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Naval Air Arm. Heliborne operation from HAL Dhruv MK-III. A Boeing P-8I Neptune of Indian Navy. MH-60R Seahawk helicopter of Indian Navy. Aircraft. Origin. Type. Variant. In service.
The Indian Air Force was established on 8 October 1932 in British India as an auxiliary air force [22] of the Royal Air Force. The enactment of the Indian Air Force Act 1932 [23][24] stipulated out their auxiliary status and enforced the adoption of the Royal Air Force uniforms, badges, brevets and insignia. [25]
The Indian Air Force has been undergoing a modernization program to replace and upgrade outdated equipment since the late 1990s to meet modern standards. For that reason, it has started procuring and developing aircraft, weapons, associated technologies, and infrastructures. Some of these programs date back to the late 1980s.
List of active Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons. This is an organized list of all of the active aircraft squadrons that currently exist in the Indian Air Force. Squadrons might have changed names and designations many times over the years, so they are listed by their current designation. Expeditionary and provisional units are not listed.
Aircraft. Westland Wapiti, one of the first aircraft flown by the Royal Indian Air Force. Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber over the Deccan plateau in the early 1950s. Canberra medium bomber. Mystere IV A being armed with cannon rounds during September 1965.
The Indian Air Force stated that all dispatched Sukhoi aircraft returned safely with the only confirmed loss was a MiG-21. [109] [110] [111] On 8 October 2019, during the Indian Air Force Day celebrations, the IAF flew the Su-30MKI that Pakistan claimed to have shot down. [112] [113] On 18 March 2022, it was reported that India ordered 12 Su ...
In service. 190. [3][4] HAL Deepak (HPT-32 and HTT-34) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. 6 January 1977. In service. 125. HTT-34, the Turboprop variant of aircraft was introduced in 1984.
Upon the establishment of establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations; nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (BIA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief, retained their respective pre-independence ranks ...