INDIAN AIR FORCE : Ranks 4th in the world among all airforce and its aircrafts.

Indian Air Force:

The President of India holds the rank of Supreme Commander of the IAF.

Founded : 8 october 1932

Size    :139576 active personnel 140000 reserve personnel

Motto  :`Glory that touches the sky’

   

  IAF provides close air support to the Indian Army troops on the battelfield as well as stratergic and tactical airlift capabilities.and The integrated space cell is operated by the Indian Armed Forces, the civilian Department of Space,and the Indian Space Research Organisation.

History:

It was established on 8 october 1932 as an part of British Empire and did war in world war 2 with the prefix Royal.Royal Indian Air Force was changed after 1950 to Indian Air Force.

Ranks:

Ranks of the Indian Air Force – Officer Ranks

Shoulder
Sleeve
Rank	Marshal of the Indian Air Force1	Air Chief Marshal2	Air Marshal	Air Vice Marshal	Air Commodore	Group Captain	Wing Commander	Squadron Leader	Flight Lieutenant	Flying Officer

Airmen:

Ranks of the Indian Air Force – enlisted ranks

	Junior commissioned officer				Enlisted
Shoulder				Arm
Sleeve
Rank	Master Warrant Officer	Warrant Officer	Junior Warrant Officer		Sergeant	Corporal	Leading Aircraftsman	Aircraftsman

Types of Air Crafts:

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Combat Aircraft
MiG-21	Soviet Union	Multirole	Bison	112
MiG-29	Soviet Union	Multirole	MiG-29UPG	66
Sukhoi Su-30	Russia	Multirole	Su-30MKI	272	Production complete
HAL Tejas	India	Multirole	Mk 1	16	24 on order
Mirage 2000	France	Multirole	2000 H/I	41
Dassault Rafale	France	Multirole	EH/DH	3	Total 36 on order
SEPECAT Jaguar	UK / France	Ground attack	IM/IS	91
AEWACS
EMB-145	Brazil	AEW&C	Netra	2	Equipped with a DRDO-developed AEW&C system - 1 on order
Beriev A-50	Soviet Union	AEW&C	A-50EI	3	Equipped with the EL/W-2090 radar- 2 on order
Reconnaissance
Boeing 707	United States	Reconnaissance		1
Global 5000	United States	ELINT		2	Operated under R&AW
Gulfstream G100	Israel / US	Surveillance	1125 Astra	2
Pipistrel Virus	Slovenia	Ultralight	SW 80	72
Electronic Warfare
Gulfstream III	United States	EW / ELINT	SRA	3	Operated under R&AW
Tanker
Ilyushin Il-78	Soviet Union	Aerial refueling	Il-78MKI	6	Equipped with Israeli fuel-transfer system
Transport
Boeing 737	United States	VIP transport	737-700	3
Boeing C-17	United States	Strategic airlifter		11
Airbus C-295	Spain	Transport	C-295W	0	Total 62 aircraft to be purchased. Price negotiations concluded.
Ilyushin Il-76	Soviet Union	Strategic airlifter	Il-76MD	14
C-130J Super Hercules	United States	Tactical airlifter	C-130J-30	11
Antonov An-32	Ukraine	Transport	An-32/32RE	104	46 are 32RE variant
Embraer Legacy 600	Brazil	VIP transport		4
Dornier Do 228	Germany	Transport	228-201	50	4 on order
Hawker Siddeley HS 748	UK	Transport		57
Helicopters
Mil Mi-17	Russia	Utility	Mi-17-1V Mi-17V-5	35 45 148
CH-47 Chinook	United States	Transport / Utility	CH-47F(I)	10	Total 15 on order
Mil Mi-26	Russia	Heavy Lift		0
HAL Dhruv	India	Utility		91	20 on order
HAL Chetak	France / India	Liaison / Utility		77	License-built version of the Alouette III
HAL Cheetah	France / India	Liaison		17	License-built version of the SA315B Lama
Mil Mi-24	Russia	Attack	Mi-35[36]	15
Boeing AH-64	United States	Attack	AH-64E(I)	17	Total 22 on order
HAL Rudra	India	Attack		8	Total 16 on order
Trainer Aircraft
MiG-21	Soviet Union	Conversion trainer	U/UM	39
SEPECAT Jaguar	UK / France	Conversion trainer	IB	26
Mirage 2000	France	Conversion trainer	2000 TH/TI	7
BAE Hawk	United Kingdom	Jet trainer	Hawk 132	104
HAL Kiran	India	Jet trainer		78
Pilatus PC-7	Switzerland	Basic trainer	Mk II	75

 

DRONES

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
IAI Searcher	Israel	Patrol	Mk. I / II	108	Operated by all three services.
IAI Heron	Israel	Patrol	Heron 1	68	Operated by all three services.16 on order for Indian Army
IAI Harop	Israel	Attack		110	Operated by Indian Air Force
DRDO Lakshya	India	Aerial target		39	In service with the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy.

Achievements:

IAF has involed in 4 wars with neighbring Pakistan and one with China.

IAF participates in United Nations peacekeeping missions.

1.World War II (1939–1945)

2.Border disputes and changes in the IAF (1962–1971)

3.Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)

4.Incidents before Kargil (1984–1988)

5.Kargil War (1999)

6.2019 Balakot airstrike

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