 till date. Till date six of these have been lost in attrition. However the total Mirages held by the Units will only show 36 instead of 43 as the rest will be in storage. The totals above does not include any aircraft held by such establishments like TACDE, ASTE, AFTPS, HAL or ADA.