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]
|