Military


Air Force Equipment

Introduction
SYSTEM Inventory
1990 1995 2000 2002 2005 2010 2015 2020
BOMBERS 9 - - - - - - -
Canberra 9 - - - - - - -
Fighter/Attack 822 826 746 696 679 790 840 699
MCA - - - - - - ? ?
LCA - - - - - 20 40 60
MRF - - - - - 126 126 126
Su-30K - - 18 30 53 ~90 ~140 190
Mirage 2000H/TH Vajra 47 46 46 46 53 53 53 53
Jaguar S(I) Shamsher 80 97 88 84 77 77 77 77
Mig-29/UB Baaz 50 67 64 63 63 63 63 63
Mig-27 Bahadur 80 148 147 135 130 130 130 130
Mig-23 BN/UM Vijay 64 54 53 52 52 - - -
MiG-23 MF/UM Rakshak 65 26 26 - - - - -
Mig-21 MF/PFMA Trishul 144 144 69 55 55 55 55 -
Mig-21 FL/U Trishul 74 74 66 66 66 66 66 -
Mig-21 bis/U Vikram 170 170 169 165 130 110 90 -
Ajeet 48 - - - - - - -
ECM
Canberra B(I) 58 - 5 4 4 4 4 ? ?
TT-18 (target towing) - - 2 2 2 2 ? ?
Mig-21M (ECM) - - - + + + + -
ELINT
Boeing 707 - 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Boeing 737 - - 2 2 2 2 2 2
AEW
Phalcon - - - - - 4 4 4
HS-748 ASP - 3 2 - - - - -
TANKER
IL-78 - - 6 6 12 12 12 12
MARITIME ATTACK
Jaguar S(I) 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
ATTACK HEL
Mi-25 12 - - - - - - -
Mi-25/35 - 32 32 +20 +20 +20 - -
LCH - - - - ++ ++ 20 20
RECCE
Canberra PR-57 8 6 6 6 6 6 ? ?
Canberra PR-67 - 2 2 2 2 2 ? ?
Mig-25R 6 6 6 6 6 - - -
Mig-25U 2 2 2 2 2 - - -
HS-748 4 - - - - - - -
MR/SURVEY
Gulfstream IV SRA 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Learjet 29 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
TRANSPORT
AIRCRAFT
Il-76 Gajraj 12 19 25 25 25 25 25 25
Il-214 MTA - - - - - - ? ?
An-32 Sutlej 108 105 105 105 75 75 75 75
An-12B 30 - - - - - - -
BAe-748 32 29 28 28 28 28 28 -
Do-228 10 30 45 45 63 63 63 63
DHC-4 10 - - - - - - -
DHC-3 Otter 10 - - - - - - -
HELICOPTERS
Mi-8 80 74 73 73 70 70 70 -
Mi-17 50 50 85 82 78 78 78 78
Mi-26 (hy tpt) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Chetak (SA316) - - - +300 +300 +300 +300 +300
Cheetah (SA315) ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++
Dhruv ALH - - - - +5 25 75 130
VIP
Boeing 707-337C 2 - - - - - - -
Boeing 737-200 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
BAe-748 7 7 7 7 7 - - -
Mi-8 - 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Embraer ERJ 145 Legacy Jet - - - - 4 4 4 4
TRAINING
Hawk - - - - - 66 66 66
Jaguar B(I) 5 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Mig-29UB - 7 9 9 9 9 9 9
AJT - - - - (24) (66) (66) (66)
HJT-36 IJT - - - - - 96 150 150
HJT-16 Kiran I 120 120 120 120 70 - - -
HJT-16 Kiran II 57 56 56 56 56 - - -
TS-11 Iskra 44 44 44 34 - - - -
HPT-32 Deepak 20 88 88 88 88 88 88 88
HT-2 60 - - - - - - -
Hunter T-66 20 18 18 - - - - -
Hunter F-56 20 20 20 - - - - -
BAe-748 (trg/tpt) 24 28 28 28 28 28 28 -
Canberra T-4/-13/-67 20 7 - - - - - -
Chetak (Alouette III) 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Mi-24 - 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Mi-35 - 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
MISSILES
ASM
Akash + - - - - - - -
AM-39 Exocet + - + + + + + +
AS-7 Kerry + + + + + + + +
AS-11B (ATGW) + + + + + + + +
AS-12 - + + + + + + +
AS-17 Krypton - - + + + + + +
AS-30 + + + + + + + +
Sea Eagle + + + + + + + +
Prithvi SS250 - - - + + + + +
AAM
AA-2 Atoll + + - - - - - -
AA-7 Apex + + + + + + + +
AA-8 Aphid - + + + + + + +
AA-10 Alamo - + + + + + + +
AA-11 Archer - + + + + + + +
R-550 Magic + + + + + + + +
Matra Super 530D + + + + + + + +
SAM
Divina (SA-2) 280 280 280 280 280 280
SA-3 + + - - - - - -
Pechora (SA-3) - + + + + + + -
SA-5 - + + + + + + +
SA-10 - - + + + + + +