List of active Indian military aircraft
This article provides the list of active Indian military aircraft currently in service or on order with the Indian Armed Forces. For a list of historical military aircraft used by the Indian military
Air Force

IAF Rafale take off from Dassault Aviation Facility, Merignac, France.
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A Su-30MKI

Netra AEW&C on Embraer ERJ 145 platform

A C-130J Hercules on approach
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A Mil Mi-17 helicopter
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An AH-64 Apache
Army Aviation Corps

HAL Dhruv at the ILA Berlin Air Show 2008
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Helicopters | |||||
HAL Light Combat Helicopter | India | Attack | 1[28] | 4 on order.[30] | |
Boeing AH-64 Apache | United States | Attack | AH-64E(I) | 6 on order[11] | |
HAL Rudra | India | Armed scout | 75[41][42] | 10 on order[43] | |
HAL Dhruv | India | Utility | 191 | 73 on order[11] | |
HAL Light Utility Helicopter | India | Utility | 6 on order[44] | ||
HAL Chetak | France / India | Utility | 4[11] | license-built version of the Alouette III | |
HAL Cheetah | France / India | Utility | 37 | 8 on order[11] - license-built version of the SA 315B Lama | |
UAV | |||||
IAI Heron TP[37] | Israel | Surveillance | Heron TP | 4[45] | |
IAI Heron | Israel | Surveillance | Heron 1 | 16[45] | |
IAI Searcher[39] | Israel | Surveillance | Mk. I / II | ||
IdeaForge Switch[46] | India | Surveillance | High altitude variant | Undisclosed quantities on order[47] |
Naval Air Arm
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A Kamov Ka-31 helicopter lands on the USS Bunker Hill
Indian Coast Guard

A HAL Dhruv Mk.III-MR
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Maritime patrol | |||||
Dornier Do 228 | Germany | Reconnaissance | 101/201[23] | 36[55] | |
Helicopters | |||||
HAL Dhruv | India | Utility | MK. I | 4[56] | 4 Mk.III on order.[57] |
MK. III | 12[58] | ||||
HAL Chetak | France / India | Utility | 17[55] |
See also
Notes
References
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- @IndiaCoastGuard (31 March 2022). "02 @makeinindia #ALH MKIII Helicopters were received as new inventory at @IndiaCoastGuard Air Enclave #Kochi after acceptance at #HAL #Bengaluru. The state of the art aircraft have been added to augment maritime reconnaissance reach & boost the Search and Rescue capabilities of #ICG" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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