Facts about Indian Airforce

1. Indian Airforce founded: 8 October 1932

2. Indian Airforce motto: "Touch the Sky with Glory"

3. Indian Airforce Day: 8 October

4. Chief of Air Staff (CAS): Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa (PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VM, ADC)

5. Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS): Air Marshal Anil Khosla (PVSM, AVSM, VM)

6. Indian Airforce is: 4th largest in the World

7. The only member of Indian Airforce to have been awarded the Param Vir Chakra: Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon during the Indo-Pak War of 1971

8. The First Woman Air Marshal: Padmavathy Bandopadhyay

9. India's First and Only Foreign Airbase: Farkhor Airbase, Farkhor, Tajikistan

10. Biggest and largest Airbase in Asia: Hindon Airforce Station (Hindon AFS), near Ghaziabad

11. IAF Museum: Palam, Delhi

12. Attack Aircraft: Jaguar, MiG-27, Harpy

13. Electronic Warfare: A-50E/I, DRDO AEW&CS (Airborne Early Warning and Control System)

14. Fighter: Sukhoi Su-30MKI, Mirage 2000, MiG-29, MiG-21, HAL Tejas

15. Helicopter: Dhruv, Chetak, Cheetah, Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-26, Mi-25/35, HAL Light Combat Helicopter, HAL Rudra

16. Reconnaissance: Searcher II, Heron

17. Trainer: Hawk Mk 132, HJT-16 Kiran, Pilatus C-7 Mk II

18. Transport: C-130J, C-17 Globemaster III, II-76, An-32, HS 748, Do 228, Boeing 737, ERJ 135

19. Tanker: II-78 MKI

source: Indian Airforce Wikipedia