Name |
Origin |
Primary
role(s) |
Year
introduced |
Year
retired |
#
used |
Notes |
Pre World War II |
Westland Wapiti |
United Kingdom |
Liaison |
1933 |
1942 |
28 |
[1] |
World War II |
Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta |
United Kingdom |
Transport |
1941 |
1944 |
5 |
|
Avro Anson I |
United Kingdom |
Basic trainer |
1942 |
1945 |
7 |
[2] |
Boulton Paul Defiant TT.III |
United Kingdom |
Target tug |
1944 |
1945 |
? |
|
Bristol Blenheim I |
United Kingdom |
Bomber |
1941 |
1942 |
5 |
|
de Havilland D.H.86B |
United Kingdom |
Transport |
1940 |
1942 |
2 |
|
de Havilland Dragon Rapide |
United Kingdom |
Transport |
1941 |
1945 |
4 |
|
de Havilland Tiger Moth |
United Kingdom |
Basic trainer |
1939 |
1957 |
192 |
|
Douglas Dakota |
United States |
Transport |
1944 |
1987 |
206 |
|
Fairchild PT-19 |
United States |
Basic trainer |
1943 |
1946 |
40 |
[3][4] |
Harlow PC-5A |
United States |
Transport |
1941 |
1942 |
4 |
|
Hawker Audax |
United Kingdom |
Liaison |
1939 |
1945 |
7 |
|
Hawker Hart |
United Kingdom |
Bomber |
1939 |
1942 |
7 |
|
Hawker Hind |
United Kingdom |
Bomber |
1939 |
1941 |
6 |
|
Hawker Hurricane |
United Kingdom |
Fighter-bomber |
1942 |
1945 |
? |
|
North American Harvard Mk.II and 4 |
Canada |
Basic trainer |
1942 |
1973 |
? |
|
Supermarine Spitfire Vc & VIIIc |
United Kingdom |
Fighter/Reconnaissance |
1943 |
1948 |
19 |
[5] |
Vickers Valentia |
United Kingdom |
Transport |
1942 |
1944 |
1 |
|
Vultee Vengeance |
United States |
Bomber |
1942 |
1945 |
35 |
[6] |
Westland Lysander II |
United Kingdom |
Liaison |
1941 |
1943 |
25 |
[7] |
Westland Lysander III.T |
United Kingdom |
Target tug |
1941 |
1942 |
48 |
[7] |
Post World War II |
Airspeed Oxford |
United Kingdom |
Transport |
1946 |
1949 |
5 |
|
Auster AOP.6 |
United Kingdom |
Liaison |
1946 |
1970 |
20 |
|
Hawker Tempest II |
United Kingdom |
Fighter |
1945 |
1955 |
235 |
[8] |
Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIVE & FR.XVIII |
United Kingdom |
Fighter/Reconnaissance |
1945 |
1957 |
120 |
[5] |
Post independence acquisitions |
Aero Ae-45 |
Czechoslovakia |
Transport |
1955 |
1957 |
1 |
|
Antonov An-12 |
Soviet Union |
Transport |
1961 |
1993 |
65 |
|
Auster AOP.9 |
United Kingdom |
Liaison |
1955 |
1981 |
35 |
|
Bell 47G-2 |
United States |
Helicopter |
1957 |
1979 |
15 |
|
Consolidated B-24J Liberator |
United States |
Bomber |
1948 |
1967 |
45 |
[note 1][9] |
Dassault Ouragan |
France |
Fighter |
1953 |
1967 |
104 |
[note 2][10][11] |
Dassault Mystère IV |
France |
Fighter |
1957 |
1973 |
104 |
|
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
Canada |
Transport |
1956 |
1998 |
36 |
|
de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou |
Canada |
Transport |
1963 |
1991 |
26 |
[12] |
de Havilland Devon |
United Kingdom |
Transport |
1947 |
1991 |
22 |
|
de Havilland Vampire F.3 |
United Kingdom |
Fighter |
1948 |
1955 |
3 |
|
de Havilland Vampire FB.52 |
United Kingdom |
Fighter-bomber |
1950 |
1974 |
286 |
[note 3] |
de Havilland Vampire NF.10 |
United Kingdom |
Fighter |
1953 |
1955 |
30 |
|
de Havilland Vampire NF.54 |
United Kingdom |
Fighter |
1953 |
1966 |
30 |
|
de Havilland Vampire PR.55 |
United Kingdom |
Reconnaissance |
1954 |
1965 |
5 |
[note 4] |
de Havilland Vampire T.11 |
United Kingdom |
Basic trainer |
1963 |
? |
7 |
|
de Havilland Vampire T.55 |
United Kingdom |
Basic trainer |
1953 |
1982 |
124 |
[note 5] |
English Electric Canberra |
United Kingdom |
Bomber/Reconnaissance |
1957 |
2007 |
150 |
[13] |
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
United States |
Transport |
1953 |
1984 |
89 |
|
Folland Gnat |
United Kingdom |
Fighter |
1958 |
1978 |
? |
[note 6] |
HAL HF-24 Marut |
India |
Fighter-bomber |
1961 |
1985 |
147 |
[14] |
HAL HT-2 |
India |
Basic trainer |
1953 |
1998 |
169 |
|
Hawker Hunter FGA.56 |
United Kingdom |
Fighter-bomber |
1957 |
1996 |
167 |
|
Hawker Hunter T.66 |
United Kingdom |
Basic trainer |
1959 |
1992 |
40 |
|
Ilyushin Il-14 |
Soviet Union |
Transport |
1955 |
1981 |
29 |
|
Lockheed Super Constellation |
United States |
Transport |
1961 |
1981 |
9 |
|
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL |
Soviet Union |
Fighter |
1964 |
2013 |
332 |
[note 7][15] |
North American T-6G Texan |
United States |
Basic trainer |
1973 |
? |
|
Percival Prentice T.3 |
United Kingdom |
Basic trainer |
1947 |
1963 |
62 |
[note 8] |
Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI & XIX |
United Kingdom |
Reconnaissance |
1947 |
1959 |
15 |
[5] |
Supermarine Spitfire T.IX |
United Kingdom |
Basic trainer |
1947 |
1955 |
10 |
|
Vickers Viscount |
United Kingdom |
Transport |
1955 |
1971 |
2 |
|
Sikorsky S-55 |
United States |
Helicopter |
1954 |
1966 |
8 |
[note 9] |
Sikorsky S-62B |
United States |
Helicopter |
1960 |
1979 |
2 |
|
Mil Mi-4 |
Soviet Union |
Helicopter |
1960 |
1988 |
121 |
|
Acquisitions after 1965 war |
Sukhoi Su-7 Fitter |
Soviet Union |
Fighter-bomber |
1968 |
1986 |
140 |
[16] |
Tupolev Tu-124 |
Soviet Union |
Transport |
1966 |
1981 |
3 |
|
HAL Krishak |
India |
Liaison |
1965 |
1988 |
68 |
|
Hawker Hunter F.56 |
United Kingdom |
Fighter |
1966 |
1992 |
55 |
|
HAL Pushpak |
India |
Basic trainer |
1965 |
1967 |
25 |
|
Acquisitions after 1971 war |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN |
Soviet Union |
Fighter-bomber |
1981 |
2009 |
95 |
[17] |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MF |
Soviet Union |
Fighter |
1982 |
2007 |
40 |
|
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25RBK & RU |
Soviet Union |
Reconnaissance |
1981 |
2006 |
10 |
[note 10][18] |
Mikoyan MiG-27 |
Soviet Union |
Fighter |
1985 |
2019 |
165 |
[19] |
PZL TS-11 Iskra bis D |
Poland |
Basic trainer |
1975 |
2004 |
76 |
[note 11][20] |
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.I |
United Kingdom/France |
Ground attack |
1979 |
1984 |
16 |
[note 12] |
HAL Ajeet |
India |
Fighter |
1977 |
1991 |
89 |
[note 13] |