Indian Air Force

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air force military branch

The Indian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of India’s armed forces, responsible for defending the nation’s airspace and conducting air operations in peace and war.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Indian Air Force canonical 180
Royal Indian Air Force 11
IAF 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
abbreviation Indian Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: IAF
commanderInChiefTitle President of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
emblem roundel with concentric saffron white and green circles ⓘ
established 1932-10-08 ⓘ
formerName Indian Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Royal Indian Air Force
gainedCurrentName 1950-01-26 ⓘ
governingBody Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence of India
hasCommandStructure Central Air Command ⓘ
Eastern Air Command ⓘ
Maintenance Command ⓘ
South Western Air Command ⓘ
Southern Air Command ⓘ
Training Command ⓘ
Western Air Command ⓘ
hasRankStructure airmen ⓘ
commissioned officers ⓘ
junior commissioned officers ⓘ
headquartersLocation New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
legalFoundation Air Force Act, 1950 ⓘ
motto Touch the Sky with Glory ⓘ
mottoLanguage English ⓘ
notableAEWandC Beriev A-50 ⓘ
DRDO Netra AEW&CS ⓘ
notableAircraft Dassault Rafale ⓘ
HAL Tejas ⓘ
MiG-29 ⓘ
Dassault Mirage 2000 ⓘ
surface form: Mirage 2000

Sukhoi Su-30MKI ⓘ
notableHelicopter HAL Dhruv ⓘ
Mi-17 ⓘ
notableTransportAircraft Antonov An-32 ⓘ
Lockheed C-130 Hercules ⓘ
surface form: C-130J Super Hercules

C-17 Globemaster III ⓘ
partOf Indian Armed Forces ⓘ
peacetimeOperation Operation Maitri ⓘ
Operation Rahat ⓘ
primaryMission air superiority ⓘ
airborne early warning ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
defense of Indian airspace ⓘ
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief ⓘ
offensive air operations ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
strategic airlift ⓘ
professionalHeadTitle Chief of the Air Staff ⓘ
role aerial warfare ⓘ
air operations in peace ⓘ
air operations in war ⓘ
airspace defense ⓘ
roundelColors green ⓘ
saffron ⓘ
white ⓘ
trainingInstitution Air Force Academy Dundigal ⓘ
Air Force Technical College ⓘ
National Defence Academy (near Pune) ⓘ
surface form: National Defence Academy
usesAircraftType fighter aircraft ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
unmanned aerial vehicles ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
warInvolvement Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
Kargil War ⓘ
Sino-Indian War ⓘ
surface form: Sino-Indian War of 1962

Referenced by (195)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PVSM in some military contexts → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: PVSM
C-17 Globemaster III → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Command → integratesService → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Command → commanderService → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Dassault Mirage 2000 → operator → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Dassault Rafale → exportUser → Indian Air Force ⓘ
ASRAAM short-range air-to-air missile → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: ASRAAM
Indian Armed Forces → hasComponent → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Indian Armed Forces → precededBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Indian Air Force
Indian Armed Forces → motto → Indian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Touch the Sky with Glory (Indian Air Force motto, associated)
Indian Air Force → abbreviation → Indian Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: IAF
Indian Air Force → formerName → Indian Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Indian Air Force
Param Vishisht Seva Medal → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal → serviceBranch → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Car Nicobar → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
MiG-29 → operator → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Mi-24 → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Mil Mi-24
Ministry of Defence (India) → oversees → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Mi-8 → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
British Commonwealth forces → hasMember → Indian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Indian Air Force
Consolidated B-24 Liberator → primaryUser → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 → operator → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Air Chief Marshal → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Hunter → primaryUser → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Hunter → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Tempest → primaryUser → Indian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Indian Air Force
Hawker Tempest → operator → Indian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Indian Air Force
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 → users → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Agra Airport → operator → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Sukhoi Su-7 → operator → Indian Air Force ⓘ
ANC → serviceBranches → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Brichgunj military station → garrisonFor → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Brichgunj military station → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Eastern Air Command → partOf → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Eastern Air Command → militaryBranch → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Snecma M53 → operator → Indian Air Force ⓘ
AOC-in-C → usedIn → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Indian Coast Guard → peacetimeCoordinationWith → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Bristol Blenheim → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Meteor missile → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Meteor
RBE2 radar → operator → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Northern Command (India) → coordinatesWith → Indian Air Force ⓘ
National Defence Academy (near Pune) → trainingFor → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Pune International Airport → militaryOperator → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Pune International Airport → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Hercules → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Hawk T-series → usedBy → Indian Air Force ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Adour turbofan → operator → Indian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Adour
police action Operation Polo (September 1948) → militaryBranch → Indian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Polo