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List of active Indian military aircraft - wikipedia List of active Indian military aircraft The following list of active Indian military aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service or on order with the Indian Armed Forces . For a list of historical aircraft used by the Indian Military , see list of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force . Contents ( hide ) 1 Air Force 2 Army Aviation Corps 3 Naval Air Arm 4 Indian Coast Guard 5 NCC Air Wing 6 Border Security Force 7 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Air Force ( edit ) Further information : Indian Air Force A Su - 30MKI A C - 130J Hercules on approach An - 32 in Leh Airbase A Mil Mi - 17 helicopter An Ilyushin Il - 78MKI at RIAT 2007 Netra AEW&C on Embraer ERJ 145 platform Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes <Th_colspan="7"> Combat Aircraft MiG - 21 Russia Fighter bis / Bison 244 MiG - 27 Russia Ground attack ML 84 MiG - 29 Russia Multirole MiG - 29UPG 66 HAL Tejas India Multirole Mk. 1 8 Total 40 on order Mirage 2000 France Multirole 2000 H / I 41 Sukhoi Su - 30 Russia Multirole Su - 30MKI 233 Total 272 on order Dassault Rafale France Multirole B / C 36 on order SEPECAT Jaguar UK / India Ground attack IM / IS 95 <Th_colspan="7"> AWACS EMB - 145 Brazil AEW&C Netra Equipped with a DRDO - developed AEW&C system - 1 on order Beriev A-50 Soviet Union AEW&C A-50EI Equipped with the EL / W - 2090 radar - 4 on order <Th_colspan="7"> Reconnaissance Boeing 707 United States Reconnaissance Global 5000 United States ELINT Operated under R&AW Gulfstream G100 Israel Surveillance 1125 Astra Pipistrel Virus Slovenia Ultralight SW 80 72 on order <Th_colspan="7"> Electronic Warfare Gulfstream III United States EW / ELINT SRA Operated under R&AW <Th_colspan="7"> Tanker Ilyushin Il - 78 Soviet Union Aerial refueling Il - 78MKI 6 Equipped with Israeli fuel - transfer system <Th_colspan="7"> Transport Boeing 737 United States VIP transport 737 - 700 Boeing C - 17 United States Strategic airlifter 10 1 more on order Ilyushin Il - 76 Soviet Union Strategic airlifter Il - 76MD 14 Antonov An - 32 Ukraine Transport An - 32 / 32RE 104 42 are 32RE variant Embraer Legacy 600 Brazil VIP transport Dornier Do 228 Germany Transport 228 - 201 40 14 on order C - 130J Super Hercules United States Tactical airlifter C - 130J - 30 11 Hawker Siddeley HS 748 India Transport 57 <Th_colspan="7"> Helicopters Mil Mi - 17 Russia Utility Mi - 17V - 5 149 Mil Mi - 24 Russia Attack Mi - 35 15 Mil Mi - 26 Russia Heavy Lift HAL Dhruv India Utility 75 35 on order - eight are Rudra variants HAL Chetak France Liaison / Utility 76 License - built version of the Alouette III HAL Cheetah India Liaison 16 License - built version of the SA315B Lama Boeing AH - 64 United States Attack AH - 64E 22 on order CH - 47 Chinook United States Transport / Utility CH - 47F 15 on order <Th_colspan="7"> Trainer Aircraft BAE Hawk United Kingdom Jet trainer Hawk 132 104 HAL Kiran India Jet trainer 80 SEPECAT Jaguar UK / France Conversion trainer IB 28 Mirage 2000 France Conversion trainer 2000 TH / TI 8 Pilatus PC - 7 Switzerland Basic trainer Mk II 75 Zenith STOL CH 701 Canada Basic trainer 85 Army Aviation Corps ( edit ) An Army Dhruv at the ILA Berlin Air Show 2008 Further information : Army Aviation Corps ( India ) and List of equipment of the Indian Army § Aircraft Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes <Th_colspan="7"> Helicopters HAL Dhruv India Utility 140 22 are the Rudra variant . - 124 on order HAL Chetak France Liaison / Utility License - built version of the Alouette III HAL Cheetah India Liaison 30 16 on order Naval Air Arm ( edit ) Further information : Indian Naval Air Arm and List of Indian naval aircraft A Mig - 29K of the Indian Navy A Boeing P - 8I of the Indian Navy An Indian Navy Sea king Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes <Th_colspan="7"> Combat Aircraft MiG - 29 Russia Multirole MiG - 29K / KUB 45 <Th_colspan="7"> AWACS Kamov Ka - 31 Russia AEW 14 Employs a planar array radar <Th_colspan="7"> Reconnaissance Pipistrel Virus Slovenia Ultralight SW 80 12 on order <Th_colspan="7"> Maritime patrol Boeing P - 8 United States ASW / Patrol P - 8I 8 4 on order Ilyushin Il - 38 Soviet Union ASW / Patrol Il - 38SD 5 Dornier Do 228 Germany Surveillance 228 - 201 25 12 on order Britten - Norman BN - 2 United Kingdom Utility / Patrol BN - 2B / 2T 11 <Th_colspan="7"> Helicopters HAL Dhruv India Utility 8 17 on order Kamov Ka - 27 Russia ASW Ka - 28 14 4 on order SH - 3 Sea King United States SAR / Utility UH - 3H 8 Westland Sea King United Kingdom SAR / Utility Mk. 42B / C 25 HAL Chetak France Liaison / Utility 34 7 on order <Th_colspan="7"> Trainer Aircraft BAE Hawk United Kingdom Jet trainer Hawk 132 17 HAL Kiran India Jet trainer 20 Indian Coast Guard ( edit ) A Dornier Do - 228 - 101 Further information : Indian Coast Guard Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes <Th_colspan="7"> Maritime patrol Dornier Do 228 Germany Reconnaissance 101 / 201 23 <Th_colspan="7"> Helicopters HAL Dhruv India Utility Mk . I 16 Mk . III on order . HAL Chetak India Utility 17 NCC Air Wing ( edit ) Further information : National Cadet Corps ( India ) Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes <Th_colspan="7"> Trainer Aircraft Zenith STOL CH 701 Canada Trainer AC 85 Pipistrel Virus Slovenia Ultralight SW 80 110 on order Border Security Force ( edit ) Further information : Border Security Force § Aircraft Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes <Th_colspan="7"> Transport Embraer ERJ 135 Brazil VIP transport 135BJ Hawker Siddeley HS 748 United Kingdom Tactical transport <Th_colspan="7"> Helicopters Mil Mi - 17 Russia Transport helicopter Mi - 17 - 1V Mi - 17V5 6 5 Total 8 Mi - 17V5 on order HAL Dhruv India Utility helicopter 6 HAL Cheetah India Utility helicopter Unmanned aerial vehicles ( edit ) Note : The Indian Armed Forces operate a number of Unmanned aerial vehicles split between the three service branches . Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes IAI Harop Israel Attack Operated by Indian Air Force IAI Heron Israel Patrol Heron 1 68 Operated by all three services . 16 on order for Indian Army IAI Searcher Israel Patrol Mk . I / II 108 Operated by all three services . DRDO Lakshya India Aerial target 39 In service with the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy . See also ( edit ) List of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force List of Indian naval aircraft Currently active military equipment by country Military of India Indian Air Force Indian Naval Air Arm Future of the Indian Air Force Border Security Force - who operate their own fleet of aircraft for security purposes References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Kumar , Vinay ( 16 June 2013 ) . `` MiG - 21bis likely to serve IAF until 2019 '' . The Hindu . ^ Jump up to : Hoyle , Craig ; Glazunova , Daria ; Kwiatkowski , Mark ; Lewis - Rice , Sandra ; Fafard , Antoine . `` World Air Forces 2018 '' . FlightGlobal.com . Flight International . pp. 18 -- 19 . Retrieved 12 December 2017 . ( registration required ) Jump up ^ Jennings , Gareth ( 12 December 2012 ) . `` Indian Air Force receives back first upgraded MiG - 29 fighters '' . IHS Jane 's Defence Weekly . 50 ( 2 ) . ISSN 2048 - 3430 . Jump up ^ Krishnan , Anantha ( 27 January 2018 ) . `` ' Intelligent ' Tejas does the ' talking ' ; pilots & engineers are not complaining '' . The New Indian Express . Jump up ^ `` Tejas proves its mettle in biggest Indian war exercise Gagan Shakti 2018 '' . Jump up ^ Dominguez , Gabriel ( 28 February 2018 ) . `` India 's LCA Tejas demonstrates hot refuelling capability '' . IHS Jane 's Defence Weekly . ^ Jump up to : Bedi , Rahul ( 18 March 2015 ) . `` India set to receive first upgraded Mirage 2000s from Dassault '' . IHS Jane 's Defence Weekly . 52 ( 18 ) . ISSN 2048 - 3430 . ^ Jump up to : Grevatt , Jon ( 17 June 2015 ) . `` India 's OIS Aerospace to form aircraft pylon JV with Rafaut '' . IHS Jane 's Defence Weekly . 52 ( 31 ) . ISSN 2048 - 3430 . Jump up ^ `` Wreckage of missing Sukhoi - 30MKI fighter jet found near its last known position '' . The Times of India . 26 May 2017 . ^ Jump up to : Jennings , Gareth ( 6 August 2014 ) . `` Indian Air Force Jaguar lost on training sortie '' . IHS Jane 's Defence Weekly . 51 ( 37 ) . ISSN 2048 - 3430 . ^ Jump up to : Bedi , Rahul ( 17 June 2015 ) . `` Indian Jaguar crashes on training flight '' . IHS Jane 's Defence Weekly . 52 ( 31 ) . ISSN 2048 - 3430 . Jump up ^ Singh , Rahul ( 14 February 2017 ) . `` Aero India - 2017 : IAF inducts first indigenously developed surveillance plane '' . Hindustan Times . ^ Jump up to : Bedi , Rahul ( 30 November 2017 ) . `` IAF refuels its EMB - 145 AEW&C aircraft in mid-air '' . Jane 's Defence Weekly . ^ Jump up to : `` India Inks World 's Largest Microlight Aircraft Deal With Slovenian Firm '' . armingindia.com Insight. 2015 . Retrieved 12 October 2015 . Jump up ^ Menon , Jay ( 23 April 2013 ) . `` RFP Coming Soon For Indian Airborne Jamming Aircraft '' . aviationweek.com . AWIN First . Jump up ^ Mukherjee , Amit ( 29 September 2004 ) . `` IAF to get 5th IL - 78 refueller soon - Times of India '' . The Times of India . Jump up ^ `` India 's Air Force One takes off on first official flight '' . dna . PTI. 1 April 2009 . Jump up ^ Jennings , Gareth ( 3 April 2018 ) . `` Indian contract for final C - 17 awarded '' . IHS Jane 's Defence Weekly . Jump up ^ Rajkumar , Mike ( 3 August 2017 ) . `` Indian report slams Il - 76 availability rate '' . Flightglobal.com . Jump up ^ Chandra , Atul ( 27 November 2015 ) . `` India receives last batch of Ukraine - upgraded An - 32s '' . Flightglobal.com . Jump up ^ `` India gets first Embraer jet with Indian airborne radar tech '' . The Hindu Business Line . PTI. 17 August 2012 . ^ Jump up to : Jackson , Paul ; Munson , Kenneth ; Peacock , Lindsay , eds. ( 2004 ) . `` HAL ( Dornier ) 228 '' . Jane 's All the World 's Aircraft ( 95th year of issue 2004 - 2005 . ed . ) . Coulsdon : Janes Information Group . p. 206 . ISBN 0710626142 . Jump up ^ `` Purchase of Transport Aircraft '' . Press Information Bureau . 12 December 2011 . Jump up ^ `` Russia , India likely to ink deal on 48 Mi - 17 choppers supply this year : Official '' . The Economic Times . PTI. 30 July 2017 . Jump up ^ `` 20 dead as Air Force helicopter crashes during Uttarakhand rescue operations '' . India Today . IANS. 25 June 2013 . Jump up ^ Som , Vishnu ; Ghosh , Deepshikha ( 6 October 2017 ) . `` 7 Dead In Air Force Chopper Crash Near Arunachal Pradesh 's Tawang '' . NDTV . Jump up ^ Pandit , Rajat ( 28 March 2004 ) . `` Mi - 35 choppers now become more lethal - Times of India '' . The Times of India . ^ Jump up to : `` India to enhance military flying in Northeast '' . Deccan Herald . 24 July 2017 . Retrieved 24 July 2017 . ^ Jump up to : `` Airscene : Aero India '' . Air International . Vol. 60 no . 4 . April 2001 . pp. 254 -- 255 . ISSN 0306 - 5634 . Jump up ^ Sputnik . `` Trial by Fire : MiG Chief Tells Sputnik That MiG - 29s Proved Themselves Over Syria '' . sputniknews.com . Retrieved 22 February 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Ka - 31 '' . archive.org . Archived from the original on 17 September 2008 . Retrieved 12 December 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Navy inducts two mircolight aircraft '' . The Hindu . Special Correspondent. 2018 - 03 - 16 . ISSN 0971 - 751X . Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 17 . Jump up ^ `` Navy 's IL 38 SD aircraft carries out anti-ship missile firing '' . dna . PTI. 8 February 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Dorniers INAS 550 -- The Flying Fish '' . www.indiannavy.nic.in . Jump up ^ `` HAL signs contract for 41 Dhruv helicopters '' . The Hindu . 4 September 2017 . Jump up ^ Hiranandani , G.M. ( 2005 ) . Transition to Eminence : The Indian Navy 1976 - 1990 . Lancer Publishers . p. 99 . ISBN 9788170622666 . ^ Jump up to : ( Iiss ) , The International Institute of Strategic Studies ( 2017 - 02 - 14 ) . The Military Balance 2017 . Routledge , Chapman & Hall , Incorporated . ISBN 9781857439007 . Jump up ^ Purohit , Jugal ( 8 July 2016 ) . `` Indian Coast Guard to acquire 30 advanced copters soon '' . India Today . Jump up ^ `` Indian navy and coast guard order 32 Dhruv helicopters '' . Flightglobal.com. 31 March 2017 . Retrieved 31 March 2017 . ^ Jump up to : Tiwary , Deeptiman ( 28 December 2015 ) . `` BSF plane crash : On a wing and a prayer '' . The Indian Express . ^ Jump up to : Bedi , Rahul ( 20 February 2013 ) . `` India signs up for more Heron UAVs '' . IHS Jane 's Defence Weekly . 50 ( 12 ) . ISSN 2048 - 3430 . ^ Jump up to : Mallapur , Chaitanya ( 4 May 2015 ) . `` India tops list of drone - importing nations '' . IndiaSpend . Business Standard . ^ Jump up to : Bedi , Rahul ( 16 September 2015 ) . `` India to buy Heron TP UAVs '' . IHS Jane 's Defence Weekly . 52 ( 44 ) . ISSN 2048 - 3430 . Jump up ^ `` Hindustan Aeronautics Limited delivers ' Lakshya - 1 ' aircraft to Bharat Dynamics Limited '' . Indian Express . 27 July 2013 . Retrieved 3 August 2013 . 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