Attrition
How Accurate are these numbers?
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- Aircraft Attrition of the Indian Air Force ::
- Published: Monday, 09 November 2009 15:38
- Warbirds of India
| Report | Our Data | Percentage | |
| No of MiG-21s lost between April 1992 and March 2002 | 102 | 83 | 83% |
| No of MiG-21s lost between Oct 1963 and 1 August 2003 | 315 | 163 | 52% |
| CAG Report mentions Ac lost between Apr 91 and Mar 97 | 147 | 84 | 57% |
| No of MiG-29s lost from 1987 till April 2000 | 5 | 3 | |
| No of Combat fighters lost from Apr 1999 till Mar 2001 | 52 | 51 | 98% |
| No of Fighters lost between 01 Apr 96 - 30 Sept 99 | 60 | 55 | 91% |
| No of Aircraft lost from April 2000 - Feb 17 2003 | 68 |
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Year wise break up of Accidents and Writeoffs |
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| Year | Fighter | Trainer | Helicopter | Transport |
| 1991-92 | 27 | 08 | 03 | 01 |
| 1992-93 | 19 | 04 | 03 | 01 02 |
| 1993-94 | 23 | 04 | 01 | 01 |
| 1994-95 | 19 | 07 | 04 | - |
| 1995-96 | 24 | 08 | 04 | 02 01 |
| 1996-97 | 18 | 02 | 02 | 02 |
| 1997-98 | 11 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1998-99 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999-00 | 20 20 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2000-01 | 19 19 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2001-02 | 13 12 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2002-03 | 15 15 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aircraft Type | Total | Recorded | Percentage |
| MiG-21 | 315 | 163(13) | 52% |
| MiG-23 | 23 (3) | ||
| MiG-25 | 04 | 02 | |
| MiG-27 | 21 | ||
| MiG-29 | 07(1) | 05 (0) | |
| Jaguar | 23(1) | 23 (1) | |
| Mirage 2000 | 03 | 03 |
