TABLE A: Summary of estimates of the Indian Air Force active aircraft fleet*
| Combat Aircraft - Air Superiority | 380 (Incl 36 Trainers) |
| Ground Attack | 291 (Incl 33 Trainers) |
| Second Line Combat Aircraft | 54 (Incl 6 Trainers) |
| Helicopters | 287 |
| Transport Aircraft | 240 |
| Trainers | 190 |
| TOTAL | 1440 |
| Type | Sqn Est | Sqn Nos | Total No of Units | Est Combat | Est Trainers | ||
COMBAT AIRCRAFT | |||||||
| Air Superiority and Multi Role | |||||||
| MiG-29 | 16 As and 2 UMs | 28, 47, 223 | 3 | 48 | 6 | ||
| Mirage 2000H | 16 Hs and 2 THs 6 THs and 4 Hs | 1, 7 9 | 3 | 36 | 10 | ||
| MiG-21 Bison | 16 Bison and 2 U | 3, 4, 21, 23, 32, 51 | 6 | 96 | 12 | ||
| Sukhoi-30 MKI | 16 MKI | 2, 8, 20, 24, 30, 31, 102 | 7 | 116 | |||
| MiG-21Bis | 16 + 2 Us | 15, 26 | 2 | 48 | 8 | ||
| Total for Air Superiority and Multi Role | 344 | 36 | |||||
| Ground Attack | |||||||
| MiG-27 UPG | 16 + 2 UMs(23) | 10,29 | 2 | 32 | 4 | ||
| MiG-27 ML | 16 + 2 UMs(23) | 18,22, 222, TACDE(0.5) | 3.5 | 56 | 7 | ||
| MiG-21 M/MF | 16 + 2 Us | 17, 35, 37, 101, 108 | 5 | 80 | 10 | ||
| Jaguar IS | 16 IS + 2 IT | 5,14,16,27, 224 | 5 | 80 | 10 | ||
| Jaguar IM | 6 IM+ 2 IT+ 4 IS | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Total for Ground Attack | 258 | 33 | |||||
| Second Line Combat Aircraft | |||||||
| MiG-21FL | 16 + 2 Us | MOFTU A, MOFTU B, OCU | 3 | 48 | 6 | ||
| Total for Second line Combat Aircraft | 48 | 6 | |||||
| Total Combat Aircraft | 36.5+3 | 632 | 75 | ||||
HELICOPTERS | |||||||
| Mi-8 | 12 | 105,107,109,110,112,118,119,121,122F | 8.5 | 102 | |||
| Mi-17 | 12 | 127, 128, 129, 130, 152, 153 | 6 | 72 | |||
| Mi-24/35 | 10 | 104, 125 | 2 | 20 | |||
| Mi-26 | 4 | 126HF | 1 | 3 | |||
| Chetak | 8-12 | 111,115, 116,141SSS F, 142SSS F,HTS | 6 | 48 | |||
| Cheetah | 12 | 114,131F,132F, | 2 | 24 | |||
| Dhruv | 6-12 | 117, 151 | 2 | 18 | |||
| Total Helicopters | 287 | ||||||
TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT | |||||||
| Il-76 MD (17) | 44,25 'A' | 1.5 | 15 | ||||
| Il-78 MKI (6) | 78 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| A-50E (3) | 50 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| C-130J (6) | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| An-32 (119) | 12,25'B',33,43,48,49,PTS, TTW | 7 | 104 | ||||
| HS-748 (68) | 11, 41 'A', 59, 106 'A' , 6 Cmd Flts(2 A/c) | 4 | 64 | ||||
| Do-228 (24) | 41, TTW, 6 Comm Flts(2 A/c) | 2.5 | 40 | ||||
| Boeing 737 | Air HQ Flt | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Embraer 135BJ | Air HQ Flt | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Total Transports | 240 | ||||||
TRAINER AIRCRAFT | |||||||
| HJT-16 Kiran | AFA(A), AFA(B) , FIS , FTW, 52 | 84 | |||||
| HPT-32 Deepak | BFTS, FIS, AFA | 70 | |||||
| BAe Hawk Mk 132 | HOTS | 36 | |||||
| Total Trainers | 190 | ||||||
| Total Fleet* | 1175 | 265 | |||||
Change Log:01 Mar 2011: No.102 Squadron re-raised at Tezpur
05 Feb 2011: C-130J inducted into No.77 Squadron
15 Dec 2010: A-50, BAe Hawk, Mi-26 Numbers Updated.
18 Oct 2009: Illyushin-76 Numbers Updated
10 Oct 2009: 35 Sqn updated. Hawk Numbers Updated
30 Sept 2009: Hawk Operational Training Squadron (HOTS) added, An-32 Numbers Updated
24 Aug 2009: No.2 Squadron (Su-30 MKI) reported in Vayu
28 May 2009: A-50 Phalcon AEW inducted
6 March 2009: MiG-23BNs phased out, No.221 Squadron Numberplated
source:bharat raksakh