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| Multirole fighter | | Multirole fighter | ||
| 1990 | | 1990 | ||
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| [[Cheppali GF-19 Garuda]] | | [[Cheppali GF-19 Garuda]] | ||
| [[File: | | [[File:GF-19 1.jpg|200px]] | ||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | | {{flag|Tennai}} | ||
| Multirole fighter | | Multirole fighter | ||
| 1995 | | 1995 | ||
| | |240 | ||
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| CAS attack aircraft | | CAS attack aircraft | ||
| 1976 | | 1976 | ||
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| [[Cheppali HB-61]] | |||
| [[File:MA-1 Jacket in petrol.jpg|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| Strategic bomber | |||
| 1958 | |||
|35 | |||
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| [[Akula SB-3]] | |||
| [[File:Artist Concept of F-111 1980.JPEG|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| Strategic bomber | |||
| 1984 | |||
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| [[TAI-Nikita B-6]] | |||
| [[File:Great horned Owl in flight 1811, Southern Ontario, Canada (Captive).jpg|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| Stealth Bomber | |||
| 1996 | |||
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| Trainer<br>Attack | | Trainer<br>Attack | ||
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| [[File:Aeronave A-29 Super Tucano em voo sobre a Floresta Amazônica.jpg|200px]] | | [[File:Aeronave A-29 Super Tucano em voo sobre a Floresta Amazônica.jpg|200px]] | ||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | | {{flag|Tennai}} | ||
| Attack<br>Counter-insurgency | | Trainer<br>Attack<br>Counter-insurgency | ||
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| 150 | |||
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| Advanced trainer<br>Light attack/fighter<br>Multirole fighter | | Advanced trainer<br>Light attack/fighter<br>Multirole fighter | ||
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| | | 250 | ||
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| AEW&C | | AEW&C | ||
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| | | 15 | ||
| | | Replacing Cheppali E-3 | ||
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| AWACS | | AWACS | ||
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| | | 30 | ||
| | | Being replaced by Cheppali E-769 | ||
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| AWACS | | AWACS | ||
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| | | 5 | ||
| | | RTAF operates limited numbers as sales demonstrators | ||
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| AEW&C | | AEW&C | ||
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| | | RTAF operates limited numbers as sales demonstrators | ||
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| SIGINT / PSYOP | | SIGINT / PSYOP | ||
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| SIGINT / ELINT | | SIGINT / ELINT | ||
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| high altitude reconnaissance | | high altitude reconnaissance | ||
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| SIGINT / surveillance | | SIGINT / surveillance | ||
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| AGS / ISTAR | | AGS / ISTAR | ||
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| ELINT / surveillance | | ELINT / surveillance | ||
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| SIGINT / surveillance | | SIGINT / surveillance | ||
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| SIGINT / ELINT | | SIGINT / ELINT | ||
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| SIGINT / surveillance | | SIGINT / surveillance | ||
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| Command and Control | | Command and Control | ||
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| command and control / BACN | | command and control / BACN | ||
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| Aerial refuelling and transport aircraft | | Aerial refuelling and transport aircraft | ||
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| | |150 | ||
| | | Being replaced by KC-46 | ||
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| Cheppali KC-46 | | Cheppali KC-46 | ||
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| Aerial refuelling and transport aircraft | | Aerial refuelling and transport aircraft | ||
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| | | Replacing KC-135 | ||
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| TAI | | TAI SC-18 | ||
| [[File:Embraer KC-390, Paris Air Show 2019, Le Bourget (SIAE0824).jpg|200px]] | | [[File:Embraer KC-390, Paris Air Show 2019, Le Bourget (SIAE0824).jpg|200px]] | ||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | | {{flag|Tennai}} | ||
| Transport | | Transport | ||
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| | | 83 | ||
| Max payload of | | Max payload of 26 t | ||
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| Akula | | Akula SC-16 | ||
| [[File:JASDF C-2 fly over at Miho Air Base.jpg|200px]] | | [[File:JASDF C-2 fly over at Miho Air Base.jpg|200px]] | ||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | | {{flag|Tennai}} | ||
| Transport | | Transport | ||
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| 83 | |||
| Max payload 40 t | |||
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| Akula SC-12 | |||
| [[File:Akula SC-12.jpg|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| Transport | |||
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| Max payload | | 110 | ||
| Max payload 72 t | |||
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| [[Cheppali SC-7]] | |||
| [[File:Cheppali SC-7A.jpg|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| Transport | |||
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| 25 | |||
| Max payload 125 t | |||
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| Cheppali C149 | |||
| [[File:MIAS 260915 AW149 03.jpg|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| Utility helicopter | |||
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| Cheppali C139 | |||
| [[File:Italian Helicopter HH139, Trident Juncture 15 (cropped).jpg|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| Medium-lift<br>SAR/utility helicopter | |||
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| TAI LUH | |||
| [[File:HAL LUH during trials in Leh.jpg|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| Utility helicopter | |||
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===UAVs=== | |||
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| Akula Crane | |||
| [[File:IAI Heron 1 in flight 2.JPEG|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| MALE UAV<br>Reconnaissance | |||
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| Akula Dhiira | |||
| [[File:IAF-Eitan--Independence-Day-2017-Tel-Nof-IZE-099.jpg|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| MALE UAV<br>ISTAR<br>aerial refueling<br>missile defence<br>strategic strike | |||
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| Akula Arihant | |||
| [[File:Akula_Arihant_over_desert.jpg|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| HALE UAV<br>ISTAR<br>missile defence<br>strategic strike | |||
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| Chopra Agni 450 | |||
| [[File:Hermes450 SIGINT Farnborough.jpg|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| SIGINT UAV | |||
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| Chopra Agni 900 | |||
| [[File:Elbit Hermes 900s.JPG|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| MALE UAV<br>SIGINT<br>Electronic warfare | |||
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| Cheppali Bhuta | |||
| [[File:Cheppali_Phantom.jpg|200px]] | |||
| {{flag|Tennai}} | |||
| Heavy UAV<br>ISTAR<br>SEAD<br>Seek-and-destroy<br>ECM/EW<br>Hunter/killer<br>Autonomous aerial refueling | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:10, 19 June 2023
This is list of active aircraft of the Royal Tennaiite Air Force.
Current inventory
Fighters
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Entered Service | No. in Service | Notes |
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TAI GF-20 Berunda | Tennai | Multirole fighter | 1990 | 460 | ||
Cheppali GF-19 Garuda | Tennai | Multirole fighter | 1995 | 240 | ||
Nikita GF-23 Vetala | Tennai | Multirole fighter | 2015 | 155 |
Attack
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Entered Service | No. in Service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nikita AF-11 Pangolin | Tennai | CAS attack aircraft | 1976 | 145 |
Bombers
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Entered Service | No. in Service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cheppali HB-61 | Tennai | Strategic bomber | 1958 | 35 | ||
Akula SB-3 | Tennai | Strategic bomber | 1984 | |||
TAI-Nikita B-6 | Tennai | Stealth Bomber | 1996 |
Trainers
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Entered Service | No. in Service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TAI Dharva | Tennai | Trainer Attack |
300 | |||
TAI Super Dharva | Tennai | Trainer Attack Counter-insurgency |
150 | |||
TAI T-50 Talwar | Tennai | Advanced trainer Light attack/fighter Multirole fighter |
250 |
AWACS
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Entered Service | No. in Service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cheppali 739 AEW&C | Tennai | AEW&C | 15 | Replacing Cheppali E-3 | ||
Cheppali E-3 | Tennai | AWACS | 30 | Being replaced by Cheppali E-769 | ||
Cheppali E-769 | Tennai | AWACS | 5 | RTAF operates limited numbers as sales demonstrators | ||
TAI R-99 | Tennai | AEW&C | 5 | RTAF operates limited numbers as sales demonstrators |
Electronic Warfare
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Entered Service | No. in Service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TAI International Express | Tennai | SIGINT / PSYOP | 10 |
Reconnaissance & Surveillance
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Entered Service | No. in Service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TAI Chandra 650 | Tennai | SIGINT / ELINT | 5 | |||
Nikita RI-3 | Tennai | high altitude reconnaissance | 15 | |||
TAI 110 | Tennai | SIGINT / surveillance | 26 | |||
Cheppali E-8 | Tennai | AGS / ISTAR | 7 | |||
Cheppali RC-135 | Tennai | ELINT / surveillance | 12 | |||
Cheppali OC-135B | Tennai | SIGINT / surveillance | 10 | |||
TAI Sprint 8 | Tennai | SIGINT / ELINT | 10 | |||
TAI 121 | Tennai | SIGINT / surveillance | 10 |
Command and Control
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Entered Service | No. in Service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cheppali E-4 | Tennai | Command and Control | 3 | |||
TAI International Express | Tennai | command and control / BACN | 3 |
Tanker
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Entered Service | No. in Service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cheppali KC-135 | Tennai | Aerial refuelling and transport aircraft | 150 | Being replaced by KC-46 | ||
Cheppali KC-46 | Tennai | Aerial refuelling and transport aircraft | 100 | Replacing KC-135 |
Transport
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Entered Service | No. in Service | Notes |
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TAI SC-18 | Tennai | Transport | 83 | Max payload of 26 t | ||
Akula SC-16 | Tennai | Transport | 83 | Max payload 40 t | ||
Akula SC-12 | Tennai | Transport | 110 | Max payload 72 t | ||
Cheppali SC-7 | Tennai | Transport | 25 | Max payload 125 t |
Helicopter
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Entered Service | No. in Service | Notes |
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Cheppali C149 | Tennai | Utility helicopter | ||||
Cheppali C139 | Tennai | Medium-lift SAR/utility helicopter |
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TAI LUH | Tennai | Utility helicopter |
UAVs
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Entered Service | No. in Service | Notes |
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Akula Crane | Tennai | MALE UAV Reconnaissance |
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Akula Dhiira | Tennai | MALE UAV ISTAR aerial refueling missile defence strategic strike |
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Akula Arihant | Tennai | HALE UAV ISTAR missile defence strategic strike |
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Chopra Agni 450 | Tennai | SIGINT UAV | ||||
Chopra Agni 900 | Tennai | MALE UAV SIGINT Electronic warfare |
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Cheppali Bhuta | Tennai | Heavy UAV ISTAR SEAD Seek-and-destroy ECM/EW Hunter/killer Autonomous aerial refueling |