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Air warrior drill team (AWDT) is the unique drill team of indian air force

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Farkhor is India's first military base outside its territory, operated by IAF

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Farkhor is India's first military base outside its territory, operated by IAF

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The Directorate of Air Intelligence is the intelligence arm of the Indian Air Force.

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Internal policing duties, regulate traffic and maintaining security in a in a station are handled by IAFP

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The special force which goes longest training amongst Indian Special Forces

Roles Include:

Direct Action

Airfield Seizure

Special Reconnaissance

Airborne Operations

Air Assault

Unconventional Warfare

Counter Terrorism

Foreign Internal Defence

Special Operations

Combat Search and Rescue

Counter Insurgency Special operations

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India has the world's largest helecopter

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India has the world's largest helecopter

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The Mil Mi-26  is the largest helicopter of world.

The primary purpose of the Mi-26 was to transport military equipment such as 13 metric ton (29,000 lb)

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IAF owns it's own digital information grid

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IAF owns it's own digital information grid

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Air Force Network (AFNet) is an Indian Air Force (IAF) owned, operated and managed digital information grid.

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IAI Searcher II

IAI Heron

IAI Harpy

DRDO Lakshya

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HAL Dhruv

HAL Rudra (attack version of HAL Dhruv)

HAL Chetak

HAL Cheetah

Mil Mi-8

Mil Mi-17,

Mi-17 1V

Mi-17V 5

Mil Mi-35

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Ilyushin Il-78MKIs

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Ilyushin Il-76

C-17 Globemaster III

C-130J

Antonov An-32

Dornier Do 228

Hawker Siddeley HS 748

Embraer ECJ-135 Legacy *

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Airborne early warning and control aircraft

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Airborne early warning and control aircraft

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DRDO AEW&CS* on  Embraer ERJ 145

EL/W-2090 Phalcon AEW&C* incorporated in a Beriev A-50

* Name of radar system

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HAL HPT-32 Deepak

Pilatus

HAL HJT-16 Kiran mk.I

HAL HJT-36 Sitara

Pipistrel Virus SW 80 microlight aircraft

BAE Hawk Mk 132

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Sukhoi Su-30MKI

Mikoyan MiG-27

Mikoyan MiG-29

Dassault Mirage 2000

HAL Tejas

SEPECAT Jaguar

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Sukhoi Su-30MKI

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                                                                                                              Aircraft inventory

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As Officers
There are four entry points for joining as an officer:

Intermediate level (age limit : 16½ to 19)

Graduate level entry (age limit : 18 to 25*)

Engineer level (age limit : 18 to 25)

Post Graduate level (upto to 28)

* Only for candidates holding Commercial Pilot License
#Age limit upto 23 for flying branch

As Airmen

Matriculation ( Musician Trade Only)

Intermediate level

Graduate level entry** (age limit: 20 - 25)

Post Graduate level ** (age limit: 20 - 28)

** Education Instructor

Non Combatants Enrolled (NC(E))*** and civilians

Intermediate level

***(NCs(E)) were established in British India as personal assistants to the officer class

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Arjan Singh  is the only officer of the Indian Air Force to be promoted to five-star rank in 2002.

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IAF has an estimated 127,000 Air Warriors.
The highest rank attainable in the IAF is Marshal of the Indian Air Force, conferred by the President of India after exceptional service during wartime.The head of the Indian Air Force is the Chief of the Air Staff, who holds the rank of Air Chief Marshal.

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Air Force Academy, Dundigul (located in Hyderabad). Pilot Training Establishment , Allahabad, Air Force Administrative College at Coimbatore, School of Aviation Medicine at bangalore,Air Force Technical College, Bangalore at Jalahalli, Tactics and Air Combat and Defence Establishment at Gwalior, and Paratrooper’s Training School at Agra are some of the training establishments of the IAF.

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From Royal Air Force to Indian Air Force

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From Royal Air Force to Indian Air Force

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On 1 April 1933, the IAF commissioned its first squadron, No.1 Squadron, with four Westland Wapiti biplanes and five Indian pilots.

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The Indian Air Force is divided into five operational and two functional commands
Operational Commands

Central Air Command (CAC)

Eastern Air Command (EAC)

Southern Air Command (SAC)

South Western Air Command (SWAC)

Western Air Command (WAC)

Functional Commands

Training Command (TC)

Maintenance Command (MC)

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It is the the Air arm of the Indian armed forces, securing Indian airspace and conducting aerial warfare since October 8 1832