Thread on IAF assets during the 1962 War. The IAF had 22 combat squadrons with about 500 aircrafts including 50-odd helicopters. It’s a shame they weren’t allowed to taste glory!

Hawker Hunter Mk-56 fighter-bomber

Folland Gnat interceptor aircraft

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Dassault Mystere

Dassault Ouragan (Toofani)

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Canberra bomber-reconnaissance jet

Vampire trainer-cum-ground-attack jet

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Dakota (2 ton payload)

Fairchild C-119 Packet aircraft (6 ton payload)

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An-12 (10-12 ton payload)

DH-3C Otter light transport aircraft

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Mi-4

Bell 47G-3

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Sikorsky S-55

Super Constellation aircraft

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