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Indian Naval Aviation						Introduction		Organization
SYSTEM	Inventory
Type	1990	1995	2000	2002	2005	2008	2010	2015	2020
TOTAL	148	203	183	184	194	208	224	264	400
other U/I A/C	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	120
FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT	60	113	98	98	94	98	114	154	178
ATTACK	22	20	23	23	18	11	23	53	77
LCA Tejas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	40
Mig 29K Fulcrum	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	37	37
Sea Harrier FRS.51	18	20	23	23	18	11	11	-	-
Alizé 1050	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sea Hawk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maritime Reconnaissance / ASW	17	46	45	45	39	30	30	38	30
P-8I Poseidon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8
Tu-22M Backfire	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
Tu-142M Bear F	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-
Il-38 May	3	5	5	5	6	2	2	2	2
Medium MR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	?
Do-228-201	-	20	19	18	15	20	20	20	20
BN-2 Defender	9	13	13	13	10	-	-	-	-
TRANSPORT	5	31	15	15	25	35	35	35	35
Do-228	+	26	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
HAL-748M (HS-748M)	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10
BN-2 Islander	5	5	5	5	5	15	15	15	15
TRAINING	16	16	15	15	22	22	26	28	36
Mig 29KUB Fulcrum	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	12
Sea Harrier T.60*	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	-	-
HJT-16 Mk II Kiran II	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6
HJT-16 Mk I Kiran	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
HPT-32 Deepak	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
HELICOPTERS	88	90	85	86	100	110	110	110	98
ASW	63	49	46	46	60	60	60	60	49
MRH	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	30
Ka-25 Hormone	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Ka-28 (Ka-27PL) Helix	18	10	14	14	18	12	12	12	12
Sea King Mk 42A/B	40	32	25	25	35	35	35	25	-
AEW	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9
Ka-31 Helix	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9
SAR	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Chetak	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-
Sea King Mk 42C	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
UTILITY	13	29	27	28	28	35	35	35	34
MRH	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30
Dhruv ALH	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4
Chetak **	10	26	24	24	24	25	25	25	-
Chetak	3	3	3	-	-	6	6	6	-
TRG	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-
Chetak	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-
Hughes 300	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-
UAV
Heron	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4
Searcher Mk II	-	-	-	6	6	8	8	8	8
MISSILES
AAM
R-550 Magic I / II	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
ASCM
PJ-10 Brahmos	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+
ASM
Kh-35	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
Sea Eagle	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Sea Skua	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

Notes

* - The Sea Harrier T.60s are primarily for training purposes, but are fully combat capable and integrated into the same squadron as the FRS.51s.

** - IISS may be confused. These two dozen helicopters were identified as Chetak (SE 316 Alouette III) performing an ASW mission. In 2005, they appear to be double-counted as SE 316 and SA 319, which double-count appears to be rectified by 2009.

				2000	2002	2005	2009
Chetak	SE 316 Alouette III	26	25	26	6
	SA 319 Alouette III 			25	25
ASW in 2000, 2002
UTL in 2005, 2009