Indian Air Force Museum, Palam

Indian Air Force Museum Palam
Entrance to Air Force Museum, Palam, New Delhi(In the background)with a Laser Guided missile
Location	Palam, Delhi
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.

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

Imperial Japanese Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka on display

MiG-25R of No. 102 Squadron IAF on display

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 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

References

↑ "Preserving the glorious history of Air Force". The Hindu. Dec 27, 2007.
↑ "Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, Delhi". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
↑ "Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, New Delhi". Global Aviation resource. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

External links

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Air Force Museum, webpage at Indian Air Force

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Coordinates: 28°34′26″N 77°07′01″E / 28.57389°N 77.11694°E / 28.57389; 77.11694

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