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The Indian Air Force has aircraft and equipment of Russian (erstwhile Soviet Union), British, French, Israeli, US and Indian origins with Russian aircraft dominating its inventory HAL produces some of the Russian and British aircraft in India under licence.   The exact number of aircraft in service with the Indian Air Force cannot be determined with precision from open sources Flight International estimates there to be around 1,721 aircraft in service with the IAF While the International Institute for Strategic Studies provides a similar estimate of 1,724 aircraft Both sources agree there are approximately 900 combat capable (fighter, attack etc.) aircraft in the IAF. Fighter Air-crafts   SU30-MKI Twin seater twin engine multirole fighter of Russian origin which carries One X 30mm GSH gun alongwith 8000 kg external armament. It is capable of carrying a variety of medium-range guided air to air missiles with active or semi-active radar or Infra red homing

   The Indian Air Force (Bharatiya Vayu Sena) is the air arm of the Indian armed forces . It ranks fourth amongst the strongest air-forces of the world The top three being USA, Russia and Israeli Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict   When was it established ? It was officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire which honored India's aviation service during World War II with the prefix Royal As of 1 July 2017, 139,576 personnel are in service with the Indian Air Force After India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, the name Royal Indian Air Force was kept and served in the name of Dominion of India With the government's transition to a Republic in 1950, the prefix Royal was removed after   only three years Mission of the Indian Airforce   The IAF's mission is defined by the Armed Forces Act of 1947 , the Constitution of Indi