| Indian Military Aircraft Inventory - 2005 | |
| (Source: Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 2005) | |
| Indian Air Force Inventory | |
| Aircraft | Quantity |
| Antonov An-32 | 110 |
| Aerospatiale SA316B | 32 |
| Aerospatiale SA365 | 6 |
| Boeing 737-200 | 3 |
| British Aerospace Canberra B(1).56 | 5 |
| BritishAerospace Canberra T.4/.13 | 2 |
| BritishAerospace HS.748 | 36 |
| BritishAerospace Hunter T.66 | 18 |
| DassaultMirage 2000H/TH | 48 |
| Dornier 228 | 28 |
| Gulfstream | 3 |
| HAL HPT-32 | 82 |
| HAL Kiran 1/2 | 152 |
| Ilyushin Il-76MD | 25 |
| Ilyushin Il-78 (Air to Air Refueling) | 6 |
| Learjet 29 | 2 |
| Mikoyan MiG-21bis/U | 211 |
| Mikoyan MiG-21 MF/U | 74 |
| Mikoyan MiG-23BN/UM | 61 |
| Mikoyan MiG-23MF/UM | 30 |
| Mikoyan MiG-23UM | 14 |
| Mikoyan MiG-25R | 6 |
| Mikoyan MiG-25U | 2 |
| Mikoyan MiG-27M | 15 |
| Mikoyan MiG-29 | 62 |
| Mikoyan MiG-29M | 7 |
| Mikoyan MiG-29UB | 8 |
| Mil Mi-8 | 70 |
| Mil Mi-17 | 42 |
| Mil Mi-25 | 24 |
| Mil Mi-26 | 10 |
| Mil Mi-35 | 24 |
| Sukhoi Su-30 MK/MKI | 30 |
| WSK TS-11-100 | 43 |
| Indian Army Inventory | |
| Aircraft | Quantity |
| HAL Cheetak SA.315B | 48 |
| HAL Cheetak SA.316 | 100 |
| Indian Navy Inventory | |
| Aircraft | Quantity |
| British Aerospace Harrier T60 | 2 |
| BAE Systems FRS.mk.51 | 16 |
| Dornier 228 | 24 |
| HAL Cheetak | 26 |
| HAL HPT-32 | 8 |
| HAL Kiran 1/2 | 12 |
| HAL SA316B | 30 |
| HAL SA319 | 25 |
| Kamov Ka-25 | 5 |
| Kamov Ka-28 | 12 |
| Kamov Ka-31 | 3 |
| Ilyushin Il-38 | 5 |
| Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2T | 15 |
| Schweizer 269B | 4 |
| Tupolev Tu-142M | 8 |
| Westland Sea King 42/42A | 11 |
| Westland Sea King 42B/C | 16 |
| Indian Coast Guard Inventory | |
| Aircraft | Quantity |
| Dornier 228 | 36 |
| Fokker F27 | 2 |
| HAL Cheetak | 6 |