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

Combat Aircraft - Air Superiority 380 (Incl 36 Trainers)
Ground Attack 291 (Incl 33 Trainers)
Second Line Combat Aircraft 54 (Incl 6 Trainers)
Helicopters 287
Transport Aircraft 240
Trainers 190
TOTAL 1440

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, 51 6 96 12
Sukhoi-30 MKI 16 MKI 2, 8, 20, 24, 30, 31, 102 7 116
MiG-21Bis 16 + 2 Us 15, 26 2 48 8
Total for Air Superiority and Multi Role 344 36

Ground Attack

MiG-27 UPG 16 + 2 UMs(23) 10,29 2 32 4
MiG-27 ML 16 + 2 UMs(23) 18,22, 222, TACDE(0.5) 3.5 56 7
MiG-21 M/MF 16 + 2 Us 17, 35, 37, 101, 108 5 80 10
Jaguar IS 16 IS + 2 IT 5,14,16,27, 224 5 80 10
Jaguar IM 6 IM+ 2 IT+ 4 IS 6 1 10 2
Total for Ground Attack 258 33

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 36.5+3 632 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 3
Chetak 8-12 111,115, 116,141SSS F, 142SSS F,HTS 6 48
Cheetah 12 114,131F,132F, 2 24
Dhruv 6-12 117, 151 2 18
Total Helicopters 287

TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT

Il-76 MD (17) 44,25 'A' 1.5 15
Il-78 MKI (6) 78 1 6
A-50E (3) 50 1 2
C-130J (6) 77 1 1
An-32 (119) 12,25'B',33,43,48,49,PTS, TTW 7 104
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 240

TRAINER AIRCRAFT

HJT-16 Kiran AFA(A), AFA(B) , FIS , FTW, 52 84
HPT-32 Deepak BFTS, FIS, AFA 70
BAe Hawk Mk 132 HOTS 36
Total Trainers 190
Total Fleet* 1175 265

Number plated Units: Fighter 45, 220, 221 Transport: 19, 42

Change Log:
01 Mar 2011: No.102 Squadron re-raised at Tezpur
05 Feb 2011: C-130J inducted into No.77 Squadron
15 Dec 2010: A-50, BAe Hawk, Mi-26 Numbers Updated.
18 Oct 2009: Illyushin-76 Numbers Updated
10 Oct 2009: 35 Sqn updated. Hawk Numbers Updated
30 Sept 2009: Hawk Operational Training Squadron (HOTS) added, An-32 Numbers Updated
24 Aug 2009: No.2 Squadron (Su-30 MKI) reported in Vayu
28 May 2009: A-50 Phalcon AEW inducted
6 March 2009: MiG-23BNs phased out, No.221 Squadron Numberplated

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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.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 March 2011 23:46  


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