Indian Air Force Museum, Palam
Entrance to Air Force Museum, Palam, New Delhi(In the background)with a Laser Guided missile
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| Location | Palam, Delhi |
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| Type | Aviation museum |
The Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, is the museum of the Indian Air Force, and is located at the Palam Air Force Station in Delhi, India.[1] Entrance to the museum is free. The museum was the only one of its kind in India until the unveiling of the Naval Aviation Museum in Goa in 1998.
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Description
The Museum entrance features an indoor display gallery that contains historic photographs, memorabilia, uniforms and personal weapons of the Indian Air Force from its inception in 1932. The gallery leads to a hangar exhibiting small aircraft and Air Force inventory like anti-aircraft guns, vehicles and ordnance. Larger aircraft are exhibited outside the hangar. This outdoor gallery contains aircraft that also displays several war trophies, radar equipment and captured enemy vehicles.
The Vintage Aircraft Flight services some rare aircraft and maintains them in an airworthy condition. These aircraft are not open to the general public for viewing. Large transport aircraft are stored on the apron of the airbase due to lack of space. These aircraft are displayed only on the annual Air Force Day. The Museum also has a small souvenirs corner.[2][3]
Aircraft on display
Hangar
- Westland Lysander 1589
- Westland Wapiti K-813
- Percival Prentice IV-3381
- Hawker Hunter F56 BA-263
- Hawker Hurricane II B AB-832
- Hawker Tempest II HA-623
- Yokosuka MXY-7 Okha (US nickname Baka)
- Supermarine Spitfire XVIII HS-986
- Dassault Mystere IVa IA-1329
- Dassault Ouragan IC-554
- De Havilland Vampire NF10 ID-606
- HAL Gnat II E-2015
- Sukhoi Su-7 BMK B-888
- MiG-21 FL C-499
- HAL Krishak HAOP-27 N-949
- HAL HF-24 Marut D-1205
- PZL TS-11 Iskra W-1757
- PZL TS-11 Iskra W-1758
Outdoor Gallery
- BAE Canberra B(I)58 IF-907
- Consolidated B-24 Liberator J HE-924
- Fairchild C-119 Packet IK-450
- Sikorsky S55C IZ-1590
- Mil Mi-4 BZ-900
- MiG-23MF SK434
- MiG-25R KP-355
Vintage Aircraft Flight
- De Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth HU-512
- De Havilland Vampire FB52 IB-799
- Supermarine Spitfire VIII NH-631
- HAL Gnat II E-265
- HAL HT-2 IX-737
- North American Harvard HT-291
- Douglas C-47 IJ-302
- HAL HT-2 IX-732
Transport Aircraft Section
- Antonov An-12 BL-727
- De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou BM-774
- Douglas C-47 IJ-817
- Ilyushin Il-14 IL-860
- Tupolev Tu-124 V-644
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