Aircraft

Westland Wapiti, one of the first aircraft flown by the Royal Indian Air Force
Consolidated-Vultee B-24 Liberator heavy bomber over the Deccan plateau in the early 1950s
Canberra medium bomber
Mystere IVA being armed with cannon rounds during September 1965
Name Origin Primary
role(s)		 Year
introduced		 Year
retired		 #
used		 Notes
Pre World War II
Westland Wapiti United Kingdom Liaison 1933 1942 28 [1]
British imports for World War II
Armstrong Whitworth AtalantaUnited KingdomTransport19445
Avro Anson I United Kingdom Basic trainer 1942 1945 7 [2]
Boulton Paul Defiant TT.III United Kingdom Target tug 1944 1945 ?
Bristol Blenheim I United Kingdom Bomber 1941 1942 5
de Havilland D.H.86B United Kingdom Transport 1940 1942 2
de Havilland Dragon Rapide United Kingdom Transport 1941 1945 4
Harlow PC-5A United States Transport 1941 1942 4
Hawker Audax United Kingdom Liaison 1939 1945 7
Hawker Hart United Kingdom Bomber 1939 1942 7
Hawker Hind United Kingdom Bomber 1939 1941 6
Hawker Hurricane United Kingdom Fighter-bomber 1942 1945 ?
Vickers Valentia United Kingdom Transport 1942 1944 1
Vultee Vengeance United States Bomber 1942 1945 35 [3]
Westland Lysander II United Kingdom Liaison 1941 1943 25 [4]
Westland Lysander III.T United Kingdom Target tug 1941 1942 48 [4]
IAF after British withdrawal
Airspeed OxfordUnited KingdomTransport194619495
de Havilland Tiger MothUnited KingdomBasic trainer19391957192
Fairchild PT-19United StatesBasic trainer1943194640[5][6]
North American Harvard Mk.II and 4CanadaBasic trainer19421973?
Supermarine Spitfire Vc & VIIIcUnited KingdomFighter/Reconnaissance1943194819[7]
Auster AOP.6United KingdomLiaison1946197020
Hawker Tempest II United Kingdom Fighter 1955 235 [8]
Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIVE & FR.XVIII United Kingdom Fighter/Reconnaissance 1945 1957 120 [7]
Post independence acquisitions
Aero Ae-45CzechoslovakiaTransport195519571
Antonov An-12Soviet UnionTransport1961199365
Auster AOP.9United KingdomLiaison1955198135
Bell 47G-2United StatesHelicopter1957197915
Consolidated B-24J LiberatorUnited StatesBomber1948196745[note 1][9]
Dassault OuraganFranceFighter19531967104[note 2][10][11]
Dassault Mystère IVFranceFighter19571973104
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 OtterCanadaTransport1956199836
de Havilland Canada DHC-4 CaribouCanadaTransport1963199126[12]
de Havilland DevonUnited KingdomTransport1947199122
de Havilland Vampire F.3United KingdomFighter194819553
de Havilland Vampire FB.52United KingdomFighter-bomber19501974286[note 3]
de Havilland Vampire NF.10United KingdomFighter1953195530
de Havilland Vampire NF.54United KingdomFighter1953196630
de Havilland Vampire PR.55United KingdomReconnaissance195419655[note 4]
de Havilland Vampire T.11United KingdomBasic trainer1963?7
de Havilland Vampire T.55United KingdomBasic trainer19531982124[note 5]
Douglas DakotaUnited StatesTransport19461987206
English Electric CanberraUnited KingdomBomber/Reconnaissance19572007150[13]
Fairchild C-119G Flying BoxcarUnited StatesTransport1953198489
Folland GnatUnited KingdomFighter19581978?[note 6]
HAL HF-24 MarutIndiaBomber19611985147[14]
HAL HT-2IndiaBasic trainer19531998169
Hawker Hunter FGA.56United KingdomFighter-bomber19571996167
Hawker Hunter T.66United KingdomBasic trainer1959199240
Ilyushin Il-14Soviet UnionTransport1955198129
Lockheed Super ConstellationUnited StatesTransport196119819
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FLSoviet UnionFighter19642013332[note 7][15]
North American T-6G TexanUnited StatesBasic trainer1973?
Percival Prentice T.3United KingdomBasic trainer1947196362[note 8]
Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI & XIXUnited KingdomReconnaissance1947195915[7]
Supermarine Spitfire T.IXUnited KingdomBasic trainer1947195510
Vickers ViscountUnited KingdomTransport195519712
Sikorsky S-55United StatesHelicopter195419668[note 9]
Sikorsky S-62BUnited StatesHelicopter196019792
Mil Mi-4 Soviet Union Helicopter 1960 1988 121
Acquisitions after 1965 war
Sukhoi Su-7 FitterSoviet UnionFighter-bomber19681986140[16]
Tupolev Tu-124Soviet UnionTransport196619813
HAL KrishakIndiaLiaison1965198868
Hawker Hunter F.56United KingdomFighter1966199255
HAL PushpakIndiaBasic trainer1965196725
Acquisitions after 1971 war
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BNSoviet UnionFighter-bomber1981200995[17]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MFSoviet UnionFighter1982200740
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25RBK & RUSoviet UnionReconnaissance1981200610[note 10][18]
Mikoyan MiG-27Soviet UnionFighter19852019165[19]
PZL TS-11 Iskra bis DPolandBasic trainer1975200476[note 11][20]
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.IUnited Kingdom/FranceGround attack1979198416[note 12]
Tupolev Tu-142Soviet UnionMaritime patrol/Anti-submarine warfare198820178[note 13][21]
HAL AjeetIndiaFighter1977199189[note 14]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ ex-RAF World War Two lend-lease bombers refurbished by HAL.
  2. ↑ Target tug from 1965, retired in 1967.
  3. ↑ 247 built under licence by HAL.
  4. ↑ PR.55 were T.55s converted to photo reconnaissance.
  5. ↑ 60 T.55s built under licence by HAL.
  6. ↑ licence built by Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL)
  7. ↑ other variants remain operational.
  8. ↑ includes 42 built by HAL.
  9. ↑ Some sources indicate that the S-55 was in use until 1968
  10. ↑ 6 MiG-25RBK and 2 MiG-25RU
  11. ↑ 26 aircraft bought in the 1990s.
  12. ↑ Other variants still operational
  13. ↑ was used by Indian Navy, not IAF
  14. ↑ improved Folland Gnat, includes 10 upgraded Gnats.

Citations

  1. ↑ The Westland Wapiti in Indian Air Force Archived 2013-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "No. 1 Service Flying Training School (India)". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "History of IAF". Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 Westland Lysander in Indian Air Force Service Archived 2008-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Andrade 1979, p. 239
  6. ↑ "Indian Air Force Gallery :: Training in the IAF".
  7. 1 2 3 IAF-Spitfire Archived 2007-12-06 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ IAF-Tempest Archived 2014-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Vintage/Fighters/Liberator/ Consolidated B-24 Liberator Archived 2012-01-12 at the Wayback Machine. Bharat-rakshak.com (2007-01-18). Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
  10. ↑ Jackson 1988, pp. 76–77.
  11. ↑ Jackson 1988, pp. 78
  12. ↑ "De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  13. ↑ Canberra Farewell - Revell 1/72 B(I) 58. Bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
  14. ↑ Donald 1997, p.523.
  15. ↑ "MiG-21 FL flies into history today after serving the IAF for 50 years". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  16. ↑ A Whale Of A Fighter: The Su-7 In IAF Service Archived 2009-12-30 at the Wayback Machine. Bharat-rakshak.com (1971-12-12). Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
  17. ↑ [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Special/PRO/2009/LastFlight_MIG_23.jpg.html Last Flight of the MiG-23 BN Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. Bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
  18. ↑ Pradhan & Chavan 2007, p. xiv
  19. ↑ "MiG-27 goes into history: Legacy of Indian Air Force's bahadur valiant". India Today. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  20. ↑ Swansong of the Iskaras Archived 2007-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ↑ "Indian Navy to de-induct long-range patrol aircraft TU 142M after 29 years of service". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

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