List of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force

Westland Wapiti, one of the first aircraft flown by the 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

Aircraft
NameOriginPrimary
role(s)		Service
period		#
used		Notes
Aero Ae-45Czechoslovakiatransport1955–19571
Airspeed OxfordUKtransport1946–19495
Antonov An-12USSRtransport1961–199365
Armstrong Whitworth AtalantaUKtransport1941–19445
Auster AOP.6UKarmy co-operation1946–197020 ca.
Auster AOP.9UKarmy co-operation1955–198135
Avro Anson IUKtrainer1942–19457[1]
Bell 47G-2UShelicopter1957–197915
Boulton Paul Defiant TT.IIIUKtarget tug1944–1945small #
Bristol Blenheim IUKbomber1941–19425
Consolidated B-24J LiberatorUSbomber1948–196745[note 1][2]
Dassault Ouragan (Toofani)Francefighter1953–1967104[note 2][3][4]
Dassault Mystère IVFrancefighter1957–1973104
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 OtterCanadatransport1956–199836
de Havilland Canada DHC-4 CaribouCanadatransport1963–199126[5]
de Havilland DevonUKtransport1947–199122
de Havilland D.H.86BUKtransport1940–19422
de Havilland Dragon RapideUKtransport1941–19454
de Havilland Tiger MothUKtrainer1939–1957192
de Havilland Vampire F.3UKday fighter1948–19553
de Havilland Vampire FB.52UKfighter-bomber1950–1974286[note 3]
de Havilland Vampire NF.10UKnight fighter1953–195530
de Havilland Vampire NF.54UKnight fighter1953–196630
de Havilland Vampire PR.55UKphoto reconnaissance1954–19655[note 4]
de Havilland Vampire T.11UKtrainer1963–?7
de Havilland Vampire T.55UKtrainer1953–1982124[note 5]
Douglas DakotaUStransport1946–1987?
English Electric CanberraUKbomber/reconnaissance1957–2007150[6]
Fairchild C-119G Flying BoxcarUStransport1953–198489
Fairchild PT-19UStrainer1943–194640[7][8]
Folland GnatUKlightweight fighter1958–1978?[note 6]
HAL AjeetIndialightweight fighter1977–199189[note 7]
HAL HF-24 MarutIndiabomber1961–1985147[9]
HAL HT-2Indiatrainer1953–1998169
HAL KrishakIndiaarmy co-operation1965–198868
HAL PushpakIndiatrainer1965–196725
Harlow PC-5AUStransport1941–19424
Hawker AudaxUKarmy co-operation1939–19457
Hawker Hart (India)UKbomber1939–19427
Hawker HindUKbomber1939–19416
Hawker Hunter F.56UKfighter1966–199255
Hawker Hunter FGA.56UKfighter-bomber1957–1996167
Hawker Hunter T.66UKtrainer1959–199240
Hawker HurricaneUKfighter-bomber1942–1945?
Hawker Tempest IIUKfighter1945–1955235[10]
Ilyushin Il-14USSRtransport1955–198129
Lockheed Super ConstellationUStransport1961–19819
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FLUSSRfighter1964–2013332[note 8][11]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BNUSSRfighter-bomber1981–200995[12]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MFUSSRfighter1982–200740
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25RBK & RUUSSRreconnaissance1981–20068[note 9][13]
Mikoyan MiG-27USSRfighter1985–2019165[14]
Mil Mi-4USSRhelicopter1960–1988121
North American Harvard Mk.II and 4Canadatrainer1942–1973?
North American T-6G TexanUStrainer–1973?
Percival Prentice T.3UKtrainer1947–196362[note 10]
PZL TS-11 Iskra bis DPolandtrainer1975–200476[note 11][15]
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.IUK/Franceground attack1979–198416[note 12]
Sikorsky S-55UShelicopter1954–19668[note 13]
Sikorsky S-62BUShelicopter1960–19792
Sukhoi Su-7 FitterUSSRfighter-bomber1968–1986140[16]
Supermarine Spitfire Vc & VIIIcUKfighter/reconnaissance1943–194819[17]
Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIVE & FR.XVIIIUKfighter reconnaissance1945–1957120[17]
Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI & XIXUKphoto reconnaissance1947–195915[17]
Supermarine Spitfire T.IXUKtrainer1947–195510
Tupolev Tu-124USSRtransport1966–19813
Tupolev Tu-142 USSR maritime patrol/anti-submarine warfare 1988-2017 8 [note 14][18]
Vickers ViscountUKtransport1955–19712
Vickers ValentiaUKtransport1942–19441
Vultee VengeanceUSdive bomber1942–194535 ca.[19]
Westland Lysander IIUKarmy co-operation1941–194325 ca.[20]
Westland Lysander III.TUKtarget tug1941–194248 ca.[20]
Westland WapitiUKarmy co-operation1933–194228[21]

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. 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
  14. was used by Indian Navy, not IAF

Citations
  1. "No.1 Service Flying Training School (India)". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
  2. Consolidated B-24 Liberator [www.bharat-rakshak.com] Archived 2012-01-12 at the Wayback Machine. Bharat-rakshak.com (2007-01-18). Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
  3. Jackson 1988, pp. 76–77.
  4. name="Jackson 78"
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Canberra Farewell - Revell 1/72 B(I) 58 [www.bharat-rakshak.com]. Bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
  7. Andrade 1979, p. 239
  8. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/History/WW2/FlyingTraining/
  9. Donald 1997, p.523.
  10. IAF-Tempest Archived 2014-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
  11. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mig21-fl-flies-into-history-today-after-serving-the-iaf-for-50-years/438924-3.html
  12. Last Flight of the MiG-23 BN [www.bharat-rakshak.com] Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. Bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
  13. Pradhan & Chavan 2007, p. xiv
  14. "MiG-27 goes into history: Legacy of Indian Air Force's bahadur valiant". India Today. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  15. Swansong of the Iskaras Archived 2007-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
  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. IAF-Spitfire Archived 2007-12-06 at the Wayback Machine
  18. "Indian Navy to de-induct long-range patrol aircraft TU 142M after 29 years of service". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  19. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. Westland Lysander in Indian Air Force Service Archived 2008-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
  21. The Westland Wapiti in Indian Air Force Archived 2013-07-28 at the Wayback Machine

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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.