indian airforce

by tarun rathore

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The IAF started off by H. C. Sircar, Subroto Mukerjee, Bhupendra Singh, A. B. Awan and Amarjeet Singh being commissioned as ‘Pilot Officers’. Today Indian Air Force stands as one of the most powerful air forces of the world and has a strength of 127,000 active personnel, more than 1,370 aircraft in active service, including around 700 fighters, 7 aerial refueling tanker aircrafts, 133 transport aircrafts, 158 trainer aircrafts, 33 attack helicopters, 156 transport helicopters, 155 utility helicopters, about 200 UAVs. The growth of Indian Air Force is amazing without doubt.