List of aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force

The Indonesian Air Force was founded on 9 April 1946. Initially, it operated captured Japanese aircraft, then was presented with a number of aircraft by the departing Dutch colonial government. In the 1960s, it turned to the Soviet Union for equipment, becoming the most powerful air force in South East Asia. Following the 30 September Movement coup attempt of 1965, it declined in strength and began to receive western aircraft. In 1999, both the United States and European Union imposed arms embargoes due to claims of human rights violations in East Timor. Although the United States have lifted its embargo in 2005, the European Union still remains strong on its decision to ban arm sales to Indonesia.

Aircraft

Aircraft	Origin	Version	Original Numbers	Service years	Notes
Fighter Aircraft
CAC-27 Sabre	Australia	Sabre Mk 32	23	1973–1982	Donated by the RAAF from 1973–1975
Curtiss P-36 Mohawk	USA	Hawk 75a-7	24	1945-??	†
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk	USA	P-40E Warhawk	-	1945-??	† Stored for decades in Kalijati Air Base
de Havilland Vampire	UK	T:11	30	1945–1966	One example on display at the Museum Dirgantara Udara
F-16 Fighting Falcon	USA	F-16A Block 15 OCU F-16B Block 15 OCU F-16C/D Block 52ID	8 4 24	1989–Present	10 remain of 12 delivered+ 24 EX USAF F-16 block 32 on order
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15	USSR	Mig-15UTI	20	1961–1970	One example on display at the Museum Dirgantara Udara, another on the road from Surabaya's airport
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17	USSR	Mig-17F Mig-17PF	66	1961–1970	One example on display at the Museum Dirgantara Udara
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19	USSR	Mig-19S	20	1961–1970	One example on display at the Museum Dirgantara Udara
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21	USSR	MiG-21F-13 MiG-21U	24 2	1961–1970	One example on display at the Museum Dirgantara Udara, another at the Satria Mandala Museum, Jakarta
Mitsubishi A5M	Japan		-	1945-??	†
Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen	Japan		-	1945-??	† On display in Museum Dirgantara Udara and stored for decades in Kalijati Air Base.
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden	Japan		-	1945-??	†
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa	Japan		-	1945-??	† On display in Museum Dirgantara Udara. Captured from the IJAAF after the Japanese surrender and Indonesian independence.
Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki	Japan		-	1945-??	† Captured from the IJAAF after the Japanese surrender and Indonesian Independence
Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate	Japan		-	1945-??	† Captured from the IJAAF after the Japanese surrender and Indonesian independence.
North American Aviation P-51 Mustang	USA		46	1949–1976	One example on display at the Museum Dirgantara Udara and another one in the road near Halim Perdanakusumah Airport. Several examples captured from the Dutch during the Independence War.
Northrop F-5	USA	F-5E F-5F	12	1980–Present	Only 2 are still flying, to be retired.
Sukhoi Su-27	Russia	Su-27SK Su-27SKM	2 3	2003–Present (Su-27SK)	3 Su-27 SKM Flankers Delivered in September 2010
Sukhoi Su-30	Russia	Su-30MK Su-30MK2	2 9	2003–Present 2008–Present
Supermarine Spitfire	UK		-	1945-??	†
Vought F-4U Corsair	USA	F-4U1	-	1945-??	†
Bombers
Douglas B-26 Invader	USA	A-26B	6	1960–1977	One used by contracted USAF pilot 1st Lieutenant Allen Lawrence Pope for the sinking of the Indonesian patrol KRI Hang Toeah and the raid over Ambon in 1958
Glenn Martin B-10	USA	B-10B	-	1945-??	†
Mitsubishi Ki-51	Japan		-	1945-??	† Flew July 29, 1947. Captured from the IJAAF after Japanese surrender
Mitsubishi G3M	Japan		-	1945-??	†. Captured from the IJAAF after the Japanese surrender
Mitsubishi G4M	Japan		-	1945-??	†
Mitsubishi Ki-21	Japan			1945-??	†
Mitsubishi Ki-30	Japan		-	1945-??	†
Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū	Japan		-	1945-??	†
Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu "Helen"	Japan		-	1945-??	†
North American B-25 Mitchell	USA	B25-C	42	1945–1979	Handed over from the RNLAF following Indonesian independence, One example on display at the Museum Dirgantara Udara, another at the Museum Satria Mandala, Jakarta
Tupolev Tu-16	USSR	Tu-16KS1	26	1961–1970	Indonesia was the second country to own and operate the Tu-16 bomber.
Attack Aircraft
BAE Hawk	UK	Hawk 53 Hawk 109 Hawk 209	20 8 32	1980–Present 1998–Present 1998–Present	Of the twenty Hawk 53s, eight were lost in accidents and six were sold back to BAe in 1999. Only two are now still servicable
McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk	USA	A-4E/F TA-4H/J	33 4	1980–2003	Acquired from the United States and Israel in the 1980s.
North American OV-10 Bronco	USA	OV-10F	16	1976–2005	Grounded as of 2005 due to a fatal crash
Tactical Airlift, Transport, Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Boeing 707	USA	707-3M1C	1	1979–2004	Used as the presidential transport until 2004 when it was sold to Omega Aerial Refueling Services.
Boeing 737	USA	737-2Q8 737-400 737 2X9 Surveiller	1 2 3	2005–Present 1982–Present	Ex-Garuda Indonesia 737-400s are designed for VIP/VVIP transport Fitted with Motorola AN/APS-135 SLAMMR (Side-looking Airborne Modular Multi-mission Radar)
CASA C-212 Aviocar	Spain	NC-212-100 NC-212-200 NC-212-400	1	1996–Present	†† Upgrading to NC212-200/-400 versions in the near future.
CASA CN-235	Spain Indonesia	CN-235 110/220M CN-235 MPA	6 3	1998–Present	†† The Indonesian Ministry of Defence and Security ordered 24 CN-235MPA aircraft, including three for the Indonesian Air Force.
de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo	Canada	DHC-5D	3	1998–Present
Fokker F-27 Friendship	Netherlands	F27-400M	8	1960–Present	One crashed on 6 April 2009, killing all twenty four occupants. There were six crew, an instructor and seventeen PASKHAS special forces trainees on board.
Fokker F28 Fellowship	Netherlands	F-28 Mk 1000 F-28 Mk 3000	5	1970–Present
Lockheed C-130 Hercules	USA	C-130B C-130H C-130H-30 KC-130B Hercules L-100-30	9 10 7 2 8	1960–Present 1979–Present 1995–Present 1960–Present 1979–Present	Plans of upgrading or possibly buying newer variants. One of the first operators of the C-130 after the United States.

† Note that this symbol means that these planes were captured by republican forces during the War of Independence, in which most were destroyed during the ensuing conflict between the Indonesian and Dutch Forces.
†† Aircraft with this symbol means they are locally produced by Indonesian Aerospace.

References

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