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Indian Air Force

Aerial service branch of Indian Military
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Summary

Indian Air Force is an air force[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of air force entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,613 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: India[3]
  • Item operated: aircraft[4], Tupolev Tu-124[5]
  • Headquarters location: New Delhi[6]
  • Location: New Delhi[7]
  • Part of: Indian Armed Forces[8]
  • Has use: aerial warfare[9], airlift[10], aerial reconnaissance[11]
  • Commons category: Air force of India[12]
  • Color: navy blue[13], sky blue[14], white[15]
  • Has part(s): Central Air Command[16], Eastern Air Command[17], Southern Air Command[18], South Western Air Command[19], Western Air Command[20], Training Command[21], Maintenance Command[22]
  • Inception: October 8, 1932[23], 1932[24]
  • Official website: http://indianairforce.nic.in/[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Indian Air Force[26]
  • Allegiance: Ministry of Defence[27]
  • Employees: 139,576[28]
  • Official name: भारतीय वायु सेना[29]
  • Motto text: नभःस्पृशं दीप्तम्[30], Touch the Sky with Glory[31]
  • Commons Institution page: Indian Air Force[32]
  • Owner of: Madh Fort[33], Madh Island[34]

Why It Matters

Indian Air Force has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . news18.com. news18.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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