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AIR FORCE FLEET

TABLE A: Summary of estimates of the Indian Air Force active aircraft fleet*

Combat Aircraft - Air Superiority	292 (Incl 30 Trainers)
Ground Attack	345 (Incl 39 Trainers)
Second Line Combat Aircraft	125 (Incl 14 Trainers
Helicopters	288
Transport Aircraft	244
Trainers	190
TOTAL	1484

TABLE B: Detailed Type Wise Break up

Type	Sqn Est	Sqn Nos	Total No of Units	Est Combat	Est Trainers
COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Air Superiority and Multi Role
MiG-29M	16 As and 2 UMs	28,47,223	3	48	6
Mirage 2000H	16 As and 2 UMs	1, 7	2	32	4
MiG-21 Bison	10 Bison and 2 M	3	1	10	2
Sukhoi-30 MKI	10 MKI	20 ,	1	10
Sukhoi-30 MK	18 K	24 ,	1	18
MiG-21Bis	16 + 2 Us	4,15,21,23,26,32,35,45,51	9	144	18
Total for Air Superiority and Multi Role						262	30

Ground Attack
MiG-27 ML	16 + 2 UMs(23)	2,9,10,18,22,29,222, TACDE(0.5)	7.5	120	15
MiG-23 BN	16 + 2 UMs(23)	31,220,221,	3	48	6
MiG-21 M/MF	16 + 2 Us	17,37,101,108,	4	64	8
Jaguar IS	16 IS + 2 IT	5,14,16,27	4	64	8
Jaguar IS	10 IM + 2 IT	6,	1	10	2
Total for Ground Attack						306	39

Second Line Combat Aircraft
Canberra	8 ,	106 'B' Flight	0.5	9	0
MiG-23 MF	16 + 2 UMs(23)	224	1	16	2
MiG-25R	1	102	0.5	6	2
MiG-21FL	16 + 2 Us	8,52,MOFTU A, MOFTU B, OCU	5	80	10
Total for Second line Combat Aircraft						111	14

Total Combat Aircraft			43.5			679	83

HELICOPTERS
Mi-8	12	105,107,109,110,112,118,119,121,122F	8.5	102
Mi-17	12	127,128,129,130,152,153,	6	72
Mi-24/35	16	104,125	2	32
Mi-26	10	126HF	1	10
Chetak	12	111,116,141SSS F, 142SSS F,HTS	4	48
Cheetah	12	114,131F,132F,	2	24
Total Helicopters						288

TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
Il-76 (24)		44,25 'A'	1.5	24
An-32 (119)		12,25'B',33,43,48,49,,PTS, TTW	7	112
HS-748 (68)		11,41 'A', 59, 106 'A' , 6 Cmd Flts(2 A/c)	4	64
Do-228 (24)		41, TTW, 6 Comm Flts(2 A/c)	2.5	40
Boeing 737		Air HQ Flt	4	4
Total Transports						244

TRAINER AIRCRAFT
PZL Iskra		FTS			40
HJT-16 Kiran		AFA(A), AFA(B) , FIS , FTW			80
HPT-32 Deepak		BFTS, FIS, AFA			70
Total Trainers							190

Total Fleet*						1211	273

* Editors Note: Does not include Attrition Reserves, aircraft of ARC. This estimate is based on the number of units and the standard Unit Establishment of aircraft that each unit is eligible to hold. The numbers on this page will not reflect the actual numbers held by IAF units. The number of each type of aircraft may appear to be less than the total procured by the IAF as the totals here does not take into account Storage reserves. Any shortfall between the estimates here and the total procured does not automatically mean that the rest of the aircraft were lost in attrition. For Example, The total number of Mirage 2000s procured by IAF stand at 49 till date. Only three of these have been lost in attrition. However the total Mirages held by the Units will only show 36 as the rest will be in storage. The totals above does not include any aircraft held by such establishments like TACDE, ASTE, AFTPS, HAL or ADA.