Indian Air Force

The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflicts.... Wikipedia

• Founded:  January 26, 1950 (as current service) October 08, 1932 (as Royal Indian Air Force)
• Type:  Air force
• Role:  Aerial warfare
• Size:  149,000 active personnel, 140,000 reserve personnel, 1,750 aircraft (approx)
• Headquarters:  Vayu Sena Bhawan, Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi.
• Motto(s):  Nabhaḥ Spr̥śaṁ Dīptam (ISO), (Taken from Bhagavad Gita)
• March:  Quick: Dēśa Pukārē Jaba Saba Kō, (When the Country Calls Everyone), Slow: Vāyu Sēnā Niśāna, (The Air Force Emblem)
• Anniversaries:  Air Force Day: 8 October
• Commander-in-Chief:  President Droupadi Murmu
• Chief of the Air Staff (CAS):  Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh
• Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS):  Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor
• Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS):  Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti
• Notable, commanders:  Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee
• Attack:  Jaguar, Eitan, Harop
• Electronic, warfare:  A-50E/I, DRDO AEW&CS
• Fighter:  Rafale, Su-30MKI, Tejas, Mirage 2000, MiG-29, Jaguar
• Helicopter:  CH-47 Chinook, Dhruv, Chetak, Cheetah, Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-26
• Attack helicopter:  Prachand, Apache AH-64E, Mi-25/35, Rudra
• Reconnaissance:  Searcher II, Heron
• Trainer:  Hawk Mk 132, HJT-16 Kiran, Pilatus C-7 Mk II
• Transport:  C-130J, C-17 Globemaster III, CH-47F (I) Chinook, Il-76, An-32, HS 748, Do 228, EADS CASA C-295, Boeing 737, ERJ 135, Boeing 777
• Tanker:  Il-78 MKI
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo