List of active Indian military aircraft

This article provides the list of active Indian military aircraft currently in service or on order with the Indian Armed Forces. For a list of historical military aircraft used by the Indian military

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Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Combat Aircraft	Combat Aircraft	Combat Aircraft	Combat Aircraft	Combat Aircraft	Combat Aircraft
Dassault Rafale	France	Multirole	EH/DH	36
Sukhoi Su-30	Russia	Multirole	Su-30MKI	262	A plan to procure 12 additional Su-30 from Russia
HAL Tejas	India	Multirole	Mk. 1	32	73 single seat MK1A are on order
HAL Tejas	India	Multirole	Mk. +more1A		73 single seat MK1A are on order
MiG-29	Russia	Multirole	MiG-29UPG	65
Mirage 2000	France	Multirole	2000 H/I	51
SEPECAT Jaguar	United Kingdom	Ground attack	IM/IS	130
MiG-21	Soviet Union	Interceptor	Bison	54	To be replaced by the Tejas Mark1 & Mark1A
AWACS	AWACS	AWACS	AWACS	AWACS	AWACS
EMB-145	Brazil	AEW&C	Netra	3	Equipped with a DRDO Netra AEW&C system - 6 Netra Mk 2 systems on order
Beriev A-50	Soviet Union	AEW&C	A-50EI	3	Equipped with the EL/W-2090 radar - 2 on order
Reconnaissance	Reconnaissance	Reconnaissance	Reconnaissance	Reconnaissance	Reconnaissance
Boeing 707	United States	Surveillance		1
Boeing 737	United States	Surveillance		2
Global 5000	United States	ELINT		2
Gulfstream G100	Israel	Surveillance	1125 Astra	2
Electronic Warfare	Electronic Warfare	Electronic Warfare	Electronic Warfare	Electronic Warfare	Electronic Warfare
Gulfstream III	United States	EW / ELINT	SRA	3
Tanker	Tanker	Tanker	Tanker	Tanker	Tanker
Ilyushin Il-78	Soviet Union	Aerial refueling	Il-78MKI	6	Equipped with Israeli fuel-transfer system
Transport	Transport	Transport	Transport	Transport	Transport
-	Ilyushin Il-76	Soviet Union	Strategic airlifter	Il-76MD	17
Boeing C-17	United States	Strategic airlifter		11
C-130J Super Hercules	United States	Tactical airlifter	C-130J-30	12
Antonov An-32	Ukraine	Transport	An-32/32RE	103	53 are 32RE variant.
-	EADS CASA C-295	Spain	Transport	C-295MW
Hawker Siddeley HS 748	United Kingdom	Transport		57
Dornier 228	Germany	Utility	228-201	53	license built by HAL
Boeing 777	United States	VIP transport	777-300ER	2	Used as Air India One for presidential flight.
Boeing 737	United States	VIP transport	737-700	3
Embraer Legacy 600	Brazil	VIP transport		4
Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters
HAL Prachand	India	Attack		4	6 on order
Boeing AH-64 Apache	United States	Attack	AH-64E	22
Mil Mi-24	Russia	Attack	Mi-24/25/35	15
-	HAL Rudra	India	Armed Utility		16
CH-47 Chinook	United States	Heavy transport	CH-47F	15
Mil Mi-17	Russia	Utility transport	Mi-17V-5	223
HAL Dhruv	India	Utility		107
HAL Light Utility Helicopter	India	Utility			6 on order.
HAL Chetak	France / India	Light utility		77	License-built version of the Alouette III.
HAL Cheetah	France / India	Light utility		17	License-built version of the SA315B Lama
Trainer Aircraft	Trainer Aircraft	Trainer Aircraft	Trainer Aircraft	Trainer Aircraft	Trainer Aircraft
HAL HTT-40	India	Basic trainer			70 on order.
-	Pilatus PC-7	Switzerland	Basic trainer	Mk II	75
	Pipistrel Virus SW 80 Garud	Slovenia	Basic trainer	Pipistrel Virus	72
HAL Kiran	India	Intermediate Trainer		78
BAE Hawk	United Kingdom	Advanced jet trainer	Hawk 132	102
HAL Tejas	India	Conversion trainer	Mk. 1A		18 on order
MiG-29	Russia	Conversion trainer	MiG-29UPG	10
SEPECAT Jaguar	United Kingdom	Conversion trainer	IB	30
MiG-21	Soviet Union	Conversion trainer	U/UM	37
Mirage 2000	France	Conversion trainer	2000 TH/TI	12
UAV	UAV	UAV	UAV	UAV	UAV
IAI Heron TP	Israel	Surveillance	Heron TP
IAI Heron	Israel	Surveillance	Heron 1	49
IAI Searcher	Israel	surveillance	Mk. I / II
DRDO Lakshya	India	Target drone		15

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Army Aviation Corps

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters
HAL Prachand	India	Attack		3	2 on order.
Boeing AH-64 Apache	United States	Attack	AH-64E(I)		6 on order
HAL Rudra	India	Armed scout		75	25 on order
HAL Dhruv	India	Utility		191	73 on order
HAL Light Utility Helicopter	India	Utility			6 on order
HAL Chetak	France / India	Utility		4	license-built version of the Alouette III
HAL Cheetah	France / India	Utility		37	8 on order - license-built version of the SA 315B Lama
UAV	UAV	UAV	UAV	UAV	UAV
IAI Heron TP	Israel	Surveillance	Heron TP	4
IAI Heron	Israel	Surveillance	Heron 1	16
IAI Searcher	Israel	Surveillance	Mk. +more I / II
Switch Prime	India	Surveillance	High altitude variant		Undisclosed quantities on order

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Naval Air Arm

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Combat Aircraft	Combat Aircraft	Combat Aircraft	Combat Aircraft	Combat Aircraft	Combat Aircraft
MiG-29	Russia	Multirole	MiG-29K	35
AWACS	AWACS	AWACS	AWACS	AWACS	AWACS
Kamov Ka-31	Russia	AEW		14	Employs a Planar array radar
Maritime patrol	Maritime patrol	Maritime patrol	Maritime patrol	Maritime patrol	Maritime patrol
Boeing P-8	United States	ASW / patrol	P-8I	12
Ilyushin Il-38	Soviet Union	ASW / patrol		4
Dornier Do 228	Germany	Surveillance	228-201	28	8 on order
Britten-Norman BN-2	United Kingdom	Utility / Patrol	BN-2B/2T	4
Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters
SH-60 Seahawk	United States	ASW / SAR	+more_versions'>MH-60R	2	5 delivered, of which 3 are used for training, with 19 on order.
Kamov Ka-27	Russia	ASW	Ka-28	14
Westland Sea King	United Kingdom	SAR / Utility	Mk. 42B/C	25
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King	United States	ASW / SAR	UH-3H	6
HAL Dhruv	India	Utility	Mk. I/Mk. III	14	11 on order
HAL Chetak	France / India	Utility		36	6 on order
Trainer Aircraft	Trainer Aircraft	Trainer Aircraft	Trainer Aircraft	Trainer Aircraft	Trainer Aircraft
MiG-29	Russia	Conversion trainer	MiG-29KUB	5
BAE Hawk	United Kingdom	Jet trainer	Hawk 132	17
HAL Kiran	India	Jet trainer		20
Pipistrel Virus SW 80 Garud	Slovenia	Basic trainer	Pipistrel Virus	12
UAV	UAV	UAV	UAV	UAV	UAV
IAI Heron TP	Israel	Surveillance	Heron TP
IAI Heron	Israel	Surveillance	Heron 1
IAI Searcher	Israel	Surveillance	Mk. I / II
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper	United States	Surveillance	SeaGuardian	2	2 on lease
DRDO Lakshya	India	Target drone		39

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Indian Coast Guard

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Maritime patrol	Maritime patrol	Maritime patrol	Maritime patrol	Maritime patrol	Maritime patrol
Dornier Do 228	Germany	Reconnaissance	101/201	36
Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters	Helicopters
HAL Dhruv	India	Utility	MK. I	4	1 Mk. +moreIII on order.
HAL Dhruv	India	Utility	MK. III	15	1 Mk. III on order.
HAL Chetak	France / India	Utility		17

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