List of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force

HAL HF-24 Marut
Westland Wapiti, one of the first aircraft flown by the Indian Air Force.

Aircraft

NameOriginPrimary
role(s)		Service
period		#
used		Notes
Aero Ae-45Czechoslovakiatransport1955–19571
Airspeed OxfordUKtransport1946–19495
Antonov An-12USSRtransport1961–199365
Armstrong Whitworth AtalantaUKtransport1941–19445
Auster AOP.6UKarmy co-operation1946–197020 ca.
Auster AOP.9UKarmy co-operation1955–198135
Avro Anson IUKtrainer1942–19457[1]
Bell 47G-2UShelicopter1957–197915
Boulton Paul Defiant TT.IIIUKtarget tug1944–1945small #
Bristol Blenheim IUKbomber1941–19425
Consolidated B-24J LiberatorUSbomber1948–196745[note 1][2]
Dassault Ouragan (Toofani)Francefighter1953–1967104[note 2][3][4]
Dassault Mystère IVFrancefighter1957–1973104
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 OtterCanadatransport1956–199836
de Havilland Canada DHC-4 CaribouCanadatransport1963–199126[5]
de Havilland DevonUKtransport1947–199122
de Havilland D.H.86BUKtransport1940–19422
de Havilland Dragon RapideUKtransport1941–19454
de Havilland Tiger MothUKtrainer1939–1957192
de Havilland Vampire F.3UKday fighter1948–19553
de Havilland Vampire FB.52UKfighter-bomber1950–1974286[note 3]
de Havilland Vampire NF.10UKnight fighter1953–195530
de Havilland Vampire NF.54UKnight fighter1953–196630
de Havilland Vampire PR.55UKphoto reconnaissance1954–19655[note 4]
de Havilland Vampire T.11UKtrainer1963–?7
de Havilland Vampire T.55UKtrainer1953–1982124[note 5]
Douglas DakotaUStransport1946–1987?
English Electric CanberraUKbomber/reconnaissance1957–2007150[6]
Fairchild C-119G Flying BoxcarUStransport1953–198489
Fairchild PT-19UStrainer1943–194640[7][8]
Folland GnatUKlightweight fighter1958–1978?[note 6]
HAL AjeetIndialightweight fighter1977–199189[note 7]
HAL HF-24 MarutIndiabomber1961–1985147[9]
HAL HT-2Indiatrainer1953–1998169
HAL KrishakIndiaarmy co-operation1965–198868
HAL PushpakIndiatrainer1965–196725
Harlow PC-5AUStransport1941–19424
Hawker AudaxUKarmy co-operation1939–19457
Hawker Hart (India)UKbomber1939–19427
Hawker HindUKbomber1939–19416
Hawker Hunter F.56UKfighter1966–199255
Hawker Hunter FGA.56UKfighter-bomber1957–1996167
Hawker Hunter T.66UKtrainer1959–199240
Hawker HurricaneUKfighter-bomber1942–1945?
Hawker Tempest IIUKfighter1945–1955235[10]
Ilyushin Il-14USSRtransport1955–198129
Lockheed Super ConstellationUStransport1961–19819
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FLUSSRfighter1964–2013332[note 8][11]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BNUSSRfighter-bomber1981–200995[12]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MFUSSRfighter1982–200740
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25RBK & RUUSSRreconnaissance1981–20068[note 9][13]
Mil Mi-4USSRhelicopter1960–1988121
North American Harvard Mk.II and 4Canadatrainer1942–1973?
North American T-6G TexanUStrainer–1973?
Percival Prentice T.3UKtrainer1947–196362[note 10]
PZL TS-11 Iskra bis DPolandtrainer1975–200476[note 11][14]
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.IUK/Franceground attack1979–198416[note 12]
Sikorsky S-55UShelicopter1954–19668[note 13]
Sikorsky S-62BUShelicopter1960–19792
Sukhoi Su-7 FitterUSSRfighter-bomber1968–1986140[15]
Supermarine Spitfire Vc & VIIIcUKfighter/reconnaissance1943–194819[16]
Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIVE & FR.XVIIIUKfighter reconnaissance1945–1957120[16]
Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI & XIXUKphoto reconnaissance1947–195915[16]
Supermarine Spitfire T.IXUKtrainer1947–195510
Tupolev Tu-124USSRtransport1966–19813
Vickers ViscountUKtransport1955–19712
Vickers ValentiaUKtransport1942–19441
Vultee VengeanceUSdive bomber1942–194535 ca.[17]
Westland Lysander IIUKarmy co-operation1941–194325 ca.[18]
Westland Lysander III.TUKtarget tug1941–194248 ca.[18]
Westland WapitiUKarmy co-operation1933–194228[19]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ ex-RAF World War Two lend-lease bombers refurbished by HAL.
  2. ↑ Target tug from 1965, retired in 1967.
  3. ↑ 247 built under licence by HAL.
  4. ↑ PR.55 were T.55s converted to photo reconnaissance.
  5. ↑ 60 T.55s built under licence by HAL.
  6. ↑ licence built by Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL)
  7. ↑ improved Folland Gnat, includes 10 upgraded Gnats.
  8. ↑ other variants remain operational.
  9. ↑ 6 MiG-25RBK and 2 MiG-25RU
  10. ↑ includes 42 built by HAL.
  11. ↑ 26 aircraft bought in the 1990s.
  12. ↑ Other variants still operational
  13. ↑ Some sources indicate that the S-55 was in use until 1968

Citations

  1. ↑ "No.1 Service Flying Training School (India)".
  2. ↑ Consolidated B-24 Liberator [www.bharat-rakshak.com]. Bharat-rakshak.com (2007-01-18). Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
  3. ↑ Jackson 1988, pp. 76–77.
  4. ↑ name="Jackson 78"
  5. ↑ http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Vintage/Transports/Caribou/
  6. ↑ Canberra Farewell - Revell 1/72 B(I) 58 [www.bharat-rakshak.com]. Bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
  7. ↑ Andrade 1979, p. 239
  8. ↑ http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Galleries/History/WW2/FlyingTraining/
  9. ↑ Donald 1997, p.523.
  10. ↑ IAF-Tempest
  11. ↑ http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mig21-fl-flies-into-history-today-after-serving-the-iaf-for-50-years/438924-3.html
  12. ↑ Last Flight of the MiG-23 BN [www.bharat-rakshak.com]. Bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
  13. ↑ Pradhan & Chavan 2007, p. xiv
  14. ↑ Swansong of the Iskaras
  15. ↑ A Whale Of A Fighter: The Su-7 In IAF Service. Bharat-rakshak.com (1971-12-12). Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
  16. 1 2 3 IAF-Spitfire
  17. ↑ http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98
  18. 1 2 Westland Lysander in Indian Air Force Service
  19. ↑ The Westland Wapiti in Indian Air Force

Bibliography

  • Andrade, John, U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909 Midland Counties Publications, 1979, ISBN 0 904597 22 9.
  • Green, William, The Indian Air Force and its Aircraft Ducimus Books, London, 1982, ASIN B004YXNILM
  • Sapru, Somanth, Combat Lore: Indian Air Force 1930-1945 K W Publishers, 2014, 978-9383649259
  • Singh, Pushpindar, Aircraft of the Indian Air Force 1933-1973 English Book Store, New Delhi, 1974, ASIN B00K0Q8MX6
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