Indian Air Force Fighter Aircraft Plane - SU30 MKI , Mig 21 , Mig 29 , Hal Tejas and Mirage 2000
Watch IAF Fighter Planes compilation
Featuring SU30
MKI , Mikoyan
Mig 21 , Mikoyan
Mig 29 , Hal
Tejas and
Dassault Mirage 2000
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The
Indian Air Force (IAF; Devanāgarī:
भारतीय वायु
सेना,
Bharatiya Vāyu Senā) is the air arm of the
Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure
Indian airspace and to conduct
Aerial warfare during a conflict. It was officially established on 8
October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the
British Empire and the prefix
Royal was added in
1945 in recognition of its services during
World War II. After
India achieved independence from the
United Kingdom in
1947, the
Royal Indian Air Force served the
Dominion of India, with the prefix being dropped when India became a republic in
1950. Since independence, the IAF has been involved in four wars with neighbouring
Pakistan and one with the
People's Republic of China. Other major operations undertaken by the IAF include
Operation Vijay – the annexation of Goa,
Operation Meghdoot,
Operation Cactus and
Operation Poomalai.
Apart from conflicts, the IAF has been an active participant in
United Nations peacekeeping missions.
The President of India Pranab Mukherjee serves as the ex-officio Commander-in-Chief of the IAF.
The Chief of Air Staff, an
Air Chief Marshal (
ACM), is a four-star commander and commands the
Air Force. There is never more than one serving ACM at any given time in the IAF. The rank of
Marshal of the Air Force has been conferred once, to
Arjan Singh, by the
President of India on 26 Jan
2002 and he became first five-star rank holding officer of IAF & serves as the ceremonial chief.
In its publication the
Military Balance 2010, the
International Institute for Strategic Studies (
IISS) estimates that the Indian Air Force has a strength of
127,
000 active personnel. However, various reliable sources provided notably divergent estimates of its strength over the years. Flightglobal (
Flight International) estimates there to be around 1,588 aircraft in service with the IAF, according to its
World Air Forces 2015 publication.
List:
SU-30 MKI :
Twin seater twin engine multirole fighter of
Russian origin which carries One X
30mm GSH gun alongwith 8000 kg external armament. It is capable of carrying a variety of medium-range guided air to air missiles with active or semi-active radar or
Infra red homing close range missiles. It has a max speed of
2500 km/hr (
Mach 2.35)
Mirage-2000 : A single seater air defence and multi-role fighter of
French origin powered by a single engine can attain max speed of
2495 km/hr(Mach 2.3). It carries two
30 mm integral cannons and two matra super 530D medium-range and two R-550 magic II close combat missiles on external stations.
MiG-29 : Twin engine, single seater air superiority fighter aircraft of Russian origin capable of attaining max. speed of
2445 km per hour (Mach-2.3). It has a combat ceiling of 17 km. It carries a 30 mm cannon alongwith four
R-60 close combat and two
R-27 R medium range radar guided missiles.
MiG-27 :
Single engine, single seater tactical strike fighter aircraft of Russian origin having a max. speed of
1700 km/hr (
Mach 1.6). It carries one
23 mm six-barrel rotary integral cannon and can carry upto 4000 kg of other armament externally.
MiG-21 BISON : Single engine, single seater multirole fighter/ground attack aircraft of Russian origin which forms the back-bone of the IAF. It has a max speed of
2230 km/hr (Mach 2.1) and carries one 23mm twin barrel cannon with four R-60 close combat missiles.
Jaguar : A twin-engine, single seater deep penetration strike aircraft of Anglo-French origin which has a max. speed of 1350 km /hr (Mach 1.3). It has two 30mm guns and can carry two R-350
Magic CCMs (overwing) alongwith 4750 kg of external stores (bombs/fuel).