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  1. $Title{Table 26.: Order of Battle for the Indian Air Force, 1985}
  2.  
  3.                           Personnel Strength: 113,000
  4. __________________________________________________________________________________________________
  5.           Formations and Equipment
  6.              (Number and type)                                        Origin and Comment
  7. __________________________________________________________________________________________________
  8.  
  9. 5 area commands
  10.  
  11. 3 light bomber squadrons
  12.   2 with 35 Canberra B(I)58/B(I)12 ......................     Britain; being replaced with Jaguars
  13.   1 with 18 Jaguar ......................................     British-French company; later
  14.                                                                acquisitions assembled in India
  15.                                                                under license
  16.  
  17. 15 fighter/ground attack squadrons
  18.   1 with 18 Hunter F-56A ................................     Britain; being replaced with Jaguars
  19.   3 with 50 Jaguar GR-1 .................................     British-French company and India;
  20.                                                                under license
  21.        6 Jaguar T-2 .....................................             -do-
  22.   2 with 36 Su-7BM ......................................     Soviet Union
  23.   1 with 18 HF-24 Marut .................................     India; being replaced with
  24.                                                                Soviet MiG-23BN
  25.   4 with 72 Mig-23BN Flogger H ..........................     Soviet Union
  26.   4 with 72 Ajeet .......................................     India; improved version of
  27.                                                                British Gnat
  28.  
  29. 21 air defense squadrons
  30.   19 with 400 MiG-21/FL/PFMA/MF/bis .....................     Soviet Union and India;
  31.                                                                under license
  32.   2 with 45 MiG-23MF Flogger B ..........................            -do-
  33.  
  34. 2 reconnaissance squadrons
  35.   1 with 8 Canberra PR-57 ...............................     Britain
  36.        4 HS-748 .........................................     India; under license from Britain
  37.   1 with 12 MiG 25R .....................................     Soviet Union
  38.        1 MiG 25U ........................................            -do-
  39.  
  40. 9 transport squadrons
  41.   3 with 90 An-32 .......................................            -do-
  42.   2 with 30 An-12B ......................................            -do-
  43.   2 with 20 DHC-3 Otter .................................     Canada
  44.   1 with 12 DHC-4 Caribou ...............................            -do-
  45.   1 with 9 HS-748M ......................................     India; under license from Britain
  46.  
  47. 1 headquarters communication squadron
  48.   7 HS-748M .............................................            -do-
  49.   2 Boeing 737-248 ......................................     Leased from United States
  50.  
  51. Liaison fleets and detachments
  52.   15 HS-748 .............................................     India; under license from Britain
  53.   C-47 ..................................................     United States
  54.  
  55. 6 transport helicopter squadrons
  56.     72 Mi-8 .............................................     Soviet Union
  57.  
  58. 8 liaison helicopter squadrons
  59.    100 SA-316B Chetak ...................................     Indian license-production version
  60.                                                                of French Alouette III; some
  61.                                                                armed with 4 AS-11B antitank
  62.                                                                guided wire missile
  63.     60 SA-315B Cheetah ..................................     Indian license-production
  64.                                                                version of French Lama;
  65.                                                                some armed with 4 AS-11B
  66.                                                                antitank guided wire missile
  67.  
  68.                         Training command aircraft
  69. 3 training and conversion squadrons
  70.    12 Canberra T-4/-13-/-67 .............................     Britain
  71.    30 Hunter F-56/T-66 ..................................            -do-
  72.    40 MiG-21U ...........................................     Soviet Union
  73.    16 Su-7U .............................................            -do-
  74.  
  75. Other training aircraft
  76.    13 MiG-23UM Flogger C1 ...............................            -do-
  77.    60 HT-2 ..............................................     India
  78.    83 HJT-16 Kiran ......................................            -do-
  79.    15 Marut Mk 1T .......................................            -do-
  80.    44 TS-11 Iskra .......................................     Poland
  81.    27 HS-748 ............................................     India; under license from Britain
  82.      MiG-21 .............................................     Soviet Union
  83.      Su-7 ...............................................            -do-
  84.      HPT-32 .............................................     India; replacing HT-2
  85.  
  86. Air-to-air missiles
  87.      R-23R/T Apex .......................................     Soviet Union
  88.      R-60 Aphid .........................................            -do-
  89.      R-550 ..............................................     France
  90.  
  91. Air-to-surface missiles
  92.      AS-30 ..............................................            -do-
  93.      AS-11B .............................................            -do-
  94.  
  95. 30 surface-to-air missile squadrons
  96.   180 Divina V 750VK ....................................            n.a.
  97.      SA-2 ...............................................     Soviet Union
  98.      SA-3 ...............................................            -do-
  99.  
  100. On Order
  101.      Mirage 2000H fighters ..............................     France
  102.    4 Mirage 2000H fighters ..............................            -do-
  103.  100 MiG-27M fighters ...................................     India; under license from
  104.                                                               Soviet Union
  105.      MiG-29 fighters ....................................     Soviet Union
  106.      MiG-21bis fighters .................................     India; under license from
  107.                                                               Soviet Union
  108.   20 Ajeet fighters .....................................     India
  109.    6 An-32 transports ...................................     Soviet Union
  110.      Do-228 transports ..................................     West Germany; later
  111.                                                                license-production in India
  112.   20 Il-76 transports ...................................     Soviet Union
  113.   10 HS-748 transports ..................................     India; under license from Britain
  114.   90 Kiran Mk 2 trainers ................................     India
  115.  140 HPT-32 trainers ....................................            -do-
  116.  171 Hawk trainers ......................................     Britain
  117.      Mi-8 helicopters ...................................     Soviet Union
  118.      Mi-24 helicopters ..................................            -do-
  119.   45 Chetak helicopters .................................     India; under license from France
  120.      R-23R Apex air-to-air missiles .....................     Soviet Union
  121.      R-60 air-to-air missiles ...........................            -do-
  122. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
  123.  
  124. Source: Based on information from The Military Balance, 1984-1985, London, 1984, 99;
  125.         Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1983-84, London, 1983; and Jane's Weapon Systems,
  126.         1983-84, London, 1983.
  127.