An kafa rundunar sojin sama ta Indiya a ranar 8 ga Oktoba 1932 a Biritaniya a matsayin rundunar sojin sama na Royal Air Force. Dokar Dokar Sojan Sama ta Indiya ta 1932 ta tsara matsayinsu na mataimaki kuma ta aiwatar da ɗaukar kayan aikin Sojan Sama na Royal Air Force, tambura, takardun shaida da alamomi. A ranar 1 ga Afrilu 1933, IAF ta ba da aikinta na farko, No.1 Squadron, tare da Westland Wapiti biplanes huɗu da matukan jirgi biyar na Indiya. Matukan jirgi na Indiya sun jagoranci British RAF Commanding Officer Flight Lieutenant (daga baya Mataimakin Air Marshal) Cecil Bouchier. Tambaya: Menene sunan ƙungiyar IAF ta farko da aka ba da izini?
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