List of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force

Westland Wapiti, one of the first aircraft flown by the Indian Air Force.

Aircraft

NameOriginPrimary
role(s)
Service
period
#
used
Notes
Aero Ae-45Czechoslovakiatransport195519571
Airspeed OxfordUKtransport194619495
Antonov An-12USSRtransport1961199365
Armstrong Whitworth AtalantaUKtransport194119445
Auster AOP.6UKarmy co-operation1946197020 ca.
Auster AOP.9UKarmy co-operation1955198135
Avro Anson IUKtrainer194219457[1]
Bell 47G-2UShelicopter1957197915
Boulton Paul Defiant TT.IIIUKtarget tug19441945small #
Bristol Blenheim IUKbomber194119425
Consolidated B-24J LiberatorUSbomber1948196745[note 1][2]
Dassault Ouragan (Toofani)Francefighter19531967104[note 2][3][4]
Dassault Mystère IVFrancefighter19571973104
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 OtterCanadatransport1956199836
de Havilland Canada DHC-4 CaribouCanadatransport1963199126[5]
de Havilland DevonUKtransport1947199122
de Havilland D.H.86BUKtransport194019422
de Havilland Dragon RapideUKtransport194119454
de Havilland Tiger MothUKtrainer19391957192
de Havilland Vampire F.3UKday fighter194819553
de Havilland Vampire FB.52UKfighter-bomber19501974286[note 3]
de Havilland Vampire NF.10UKnight fighter1953195530
de Havilland Vampire NF.54UKnight fighter1953196630
de Havilland Vampire PR.55UKphoto reconnaissance195419655[note 4]
de Havilland Vampire T.11UKtrainer1963?7
de Havilland Vampire T.55UKtrainer19531982124[note 5]
Douglas DakotaUStransport19461987?
English Electric CanberraUKbomber/reconnaissance19572007150[6]
Fairchild C-119G Flying BoxcarUStransport1953198489
Fairchild PT-19UStrainer1943194640[7][8]
Folland GnatUKlightweight fighter19581978?[note 6]
HAL AjeetIndialightweight fighter1977199189[note 7]
HAL HF-24 MarutIndiabomber19611985147[9]
HAL HT-2Indiatrainer19531998169
HAL KrishakIndiaarmy co-operation1965198868
HAL PushpakIndiatrainer1965196725
Harlow PC-5AUStransport194119424
Hawker AudaxUKarmy co-operation193919457
Hawker Hart (India)UKbomber193919427
Hawker HindUKbomber193919416
Hawker Hunter F.56UKfighter1966199255
Hawker Hunter FGA.56UKfighter-bomber19571996167
Hawker Hunter T.66UKtrainer1959199240
Hawker HurricaneUKfighter-bomber19421945?
Hawker Tempest IIUKfighter19451955235[10]
Ilyushin Il-14USSRtransport1955198129
Lockheed Super ConstellationUStransport196119819
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FLUSSRfighter19642013332[note 8][11]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BNUSSRfighter-bomber1981200995[12]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MFUSSRfighter1982200740
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25RBK & RUUSSRreconnaissance198120068[note 9][13]
Mil Mi-4USSRhelicopter19601988121
North American Harvard Mk.II and 4Canadatrainer19421973?
North American T-6G TexanUStrainer1973?
Percival Prentice T.3UKtrainer1947196362[note 10]
PZL TS-11 Iskra bis DPolandtrainer1975200476[note 11][14]
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.IUK/Franceground attack1979198416[note 12]
Sikorsky S-55UShelicopter195419668[note 13]
Sikorsky S-62BUShelicopter196019792
Sukhoi Su-7 FitterUSSRfighter-bomber19681986140[15]
Supermarine Spitfire Vc & VIIIcUKfighter/reconnaissance1943194819[16]
Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIVE & FR.XVIIIUKfighter reconnaissance19451957120[16]
Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI & XIXUKphoto reconnaissance1947195915[16]
Supermarine Spitfire T.IXUKtrainer1947195510
Tupolev Tu-124USSRtransport196619813
Vickers ViscountUKtransport195519712
Vickers ValentiaUKtransport194219441
Vultee VengeanceUSdive bomber1942194535 ca.[17]
Westland Lysander IIUKarmy co-operation1941194325 ca.[18]
Westland Lysander III.TUKtarget tug1941194248 ca.[18]
Westland WapitiUKarmy co-operation1933194228[19]

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. improved Folland Gnat, includes 10 upgraded Gnats.
  8. other variants remain operational.
  9. 6 MiG-25RBK and 2 MiG-25RU
  10. includes 42 built by HAL.
  11. 26 aircraft bought in the 1990s.
  12. Other variants still operational
  13. Some sources indicate that the S-55 was in use until 1968

Citations

Bibliography

  • Andrade, John, U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909 Midland Counties Publications, 1979, ISBN 0 904597 22 9.
  • Green, William, The Indian Air Force and its Aircraft Ducimus Books, London, 1982, ASIN B004YXNILM
  • Sapru, Somanth, Combat Lore: Indian Air Force 1930-1945 K W Publishers, 2014, 978-9383649259
  • Singh, Pushpindar, Aircraft of the Indian Air Force 1933-1973 English Book Store, New Delhi, 1974, ASIN B00K0Q8MX6
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