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Platform	Service	Role	Origin	In service	Status
MRSAM (Barak 8)MRSAM	IAF · Army · Navy	Medium to long-range surface-to-air missile	India · IsraelJoint development	2016−present	Active
BrahMos	IAF · Army · Navy	Cruise missile	India · RussiaJoint development	2007 — present	Active
HAL DhruvALH Dhruv	IAF · Army · Navy	Utility helicopter	IndiaIndigenous	2002 — present	Active
HAL PrachandLCH	IAF · Army	Attack helicopter	IndiaIndigenous	2022 — present	Inducting
Boeing AH-64 Apache	IAF · Army	—	United StatesImported	1986 — present	Active
SA 316/SA 319 Alouette III	IAF · Army · Navy	Light utility helicopter	FranceLicence-built in India	1960	Active
SA 315B Lama	IAF · Army	Utility helicopter	FranceLicence-built in India	1971 — present	Active
Dassault RafaleOmnirole Warrior	IAF	—	FranceImported	(navy)	Active
Sukhoi Su-30 MKIFlanker-H	IAF	Multirole fighter, air superiority fighter	Russia / IndiaLicence-built in India	2002 — present	Active
HAL TejasLight Combat Aircraft	IAF	Multirole light fighter	IndiaIndigenous	2015 — present	Active
Dassault Mirage 2000Vajra	IAF	Multirole fighter aircraft	FranceImported	1984 — present	Active
Mikoyan MiG-29 UPGBaaz	IAF	Air superiority fighter, multirole fighter	Soviet UnionImported	1983 — present	Active
SEPECAT Jaguar ISShamsher	IAF	—	France / United KingdomLicence-built in India	1973	Phasing Out
MiG-21 Bison	IAF	—	Soviet UnionLicence-built in India	1959 (MiG-21F)	Reserve
HAL Tejas Mk2	IAF	—	IndiaIndigenous	In service	In Development
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III	IAF	—	United StatesImported	1995 — present	Active
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules	IAF	—	United StatesImported	1999	Active
Ilyushin Il-76Gajraj	IAF	Strategic and tactical airlifter	Soviet Union / RussiaImported	In service	Active
Antonov An-32Sutlej	IAF	Military transport aircraft	Soviet Union/Russia/UkraineImported	In service	Active
Airbus C-295	IAF	Military transport aircraft	—Licence-built in India	2001	Inducting
Dornier 228	IAF	Utility aircraft	—Licence-built in India	1982 — present	Active
Hawker Siddeley HS 748Avro	IAF	Airliner	United KingdomLicence-built in India	In service	Phasing Out
Boeing 737	IAF	—	United StatesImported	1968 — present	Active
Airbus A321	IAF	—	Multi-nationalImported	1994 — present	Active
Embraer Legacy 600	IAF	Business jet	BrazilImported	2002 — present	Active
Ilyushin Il-78MKI	IAF	Aerial refueling tanker	Soviet Union · RussiaImported	1984 (Il-78)	Active
A-50EI Phalcon	IAF	Airborne early warning and control	—Imported	1985	Active
DRDO Netra	IAF	—	IndiaIndigenous	2017 — present	Active
BAE Hawk Mk132	IAF	Advanced trainer aircraft	United KingdomLicence-built in India	1976	Active
Pilatus PC-7 Mk II	IAF	Trainer aircraft	—Imported	1978 — present	Active
HAL HTT-40	IAF	—	IndiaIndigenous	2026 (planned)	Inducting
HJT-16 Kiran	IAF	Intermediate jet trainer	IndiaIndigenous	1968	Phasing Out
Pipistrel Virus	IAF	—	SloveniaImported	In service	Active
Mil Mi-17V-5	IAF	Utility, transport, armed capable helicopter	Soviet Union/RussiaImported	1977 (Mi-8MT), 1981 (Mi-17)	Active
Boeing CH-47F Chinook	IAF	—	United StatesImported	1962	Active
Light Utility Helicopter (LUH)	IAF	—	IndiaIndigenous	2026 (planned)	Inducting
HAL Chetak	IAF	Light utility helicopter	FranceLicence-built in India	1960	Active
SA 315B Lama	IAF	Utility helicopter	FranceIndigenous	1971 — present	Active
HAL Cheetah	IAF	Utility helicopter	FranceLicence-built in India	1971 — present	Active
Mil Mi-35	IAF	Attack helicopter with transport capabilitie	Soviet Union/RussiaImported	1972	Phasing Out
IAI Heron	IAF	Unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aer	IsraelImported	2005	Active
IAI Searcher	IAF	—	IsraelImported	1992 — present	Active
IAI Harop	IAF	—	IsraelImported	In service	Active
MQ-9B SkyGuardian	IAF	Unmanned combat aerial vehicle	United StatesImported	2007 — present	Inducting
Elbit Hermes 900	IAF	—	IsraelImported	2010 — present	Active
DRDO Nishant	IAF	Military UAV	—Indigenous	2011	Reserve
S-400 Triumf	IAF	Mobile long-range surface-to-air/anti-ballis	RussiaImported	2007 — present	Active
Akash	IAF	Mobile Surface-to-air missile system	IndiaIndigenous	2009-present	Active
SPYDER	IAF	Short and medium range air defence system	IsraelImported	2005–present	Active