Flight International: World Air Forces 2020

WORLD AIR FORCES
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coincidence. Rely on
aircraft and components ANALYSIS 4
maintained by us. Worldwide top 10 active aircraft types

Worldwide active fleet per region
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Fleet size for leading countries by role 8-9
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WORLDWIDE TOP 10 ACTIVE AIRCRAFT TYPES
Combat aircraft Combat helicopter Transport

Type Active fleet Share Type Active fleet Share Type Active fleet Share
powerplays
1 F-16 2,280 16% 1 S-70/SH/UH-60 3,913 19% 1 C-130/L-100 869 20%
2 Su-27/30 1,067 7% 2 Mi-8/17 2,865 14% 2 King Air 281 7%
3 F-15 949 7% 3 UH-1 1,289 6% 3 C295/CN235 278 7%
4 F-18 869 6% 4 AH-64 1,211 6% 4 C-17 275 7%
5 MiG-29 791 5% 5 Mi-24/35 969 5% 5 An-24/26 260 6%
6 Eurofighter Typhoon 500 3% 6 CH-47 906 5% 6 Il-76 195 5%
6 Su-25 487 3% 7 MD500/530 697 3% 7 An-30/32 140 3%
8 J-7 418 3% 8 AH-1 549 3% 8 Cessna 208 139 3%
9 Su-24 391 3% 9 SA341/342 483 2% 9 Y-8 100 2%
10 F-5 391 3% 10 H145 390 2% 10 C212 91 2%
Other 6,453 44% Other 7,217 35% Other 1,634 38%
Total 14,596 100% Total 20,489 100% Total 4,262 100%
Japan and Norway both declared initial aircraft and the asset will initially support by the airframer, it has handed over 23 to
operational capability with their A-model training activities at NAS Jacksonville in date this year. Our data also shows a year-on-
fleets in 2019, Singapore confirmed its inten- Florida. The service will follow the USN, year increase in the number of Airbus De-
tion to buy at least four for evaluation pur- Australia and India in fielding the 737NG- fence & Space A400Ms now available to per-
poses, and Poland advanced a request to buy derived platform operationally, with Norway form air-to-air refuelling tasks with
32 to meet its fleet renewal needs. UK-owned also having ordered the type, and New fixed-wing receivers. The French air force
F-35Bs also made their first landings aboard Zealand and South Korea intending to also welcomed its first of two Lockheed KC-
the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen follow suit. 130J tankers during the year.
Elizabeth. Due to be delivered from 2020, the United Embraer’s delivery of a first C/KC-390
Lockheed’s venerable F-16 also continues Arab Emirates’ Bombardier Global 6000- transport/tanker to the Brazilian air force
US inventory dominates our
to secure business, with orders from Bahrain, based GlobalEye surveillance aircraft fleet was another significant milestone recorded
World Air Forces listing,
US Air Force
Bulgaria, Morocco and Slovakia on its books. appears set to grow further, with the nation in 2019. India, meanwhile, flew the last
with a 25% share of total
Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet line is also revealing at the Dubai air show that it could production example of Boeing’s C-17 to its
healthy, with the USN having signed for a increase its current orders for three to five. home base.
CRAIG HOYLE LONDON Foreign policy clashes reshaped defence procurement in further 78.
The global Rafale operators club now num-
Tanker numbers are also on the rise, large-
ly resulting from the introduction of the US
Rotorcraft sales during the year included
steps among eastern European NATO nations
O
perations at home and inter 2019 as international tension between the USA and Turkey bers four members, with Dassault having Air Force’s (USAF’s) 767-based KC-46A. De- to renew their fleets, such as the Czech
delivered its first examples to India and Qatar spite teething problems still being addressed Republic selecting Bell’s AH-1Z and UH-1Y, ❯❯
nationally remained the key
focus for military air arms of all
grew. Our annual review looks at military fleets worldwide during the year. The nations follow France
sizes in 2019, while geopolitics and lead export customer Egypt in introduc- France has taken
and seemingly shifting alliances also also launched the formal process of removing Communist Party rule. Its fleet of Chengdu ing the type. delivery of its first
prompted notable alterations to some of their Turkish companies from Lockheed’s indust J20 fighters also continues to grow, with Saab also made its first Gripen E deliveries KC-130J tanker
procurement plans. rial supply chain for the Lightning II. Cirium fleets data showing 15 as now in to the air forces of Sweden and Brazil, to sup-
In what was one of the biggest defence Erdogan’s response was belligerent, active use. port their respective evaluations and service
developments of the year, a period of describing Ankara’s procurement decisions as Beyond ongoing campaigns over Iraq and preparations for the new-generation fighter.
brinkmanship between Turkish President a wholly sovereign matter. His next move will Syria and within Afghanistan, international In the special mission sector, the UK Royal
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his counterpart be of intrigue, but also could prove more dam focus was placed on new tensions in the Mid Air Force (RAF) has received its first Boeing
Donald Trump’s US administration came to a aging to the country’s NATO credentials. dle East. These included a Saudi Arabian oil P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol
spectacular conclusion in July. While Turkish Aerospace is working on its refinery being attacked by unmanned air vehi
Having repeatedly warned Ankara that it own TFX fighter design, Erdogan toured the cles in response to its continuing offensive in Global military fleet
would not tolerate a NATO ally purchasing MAKS Moscow air show with Russian Presi Yemen, and Iran shooting down a US Navy
Country Active fleet Share
AlmazAntey S400 Triumf longrange airde dent Vladimir Putin in August, and was (USN) Northrop Grumman RQ4C Triton over
fence systems from Russia, Washington made offered cooperation on the Sukhoi Su35 and the Persian Gulf. 1 USA 13,266 25%
good with its threat and for the first time eject Su57 fighters. 2 Russia 4,163 8%
ed a partner nation from Lockheed Martin’s Russia, meanwhile, provided its own boost F-35 ADVANCES 3 China 3,210 6%
F35 programme. to the Su57 programme in June, by signing a Despite its orders reversal with Turkey, the 4 India 2,123 4%
With four examples having already been deal to acquire 76 production examples. It has F35 programme had a good year, with Lock 5 South Korea 1,649 3%
handed over to the Turkish customer to sup also accelerated its service plans for the heed and the US Department of Defense 6 Japan 1,561 3%
port multinational training activities in the aircraft, which now call for three full agreeing a multiyear contract worth $34 bil 7 Pakistan 1,372 2%
USA, Ankara’s plans to field an eventual 100 regiments to be operating the type by 2028. lion for up to 478 examples. The airframer 8 France 1,229 2%
conventional takeoff and landing F35As Other notable developments in the combat and its suppliers have made further progress 9 Turkey 1,055 2%
were denied immediately after the first S400 aircraft sphere during 2019 included China with driving down the fifthgeneration type’s
10 Egypt 1,054 2%
Lockheed Martin
system elements arrived on Turkish soil. flying upgraded Harbin H6K strategic bomb acquisition costs, and the global operational
Other 23,208 43%
In addition to blocking any future purchases ers during a show of strength above Beijing on fleet is now only three shy of 400 units, in
Total 53,890 100%
of its stealthy combat aircraft, this measure 1 October to mark the 70th anniversary of cluding 165 examples dedicated to training.
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Worldwide active
fleet by region Russia & CIS
2 %
Year-on-year
fleet change
Middle East
North America
Europe
0 % 1 %
Year-on-year
-1 % fleet change
Year-on-year
fleet change
Year-on-year
fleet change
Asia-Pacific
0 %
Year-on-year
fleet change
Africa
Our data provides the regional split in Latin America

-1 %
-4 %
active aircraft by type category, along Year-on-year
fleet change
with the year-on-year percentage shift
in air power fleets around the globe Year-on-year
fleet change
North America Latin America Europe Africa Middle East Russia & CIS Asia-Pacific
Combat aircraft 2,719 Combat aircraft 480 Combat aircraft 2,066 Combat aircraft 888 Combat aircraft 1,441 Combat aircraft 1,964 Combat aircraft 5,038
Special mission 765 Special mission 148 Special mission 246 Special mission 60 Special mission 91 Special mission 127 Special mission 514
Tanker 620 Tanker 11 Tanker 62 Tanker 5 Tanker 44 Tanker 19 Tanker 41
Transport 983 Transport 497 Transport 631 Transport 415 Transport 258 Transport 470 Transport 1,011
Combat helicopter 5,594 Combat helicopter 1,228 Combat helicopter 3,525 Combat helicopter 1,564 Combat helicopter 1,441 Combat helicopter 1,846 Combat helicopter 5,291
Training aircraft/helicopters 2,970 Training aircraft/helicopters 957 Training aircraft/helicopters 2,084 Training aircraft/helicopters 1,075 Training aircraft/helicopters 1,009 Training aircraft/helicopters 590 Training aircraft/helicopters 3,102
Total 13,651 Total 3,321 Total 8,614 Total 4,007 Total 4,284 Total 5,016 Total 14,997
Note: CIS countries include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Source: Cirium fleets data
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FLEET SIZE FOR LEADING COUNTRIES BY ROLE
Combat aircraft Special mission Tanker Transport Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters
Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share
1 USA 2,657 18% 1 USA 744 38% 1 USA 614 77% 1 USA 945 22% 1 USA 5,471 27% 1 USA 2,835 24%
2 Russia 1,616 11% 2 Japan 152 8% 2 Saudi Arabia 22 3% 2 Russia 424 10% 2 Russia 1,481 7% 2 Pakistan 513 4%
3 China 1,603 11% 3 Russia 127 6% 3 France 20 2% 3 India 250 6% 3 China 903 4% 3 Russia 496 4%
4 India 710 5% 4 China 111 6% 4 Russia 19 2% 4 China 224 5% 4 South Korea 803 4% 4 Japan 427 4%
5 North Korea 572 4% 5 India 77 4% 5 Israel 10 1% 5 Brazil 126 3% 5 India 721 4% 5 Egypt 387 3%
6 South Korea 474 3% 6 France 45 2% 6 Italy/Singapore/UK 9 1% 6 France 121 3% 6 Japan 637 3% 6 China 366 3%
6 Pakistan 446 3% 7 Brazil/Germany 40 2% 7 Spain 8 1% 7 Iran 84 2% 7 France 555 3% 7 India 359 3%
8 Saudi Arabia 351 3% 8 Australia 31 2% 8 Germany/Turkey 7 1% 8 Turkey 80 2% 8 Turkey 468 2% 8 South Korea 298 3%
9 Egypt 303 2% 9 South Korea 30 2% Australia/Canada/ 9 Colombia 76 2% 9 Italy 402 2% 9 Turkey 276 2%
9 6 1%
Colombia/ India/Iran/Japan 10 Germany 71 2% 10 Germany 366 2% 10 UK 241 2%
10 Taiwan 289 2% 10 29 1%
Pakistan 10 Chile 5 1% Other 1,864 43% Other 8,682 42% Other 5,589 48%
Other 5,575 38% Other 565 29% Other 82 10% Total 4,265 100% Total 20,489 100% Total 11,787 100%
Total 14,596 100% Total 1,951 100% Total 802 100%
rise, taking its total capability to 4,284 aircraft.
Hungary ordering Airbus Helicopters’ H225M by expected F-35 commitments, which total next-ranked Russia (4,163), plus China Increases were made in both the combat and
and Poland the Leonardo Helicopters AW101, 2,810 for 14 nations: a 35% stake of all such (3,210), India (2,123), South Korea (1,649) and training aircraft categories.
for navy service. future business. Japan (1,561) still fall more than 500 units No change was recorded in the Asia-Pacific
The year also proved to be a notable one for short of its total. region or in Europe, where their total fleets
retirements. The RAF waved off two stalwarts FLEET STABILITY The US military also retains a clear lead in stand at almost 15,000 and just over 8,600 air-
of its fleet: the Panavia Tornado GR4 and its Cirium data shows that the global military all six of our individual aircraft type catego- frames, respectively.
Shorts Tucano T1 trainers. The USN, mean- fleet has been remarkably stable over the ries, with its numerical edge ranging from
while, flew the last of its legacy F/A-18s into 12-month period between our snapshot having 18% of all combat aircraft, and 38% of REGIONAL DIVIDE
storage, while the US Marine Corps (USMC) reviews, with a year-on-year variance of less operational special mission platforms, to 77% Africa and North America both experienced
ended operations with its Northrop EA-6B than 0.2% – a decrease of just 63 aircraft. of the global tanker inventory. a 1% contraction to their fleets, while the
electronic warfare assets. This year, we record a significantly larger Looking at the world regions, only two biggest reversal affected the Latin America
This year, our directory records 53,890 air- UH-1 utility helicopter fleet as being used by have recorded net increases over the region, which encountered a 130-unit
craft as being in active service with militaries the German army, while a change in our data 12-month period of our review. Russia and its reduction, to stand at 3,321. However, this
in 160 nations around the globe. Also includ- usage has resulted in the removal of multiple Commonwealth of Independent States allies was almost entirely a consequence of the
ed is a breakdown of more than 3,800 units piston-engined types. have seen their combined assets increase to removal of some piston-engined models
that are the subject of firm orders, along with With approaching 13,300 aircraft in use, 5,016 units, from 4,904: a 2% climb. Mos- from our data.
approaching 8,000 others for which letters of the USA is the clear leader in air power terms, cow’s armed forces account for 83% of this Our annual snapshot shows that once com-
intent or long-term purchase plans have been accounting for 25% of all the military assets total. bined, Asia-Pacific-region nations have in-
disclosed. This latter category is dominated listed. Once combined, the fleets of The Middle East experienced a 1% fleet creased their lead in total fleet size to 1,346
over North America’s 13,651: of which, the
Saudi Arabia ranks eighth for USA owns 97%. But as noted in previous
combat aircraft, including 219 F-15s directories, while the 28 Asia-Pacific nations
Dassault
listed here can call on 5,038 combat aircraft,
some of these – such as North Korea’s assets – India and Qatar both received their first Rafale fighters from Dassault during the year
are vastly less capable than the 2,657 flown by
the US services.
Notable exclusions from our annual fleet
Explanatory notes
review include those fixed-wing aircraft and Flight International’s annual World Air planned order totals, which may be
helicopters Cirium records as held in storage, Forces directory uses Cirium fleets data, subject to future revision.
also counting those involved in or awaiting abridged by editor Craig Hoyle for our
upgrade. Assets categorised as dedicated to listings format. Fleet analysis is provided Abbreviations
performing VIP transport duties, or as flown by FlightGlobal’s Antoine Fafard. AEW = airborne early warning
by military-operated airlines, are also not in- Comms = communications
cluded. We do not list platforms permanently Fleet information is divided into these ELINT = electronic intelligence
assigned to supporting research and develop- categories: EW = electronic warfare
ment or experimental activities, among them Active: Aircraft in day-to-day use. For MPA = maritime patrol aircraft
aircraft employed by France’s DGA defence some Soviet-era types where only Recce = reconnaissance
procurement agency, the UK’s Qinetiq and summary information is available, this also SAR = search and rescue
Germany’s WTD 61 test unit. includes some non-operational platforms. SIGINT = signals intelligence
Other categories not included regard those Ordered: Aircraft on firm order. Others
airframes tasked with specialist support du- which are pending purchase approval or To download your free copy of our directory
ties such as calibration or mapping, firefight- contract signature are marked with an for 2020, visit flightglobal.com/waf from
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AFGHANISTAN ARMENIA OH-58 10 Training aircraft/helicopters
Afghan Air Force Armenian Air Force S-70/UH-60M 8 3* Bell 206 6
Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered SA316 21 FT-6 9
Combat aircraft Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters FT-7 11
Cessna 208 10 Su-25 9 PC-7 13 K-8 10
EMB-314 (A-29) 15 Su-30 4 Saab 105 19 L-39 7
Transport Transport AZERBAIJAN Yak-130 14
C-130H 4 Il-76 3 Azerbaijan Air Force Bangladesh Army
Cessna 208 24 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
Y-12 2 Mi-8/17/171 12 Combat aircraft Transport
Combat helicopter Mi-24 15 MiG-21 5 C295 1
MD530F 61 140* Training aircraft/helicopters MiG-29 12 Cessna 208 1
Mi-8/Mi-17 40 L-39 6 Su-25 12 Combat helicopter
Mi-25 8 Mi-2 6 Transport AS365 2
S-70 (UH-60A) 9 Su-25 1 Il-76 1 Bell 206 2
SA315 3 Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army Air Force Combat helicopter Mi-171 5 1
UH-1H 10 Type Active Ordered Bell 412 2 Bangladesh Navy
Afghan Special Mission Wing Combat aircraft Ka-32 4 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered With 15 examples in use, Austria accounts for Su-25 2 Mi-8/17 65 Special mission
Transport 3% of the 500-strong Eurofighter fleet Combat helicopter Mi-24 17 Dornier 228NG (MPA) 2 2
Bundesheer
PC-12NG 18 employed by seven nations Mi-8 5 Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter

Combat helicopter Mi-24 5 L-39 12 AW109 2
Mi-8/17 56 AUSTRALIA MFI-395 10 Z-9 2+1*
ALBANIA AW101 6 KC-130H 2 Royal Australian Air Force Mi-2 7 BELARUS
Albanian Air Force AW139 3 Transport Type Active Ordered BAHAMAS Belarus Air Force
Type Active Ordered Super Lynx 130/140 10 C-130H/L-100 4 Combat aircraft Royal Bahamas Defence Force Type Active Ordered
Combat helicopter ANGOLA C-390 6* F/A-18A 52 Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft
AW109 1 Angolan People’s Air Force PA-31 2 F/A-18F 24 Special mission MiG-29 39
Bell 205 3 Type Active Ordered Twin Commander 3 F-35A 6 2+82* King Air 350 (MPA) 1 Su-25 68
Bell 206 5 Combat aircraft Combat helicopter Special mission Transport Su-30 12
BO105 4 EMB-314 6 Bell 212/412 13 737 (AEW) 6 Cessna 208 1 Transport
H145 2 MiG-21 23 H125M 12* 737 (P-8A) (MPA) 11 3* BAHRAIN An-26 2
H215M/AS532 4 MiG-23 22 Ka-226 3* AP-3C (EW) 2 Royal Bahraini Air Force Il-76 2
ALGERIA Su-22 14 MD500 12 AP-3C (MPA) 1 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter
Algerian Air Force Su-25 12 Mi-171 2 3* EA-18G (EW) 11 Combat aircraft Mi-2 2
Type Active Ordered Su-27/30 13 SA315 6 Tanker F-16C/V 17 16+3* Mi-8 36
Combat aircraft Special mission Training aircraft/helicopters A330 (KC-30A) 6 Transport Mi-24 21
MiG-25 13 C212 (MPA) 1 AT/IA-63 18 18* Transport C-130J 1 1 Mi-26 4
MiG-29 32 14 Citation I (MPA) 1 EMB-312 11 C-17 8 Cessna 208 1 Training aircraft/helicopters
Su-24 22 Transport G120TP 7 C-27J 10 Combat helicopter L-39 10
Su-30 58 16 An-12 8 OA-4AR 3 C-130J 12 AH-1E/F 22 Mi-2 6
Special mission An-26 1 T-6C+ 10 2+12* King Air 350 8 AH-1Z 12 Yak-130 12
Beech 1900 (Recce) 6 An-32 6 Argentinian Army Training aircraft/helicopters Bell 212/412 21 BELGIUM
King Air 200/350 (MPA) 3 An-72 6 Type Active Ordered F/A-18B 15 S-70/UH-60M 8 Belgian Air Component
Tanker C212 1 Special mission F-35A 10 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered
Il-78 3 Il-76 6 DA42 (Recce) 3 Hawk 127 33 AH-1P 8 Combat aircraft
Transport MA60 2 Transport King Air 350 4 BO105 4 F-16A 43
Beech 1900 6 Combat helicopter Beechcraft Baron 1 PC-9/A 54 F-5E/F 12 F-35A 34*
C-130H 14 AW109 2 4 C212 3 PC-21 43 3 F-16D 4 Transport
C295 5 AW139 4 Cessna 208 4 Royal Australian Army Hawk 129 6 A400M 7
Il-76/78 11 Bell 212 9 Citation Bravo 1 Type Active Ordered T67M260 3 C-130H 9
King Air 90/200/350 21 Mi-8/17/171 66 DHC-6 2 Combat helicopter Royal Bahraini Navy ERJ-135/145 3
PC-6 2 Mi-24 15 Combat helicopter CH-47F 10 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter
Combat helicopter SA316/319/SE3160 22 AW109 2 NH90 (TTH) 47 Combat helicopter AW109 19
AS355 14 SA342 8 H215M/AS332 3 S-70 31 BO105 2 NH90 (NFH/TTH) 7 2*
AW139 11 Training aircraft/helicopters SA315 2 Tiger 22 BANGLADESH SA316 3
Bell 412 3 EMB-312 12 UH-1H 47 Training aircraft/helicopters Bangladesh Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters
Ka-32 3 L-29 6 Training aircraft/helicopters H135 (HATS) 15 Type Active Ordered Alpha Jet 24
Ka-52 12* L-39 3 Bell 206 5 Royal Australian Navy Combat aircraft F-16B 8
Mi-2 22 PC-7 22 Argentinian Navy Type Active Ordered F-7 36 SF-260 32
Mi-8/17/171 137 PC-9 4 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter MiG-29 8 BELIZE
Mi-24 33 ARGENTINA Special mission S-70/MH-60R 23 Su-30 8+4* Belize Defence Force
Mi-26 14 2 Argentinian Air Force King Air 200 (MPA) 4 AUSTRIA Transport Type Active Ordered
Mi-28 12 30 Type Active Ordered S-2 (MPA) 2 Austrian Air Force An-32 3 Transport
Training aircraft/helicopters Combat aircraft Transport Type Active Ordered C-130B 4 BN-2 1
AW119 8 A-4 24 King Air 200 1 Combat aircraft C-130J 1 1 Combat helicopter
L-39 55 EMB-312 3 PC-6 1 Eurofighter 15 L-410 3 UH-1H 2
W-3 8 IA-63 4 2+16* Combat helicopter Transport Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters
Yak-130 16 Special mission AS555 3 C-130K 3 AW119 2 T67M260 1
Algerian Navy DA42 (Recce) 3 S-61/H-3 5 PC-6 8 AW139 4 BENIN
Type Active Ordered Learjet 35 (EW) 1 Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter Bell 212 14 Benin Air Force
Combat helicopter Tanker T-34 10 Bell 212 23 Mi-17/171 30 5 Type Active Ordered
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Combat aircraft ERJ-145 (Recce) 3 MiG-29 13 Mi-17 5 Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 Chilean Navy
DHC-6 1 Learjet 35 (Recce) 6 Su-25 4 SA318 1 Transport Type Active Ordered
BHUTAN P-3AM (MPA) 7 Transport SA330 2 An-26 3 Special mission
Royal Bhutan Army Tanker An-26 1 Z-9 3 C-27J 2 C295 (MPA) 3
Type Active Ordered KC-130M 2 C-27J 2 Training aircraft/helicopters C-130H 1 EMB-110 (MPA) 3
Combat helicopter Transport L-410 1 Alpha Jet 6 Combat helicopter P-3 (MPA) 1
Mi-8 2 C-130H/M 10 PC-12 1 CANADA H125M/AS550 6 P68 (Recce) 7
BOLIVIA C/KC-390 1 26 Combat helicopter Royal Canadian Air Force Mi-8/17/171 7 Combat helicopter
Bolivian Air Force C295 9 9* Bell 206 2 Type Active Ordered Mi-24 3 AS365 6
Type Active Ordered Cessna 208 31 H215M/AS532 12 2* Combat aircraft SE3160 1 BO105 4
Transport EMB-110 48 Mi-17 3 F/A-18A 62 Training aircraft/helicopters H215M/AS332/532 8
C-130B 3 EMB-120 19 Mi-24 2 F-35A 88* PC-7 2 Training aircraft/helicopters
Cessna 402 1 ERJ-145 6 Training aircraft/helicopters Special mission PC-9 1 Bell 206 7
Jetstream 31 2 Phenom 100 2 2+2* Bell 206 4 C295 (SAR) 16 SF-260 1 PC-7 7
King Air 90/200/350 6 Combat helicopter F-16D 2* DHC-5 (SAR) 6 CHILE CHINA
Combat helicopter AS355 4 L-39 6 King Air 350 (Recce) 3 Chilean Air Force People’s Liberation Army Air Force
H125M/AS350 2 Bell 205 2 MiG-29 2 P-3 (CP-140) (MPA) 15 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
H145 2 Bell 206 1 PC-9 6 Tanker Combat aircraft Combat aircraft
H215M/AS332 6 H125M/AS350 26 Su-25 2 A310 2 F-5E 9 H-6 120
SE3160 1 H215M/AS332 4 Bulgarian Navy KC-130H 4 F-16A/C 35 J-7 388
UH-1H 15 H225M 11 5 Type Active Ordered Transport Special mission J-8 96
Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-35 12 Combat helicopter A310 3 707 (AEW) 1 J-10 235
K-8 6 S-70/UH-60L/M 16 3* AS565 2 C-17 5 Tanker J-11/16/Su-27/30/35 351
PC-7 2 Training aircraft/helicopters BURKINA FASO C-130H 8 KC-130R 2 J-20 15
R44 5 AMX-T 8 Burkina Faso Air Force C-130J 17 KC-135E 3 JH-7 69
Zlin 242 9 EMB-312 103 Type Active Ordered DHC-6 3 Transport Q-5 118
Bolivian Army EMB-314 62 Combat aircraft King Air 350 2 737 1 Special mission
Type Active Ordered F-5FM 4 EMB-314 3 Combat helicopter C-130B/H/R 4 737 (MPA) 2
Transport Gripen F 8 Transport AW101 (SAR) 14 2* C-390 6* An-30 (EW) 3
F27 1 P-3AM 1 King Air 200 1 Bell 412 84 C212 3 Challenger 870 (Recce) 5
King Air 90 1 Brazilian Army Combat helicopter CH-47F 15 Citation CJ1 4 Il-76 (A50I) (AEW) 1
Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered H125M/AS350 1 S-92 10 10 DHC-6 11 Il-76 (KJ-2000) (AEW) 4
Z-9 6 Combat helicopter Mi-8/171 3 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter Tu-154 (EW) 8
Training aircraft/helicopters AS565 33 Mi-24 2 Bell 206 (Allied Wings) 13 Bell 412 15 Y-8 (AEW) 11
R44 1 CH-47F 8* UH-1H 2 Bell 412 (Allied Wings) 9 S-70i 6 Y-8 (EW) 16
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA H125M/AS550 34 Training aircraft/helicopters CT-114 26 UH-1H 15 Y-8 (Recce) 1
Air Force Brigade of Bosnia and Herzegovina H215M/AS532 9 SF-260 4 Dash 8 4 Training aircraft/helicopters Y-9 (KJ-500) (AEW) 13
Type Active Ordered H225M 11 5 BURUNDI F/A-18B 23 Bell 206 4 Tanker
Combat helicopter S-70/UH-60M 3 3* Burundi National Army G120A (Allied Wings) 13 C-101 19 Il-78 3
Mi-8/17 6 Brazilian Navy Type Active Ordered Hawk 115 (NFTC) 18 EMB-314 18 Transport
SA341/342 8 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter King Air 90 (Allied Wings) 7 F-5F 2 Il-76 22
UH-1H 5 Combat aircraft Mi-24 3 T-6A (NFTC) 22 F-16B/D 11 MA60 9
BOTSWANA A-4KU 3 SA316 3 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC SR22 8 Tu-154 2
Botswana Defence Force Combat helicopter SA342 6 Central African Republic Air Force T-35 31 Y-7 47
Type Active Ordered AS355 8 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered Chilean Army Y-8 69
Combat aircraft H125M/AS350 19 SF-260 5 Transport Type Active Ordered Y-9 15
F-5A 10 H135 3 CAMBODIA BN-2 2 Transport Y-12 11
Transport H215M/AS332 4 Royal Cambodian Air Force Combat helicopter C212 2 Y-20 7
BN-2 1 H225M 11 8 Type Active Ordered H125M/AS350 1 Cessna 208 3 Combat helicopter
C-130B 3 Lynx 21/A 11 Transport CHAD CN235 2 Mi-17/171 16
C212 4 S-70 6 BN-2 1 Chad Air Force Combat helicopter Z-8 34
CN235 2 Training aircraft/helicopters MA60 2 Type Active Ordered H125M/AS350 5 Z-9 16
King Air 200 1 Bell 206 17 Y-12 2 Combat aircraft H215M/AS532 10 13* Training aircraft/helicopters
Combat helicopter TA-4KU 3 Combat helicopter Su-25 6 MD530F 9 JJ-7 35
Bell 412 6 BRUNEI AS355 1 Special mission SA330 3 JL-8 170
H125M/AS350 10 Royal Brunei Air Force H125M/AS350 1 L-15 2
Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered Mi-8/17 6 Y-7 13
F-5D 3 Transport Z-9 9 People’s Liberation Army Ground Force
PC-7 Mk II 5 C-130J 1* CAMEROON Type Active Ordered
BRAZIL CN235 1 Cameroon Air Force Transport
Brazilian Air Force Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Y-7 7
Type Active Ordered Bell 214 1 Special mission Y-8 3
Combat aircraft BO105 6 Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 Y-9 2
AMX-A/T-1 47 S-70i 12 Transport Combat helicopter
EMB-314 (A-29) 31 Training aircraft/helicopters C-130H 3 Mi-17/171 240
F-5EM 43 Bell 206 3 Cessna 208 1 S-70 23
Gripen E 28+72* PC-7 Mk II 4 CN235 1 Z-8 67
Special mission BULGARIA MA60 1 Z-9 92
Brazilian air force

C295 (SAR) 3 2 Bulgarian Air Force Combat helicopter Z-10 106 12
EMB-110 (MPA) 13 Type Active Ordered AW109 2 2
Z-11 46
EMB-110 (Recce) 3 Combat aircraft Bell 206 1
Z-19 175 11
ERJ-145 (AEW) 5 F-16C 6* Bell 412 1
Now backed by Boeing, Embraer’s C/KC-390 has entered use with the Brazilian air force Training aircraft/helicopters
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H120 93 57 Bell 212 11 Mi-8/17 6 An-26 2 Cessna 404 1 An-74 3

H125M/AS350 1 MD500/530F 6 Mi-24 1 Combat helicopter PA-31 2 Beech 1900 4
People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force S-70/AH/MH/UH-60L 24 Congolese Navy Mi-8/17 10 PA-34 1 C-130H 21
Type Active Ordered UH-1H 48 Type Active Ordered Mi-35 4 Turbo/Twin Commander 2 C295 22
Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter DHC-5 8
H-6 30 Bell 206/TH-67A 47 Mi-14 1 L-39 26 Bell 430 1 Il-76 1
J-7 30 EMB-312 14 CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC) CYPRUS OH-58 12 Combat helicopter
J-8 47 Kfir 2 Democratic Republic of Congo Air Force Cyprus National Guard - Air Command UH-1H 13 AH-64D/E 46 10*
J-10 25 T-37 17 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters AW109 3
J-15/Su-30/33 45 50* Colombian Army Combat aircraft Transport Schweizer 333 2 AW139 2
JH-7 34 Type Active Ordered MiG-23 2 BN-2 1 T-35 2 CH-47D 19 6*
Special mission Special mission Su-25 4 Combat helicopter ECUADOR H125M/AS350/550 3
Challenger 870 (Recce) (China 2 King Air 200/350 (EW) 4 Transport Mi-35 11 Ecuadorian Air Force Ka-52 35 11
Ocean Aviation) Transport 727 3 SA342 4 Type Active Ordered Mi-8/17 62
Ka-31 (AEW) 9 An-32 2 737 1 CZECH REPUBLIC Combat aircraft S-70 2
SH-5 (SAR) 3 C212 2 An-12 3 Czech Air Force Cheetah 9 SA342 89
Y-7 (SAR) 1 Cessna 208 8 An-26 3 Type Active Ordered Transport Sea King 23
Y-8 (AEW) 8 King Air 90/200/350 4 An-72 1 Combat aircraft 727 1 SH-2G 10
Y-8 (MPA) 9 PA-34 2 DC-8 1 Gripen C 12 737 1 Training aircraft/helicopters
Y-8 (Recce) 8 Turbo Commander 5 Il-76 1 L-159A 16 C-130B/H/L-100 3 Alpha Jet 27
Y-9 (HJ/KJ-500) (AEW) 6 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Transport C295 3 EMB-312 54
Z-18 (AEW) 1 Mi-17 18 Bell 206 2 C-390 2* DHC-6 2 F-16B/D 50
Transport S-70i/UH-60L 54 Mi-2 2 C295 4 Gulfstream II 1 G115 74
Y-7 17 UH-1H/N 43 Mi-8/17 4 L-410 4 King Air 350 1 K-8 119
Y-8 13 Colombian Navy Mi-24 8 Combat helicopter PA-34 1 L-39 49
Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Mi-26 1 AH-1Z 4* Combat helicopter MiG-29 4
AS365/565 6 Special mission SA316 2 Mi-17/171 19 AW119 4 Mirage 5SDD 6
Ka-27 1 CN235 (MPA) 2 SA330 10 Mi-24/35 15 Training aircraft/helicopters Mirage 2000BM 4
Ka-28 17 Transport UH-1H 5 UH-1Y 12* Bell 206/TH-57A 8 EL SALVADOR
Z-8 29 ATR 42 1 CROATIA W-3 10 EMB-314 17 Salvadoran Air Force
Z-9 33 C212 1 Croatian Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters Ecuadorian Army Aviation Type Active Ordered
Z-18 2 Cessna 208 3 Type Active Ordered Gripen D 2 Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft
Training aircraft/helicopters CN235 1 Combat aircraft L-39 5 Transport A-37 15
JJ-6 14 King Air 90/350 2 MiG-21 12 L-159T1/+ 8 Arava 2 Transport
JL-8 11 PA-31 1 Combat helicopter DENMARK C212 1 Arava 2
JL-9 2 Combat helicopter Mi-8/17/171 23 Royal Danish Air Force CN235 2 Combat helicopter
L-15 12 AS365 2 OH-58 16 Type Active Ordered King Air 200 1 Bell 412 4
Mi-8 8 AS555 1 S-70/UH-60M 2* Combat aircraft M28 1 Hughes 269 5
Y-7 5 Bell 212/412 8 Training aircraft/helicopters F-16A 33 Combat helicopter MD500 8
COLOMBIA Mi-8 1 Bell 206 8 F-35A 27* H125M/AS350/550 11 UH-1H 14
Colombian Air Force UH-1N 6 PC-9 14 Special mission H215M/AS332 3 Training aircraft/helicopters
Type Active Ordered CONGO Zlin 242 5 Challenger 604 (MPA) 3 Mi-171 8 T-35 3
Combat aircraft Congolese Air Force CUBA Transport SA315 1 EQUATORIAL GUINEA
A-37 14 Type Active Ordered Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force C-130J 4 SA330 1 Equatorial Guinea Air Force
EMB-314 24 Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter SA342 6 Type Active Ordered
Kfir 21 Mirage F1 2 Combat aircraft AW101 14 Ecuadorian Navy Combat aircraft
Special mission Transport MiG-21 11 H125M/AS550 12 Type Active Ordered Su-25 4
BT-67 (Recce) 6 An-32 2 MiG-23 24 S-70/MH-60R 9 Special mission Special mission
Cessna 208 (Recce) 6 CN235 1 MiG-29 3 Training aircraft/helicopters CN235 (MPA) 2 C295 (MPA) 1
Citation Ultra (Recce) 5 Combat helicopter Transport F-16B 11 King Air 200/300 (MPA) 5 Transport
CN235 (Recce) 1 MFI-17 27 Transport C295 1
King Air (EW) 3 Based on Russian Su-33, the J-15 DJIBOUTI King Air 350 2 Combat helicopter
Turbo Commander (MPA) 2 Djibouti Air Force Combat helicopter Ka-29 1
is China’s maritime fighter
Tanker Type Active Ordered Bell 206/TH-57A 4 Mi-24 7
767 MMTT 1 Transport Bell 430 3 Mi-26 1
Transport Cessna 208 1 Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters
727 1 MA60 1 Bell 206/TH-57A 1 L-39 2
737 2 Combat helicopter T-35 3 ERITREA
Arava 1 AS355 1 EGYPT Eritrean Air Force
C-130B/H 6 AS565 4 Egyptian Air Force Type Active Ordered
C-390 12* Mi-8 2 Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft
C212 4 Mi-24 2 Combat aircraft MiG-29 5
C295/CN235 7 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Alpha Jet 13 Su-27 3
Cessna 208 10 Dominican Republic Air Force F-16A/C 168 Transport
Cessna 402 1 Type Active Ordered MiG-29 11 30 King Air 200 1
EMB-110 2 Combat aircraft Mirage 5E2/SDE/SDR 75 Y-12 4
King Air 90/350 7 EMB-314 8 Mirage 2000EM 15 Combat helicopter
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PA-31T 1 Special mission Rafale DM/EM 21 3 Bell 412 1

PA-34 1 P2006T (MPA) 1 Special mission Mi-17/171 6
Turbo Commander 1 Transport Beech 1900 (EW) 4 Mi-24 6
Combat helicopter Beechcraft Baron 1 E-2C (AEW) 7 Training aircraft/helicopters
Bell 205 2 C212 3 Transport MB-339 6
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NH90 (TTH) 38 35 Eurofighter 128 K-8 4 DHC-6 1

SA330 74 Tornado IDS 74 L-29 1 King Air 90/200 2
SA341/342 165 Special mission GREECE Combat helicopter
Tiger 62 22 Tornado ECR (EW) 30 Hellenic Air Force Bell 205 1
Training aircraft/helicopters Tanker Type Active Ordered Bell 206 1
AS555 17 A310 4 Combat aircraft Bell 212/412 3
SA330 1 A400M 3 F-4E 33 Bell 407 2
SA341/342 14 KC-130J 3* F-16C 114 UH-1H 8
French Navy Transport Mirage 2000EG 16 Training aircraft/helicopters
Type Active Ordered A310 1 Mirage 2000-5/Mk II 24 PA-28 2
Combat aircraft A400M 28 22 Special mission T-35 4
Rafale M 41 2+10* C-130J 3* C-130H (EW) 2 GUINEA
Special mission C160 42 CL-415 (SAR) 1 Guinea Air Force
ATL-2 (MPA) 22 Combat helicopter ERJ-145 (AEW) 4 Type Active Ordered
E-2C (AEW) 3 CH-53G/GA/GS 79 P-3B (MPA) 1 Combat aircraft
French ATL-2 maritime patrol Training aircraft/helicopters Transport MiG-21 3
Falcon 20/200 (MPA) 5
Dassault
aircraft: buoyed by upgrade Tornado IDS 6 C-27J 8 Combat helicopter
Falcon 50 (MPA) 8
German Army C-130B/H 7 Mi-17 2
Transport
Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Mi-24/25 3
EMB-121 10
Su-27 1 NH90 (TTH) 20 Combat helicopter Bell 205 12 SA330 3
Falcon 10 6
ESTONIA Training aircraft/helicopters H145 7 H215M/AS332 12 GUYANA
Combat helicopter
Estonian Air Force MD500 5 H145 (Kommando Spezialkrafte) 15 Training aircraft/helicopters Guyana Defence Force
Type Active Ordered FRANCE AS365/565 30
NH90 (TTH) 72 7 F-16D 39 Type Active Ordered
Transport French Air Force H160M 49*
Tiger 56 1 Mirage 2000BG 2 Transport
An-28/M28 2 Type Active Ordered Lynx HAS2/4 23
UH-1D 101 T-2C/E 39 BN-2 2
Training aircraft/helicopters Combat aircraft NH90 (NFH) 23 4
Training aircraft/helicopters T-6A 45 Skyvan 3
L-39 1 Mirage 2000C 28 SA316/319/SE3160 23
Bell 206 6 Hellenic Army Aviation Y-12 1
R44 4 Mirage 2000D 70 Training aircraft/helicopters
H135 14 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter
ETHIOPIA Mirage 2000-5F 28 Jetstream 41 (AVDEF) 2
German Navy Combat helicopter Bell 206 2
Ethiopian Air Force Rafale B/C 102 26+96* GABON
Type Active Ordered AH-64A/D 29 Bell 412 1
Type Active Ordered Special mission Gabon Air Force
Special mission Bell 205 27 HONDURAS
Combat aircraft 707 (E-3F) (AEW) 4 Type Active Ordered
Dornier 228/NG (MPA) 2 Bell 206 11 Honduran Air Force
MiG-23 10 C160 (ELINT) 2 Combat aircraft
P-3C (MPA) 8 CH-47D/SD 25 Type Active Ordered
Su-27 14 Falcon (EW) 3* Mirage F1 6
Combat helicopter NH90 (TTH) 14 6+14* Combat aircraft
Transport King Air 350 (Recce) 1 1* Transport
Lynx 88 22 OH-58 36 A-37 9
An-12 3 Tanker C-130H 1
NH90 (NFH) 1 17 UH-1H 65 EMB-314 2*
An-32 1 A330 MRTT 2 10 CN235 1
Sea King 41 20 Training aircraft/helicopters F-5E 3
C-130B/E 2 A400M 3 Combat helicopter
GHANA Hughes 269 18 Special mission
DHC-6 1 C/KC-135FR 14 H120 2
Ghana Air Force OH-58 24 King Air 200 (Recce) 1
Combat helicopter KC-130J 1 1 H135 2
Type Active Ordered Hellenic Navy Transport
Mi-8/17 14 Transport H215M/AS332 1
Special mission Type Active Ordered Cessna 208 4
Mi-24 8 A310 2 SA319 2
DA42 (Recce) 2 Combat helicopter L-410 2 1
SA316 3 A400M 12 35 SA330 5
Transport Bell 212 7 PA-31 1
Training aircraft/helicopters C-130H 14 SA342 3
C295 3 S-70/MH-60R 11 7* PA-34 1
L-39 10 C-130J 2 GAMBIA
Combat helicopter GUATEMALA Turbo/Twin Commander 3
SF-260 4 C160 15 Gambian Air Force
AW109 2 Guatemalan Air Force Combat helicopter
Su-27 6 CN235 27 Type Active Ordered
Bell 412 1 Type Active Ordered Bell 412 4
Ethiopian Army Aviation DHC-6 5 Combat aircraft
Mi-17/171 6 2 Combat aircraft UH-1H 8
Type Active Ordered TBM 700 15 Su-25 1
Mi-35 1+3* A-37 3 Training aircraft/helicopters
Transport Combat helicopter GEORGIA
Z-9 4 PC-7 1 EMB-312 9
DHC-6 2 AS555 40 Georgian Land Forces
Training aircraft/helicopters Transport F-5F 1
Combat helicopter H160M 40* Type Active Ordered
DA42 1 BT-67 1 HUNGARY
UH-1H 8 H215M/AS332 5 Combat aircraft
EMB-314 9* Cessna 208 4 Hungarian Air Force
FINLAND H225M 13 Su-25 10
Type Active Ordered
Finnish Air Force SA330 26 Transport
Combat aircraft
Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters An-28 2
Gripen C 12
Combat aircraft Alpha Jet 97 Combat helicopter
Transport
F/A-18C 55 EMB-121 22 Mi-8/171 15
A319 2
Special mission G120A (Airbus Defence & Space) 18 Mi-14 2
An-26 3
C295 (EW) 1 H225M 2 Mi-24 9
Combat helicopter
Transport Mirage 2000B-S5 6 UH-1H 12
H125M/AS350 2
C295 2 PC-21 17 Training aircraft/helicopters
H145 20
Learjet 35 3 SR20 (Airbus Defence & Space) 15 L-29 4
H225M 16
PC-12NG 6 SR22 (Airbus Defence & Space) 8 L-39 8
Mi-8/17 14
Training aircraft/helicopters French Army Abkhazian Air Force
Mi-24 8
F/A-18D 7 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
Patrick Heinz/Airbus Helicopters

Training aircraft/helicopters
G115 28 Transport Combat helicopter
Gripen D 2
Hawk 51/66 37 PC-6 5 Mi-8 2
Zlin 143 2
L-70 Vinka 28 TBM 700 8 Mi-24 2
Zlin 242 2
Finnish Army Combat helicopter GERMANY
INDIA
Type Active Ordered H160M 80* German Air Force
Indian Air Force
Combat helicopter H215M/AS532 25 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered
MD500 2 H225M 8 Combat aircraft The global NH90 inventory totals 390 units, including German navy’s new Sea Lion variant
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Combat aircraft Ka-28 14 4 Mi-35 8 Type Active Ordered Mi-8/171 41 C-27J 8
Jaguar M/S 130 S-61/UH-3H 6 SA316 7 Transport Mi-28 17 19* C-130J 15
MiG-21 132 S-70/MH-60R 24* Training aircraft/helicopters F27 1 Mi-35 23 12* P180 6
MiG-27 42 SA316/319 35 6 H120 2 Turbo Commander 2 UH-1H 15 Combat helicopter
MiG-29 66 Sea King 42 25 Hughes 269 7 Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters AW101 9 3+3*
Mirage 2000H/I 45 Training aircraft/helicopters Indonesian Navy AH-1J 12 Bell 206 12 AW139 15
Rafale DH/EH 1 35 Hawk 132 17 Type Active Ordered Bell 206 3 Bell 407 3 Bell 212 32
Su-30 242 8 Kiran (HJT-16) 20 Special mission Bell 214 22 OH-58 9 MD500 2
Su-57/T-50 144* MiG-29KUB 9 C212 (MPA) 6 CH-47C 38 IRELAND Training aircraft/helicopters
Tejas 16 99 INDONESIA CN235 (MPA) 5 3* Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Irish Air Corps AMX-T 5
Special mission Indonesian Air Force Transport Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered F-35A 2
707 (Recce) 1 Type Active Ordered C212 8 1 Special mission Special mission M-345 18+27*
737 (Recce) 2 Combat aircraft Combat helicopter F27 (MPA) 1 BN-2 (Recce) 1 M-346 (T-346A) 22
ERJ-145 (AEW) 2 EMB-314 15 AS565 11 Falcon 20 (SAR) 1 CN235 (MPA) 2 MB-339 70
G100/1125 Astra (Recce) 2 F-16A/C 25 Bell 412 3 Transport Transport MD500 37
Global 5000 (ELINT) 2 Hawk 209 24 BO105 7 F27 2 PC-12NG 3 P180 7
Gulfstream III (EW) 3 Su-27/30/35 16 11 H120 3 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter P2006T 3
Il-76 (A50E) (AEW) 3 2 Special mission H215M/AS332 1 Bell 212 8 AW139 6 SF-260 30
Tanker 737 (MPA) 3 Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-171 5 H135 2 Tornado IDS 8
Il-78 6 C295/CN235 (MPA) 2 1 H120 2 S-61/ASH-3D 8 Training aircraft/helicopters Italian Army
Transport Transport IRAN S-65/RH-53D 6 PC-9 8 Type Active Ordered
An-32 104 737 1 Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Iranian Revolutionary Guard ISRAEL Transport
C-17 11 C-130B/H/L-100 22 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Israel Air and Space Force Dornier 228 3
C-130J 11 1* C212 9 4* Combat aircraft Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered P180 3
C295 56* C295/CN235 14 F-4D/E/RF-4E 63 Su-22 10 Combat aircraft Combat helicopter
Dornier 228 50 4 Combat helicopter F-5E 20 Transport F-15A/C/I 66 AW109 15
HS 748 57 AW139 1 F-7 17 An-74 7 F-16C/I 175 AW129 59
Il-76 17 BO105 2 F-14 26 Falcon 20 2 F-35I 18 3+29* Bell 205 57
Saras Mk 2 15* H215M/AS332 9 MiG-29 20 Il-76 3 Special mission Bell 206 31
Combat helicopter H225M 6 9+1* Mirage F1EQ 9 Y-12 12 G550 (AEW) 2 1 Bell 212/412 30
AH-64E 8 14 SA330 10 Su-24 23 Combat helicopter G550 (SIGINT) 3 CH-47C/F 23 4*
CH-47F 6 9+7* Training aircraft/helicopters Special mission Mi-171 18 King Air 200 (Recce) 18 NH90 (TTH) 44 15
Dhruv ALH/Rudra 91 20 F-16B/D 7 707 (EW) 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Tanker Italian Navy
Ka-226 65* G120TP 29 P-3F (MPA) 5 EMB-312 15 707 7 Type Active Ordered
Light Combat Helicopter 65 H120 10 Tanker MFI-17 25 KC-130H 3 Combat aircraft
Mi-17 223 48* Hawk 109 7 707 3 IRAQ Transport AV-8B+ 14
Mi-24/25/35 15 KT-1/B 14 3 747 3 Iraqi Air Force C-130E/H 6 F-35B 2 13*
Mi-26 1 SF-260 18 Transport Type Active Ordered C-130J 7 2* Special mission
SA315 17 T-50I 15 747 7 Combat aircraft King Air 200 2 AW101 (AEW) 4
SA316/319 77 Indonesian Army C-130E/H 27 AC-208 2 2* Combat helicopter Transport
Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered F27 5 F-16C/IQ 26 AH-64A/D 48 P180 3
Hawk 132 104 20* Transport Il-76 5 L-159A 10 AS565 5 Combat helicopter
HTT-40 70* BN-2 1 PC-6 13 Su-25 21 Bell 206 4 AW101 14
Jaguar T 30 C212 6 Combat helicopter T-6C 24* CH-53 23 Bell 212 33
Kiran (HJT-16) 78 Premier I 1 Bell 206 2 Special mission S-70/UH-60A/SH-60F 48 8* NH90 (NFH/TTH) 38 18
MiG-23 14 Combat helicopter Bell 212 2 Cessna 208 (Recce) 3 Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters
Mirage 2000TH/TI 12 AH-64E 8 CH-47C 2 CH2000 (Recce) 7 AW119 7 TAV-8B 1
PC-7 Mk II 75 AS355 9 Training aircraft/helicopters DHC-6 (Recce) 2 F-15B/D 18 IVORY COAST
Tejas 8 Bell 205 10 Bell 206 1 King Air 350 (Recce) 6 F-16D 49 Ivory Coast Air Force
Indian Army Aviation Bell 412 56 3 F-5F 12 Transport G120A (Snunit Aviation) 17 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered BO105 12 FT-7 2 An-32 6 King Air 200 2 Transport
Combat helicopter H125M/AS350/550 6 Mirage F1BQ 4 C-130E 3 M-346 (TOR Systems) 30 An-26 2
AH-64E 17* Hughes 269 14 PC-7 35 C-130J 6 OH-58 18 Beech 1900 1
Dhruv ALH/Rudra 159 105 Mi-17 10 Islamic Republic of Iran Army King Air 350 1 T-6A 20 C295/CN235 1 1*
Ka-226 135* Combat helicopter ITALY Combat helicopter
Light Combat Helicopter 114 Bell 412 12* Italian Air Force Mi-17 1
SA315 32 14 Indonesia is among 13 nations using
Mi-8 2 Type Active Ordered Mi-24 3
SA316 4 C295/CN235s in special mission roles SA342 6 Combat aircraft JAMAICA
Indian Navy Training aircraft/helicopters AMX 32 Jamaica Defence Force
Type Active Ordered Bell 206 9 Eurofighter 90 3 Type Active Ordered
Combat aircraft Cessna 208 4 F-35A/B 9 64* Special mission
MiG-29K 36 F-16D/IQ 8 Tornado IDS 53 King Air 350 (MPA) 1
Tejas 8 L-159T1 1 Special mission Combat helicopter
Special mission Lasta 95 19 ATR 72 (MPA) 3 Bell 206 1
737 (P-8) (MPA) 8 4+12* MFI-395 20 C-27J (EW) 2 Bell 407 3
BN-2 (MPA) 10 T-6A 15 G550 (AEW) 2 Bell 412 2 1
Dornier 228 (MPA) 25 12 T-50IQ 22 2 King Air 350 (Recce) 1 Bell 429 5
Commonwealth of Australia
Il-38 (MPA) 5 Iraqi Army Aviation Command Tornado ECR (EW) 14 Training aircraft/helicopters
Ka-31 (AEW) 14 10* Type Active Ordered Tanker DA42 2
US-2 (SAR) 12* Combat helicopter 767 (KC-767A) 4 JAPAN
Combat helicopter Bell 407/GX 29 5* KC-130J 5 Japan Air Self-Defence Force
Dhruv ALH 8 17 H135 20 Transport Type Active Ordered
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An-24/26 8 MA600 2 Type Active Ordered MALI

An-72 1 Combat helicopter Transport Mali Air Force
C295 8 Ka-32 2 C-27J 3 Type Active Ordered
Combat helicopter Mi-17/172 17 L-410 2 Combat aircraft
H145 1 20* UH-1H 4 Combat helicopter MiG-21 9
H225M 20* Z-9 4 AS365 3 Special mission
Mi-8/17 49 Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-8 2 Cessna 208 (Recce) 1
Mi-24/35 18 8 Yak-130 4 6 LUXEMBOURG Transport
Mi-26 2 LATVIA Luxembourg Air Force An-26 1
UH-1H 1 Latvian Air Force Type Active Ordered BN-2 1
Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered Transport BT-67 1
L-39 17 Combat helicopter A400M 1 C295 1
Zlin 242 1 Mi-2 1 MADAGASCAR Y-12 2
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KENYA Mi-8/17 4 Madagascar Air Force Combat helicopter
Kenya Air Force S-70/UH-40M 4 Type Active Ordered H215M/AS332 2
Type Active Ordered LEBANON Combat helicopter Mi-24/35 6 2
Royal Malaysian Air Force’s 13 Hawk 208 trainers form part of service’s 144-strong fleet Combat aircraft Lebanese Air Force BK117 1 Training aircraft/helicopters
F-5E 17 Type Active Ordered H125M/AS350 3 EMB-314 4
Combat aircraft US-2 (SAR) 5 Special mission Combat aircraft SA318 2 SF-260 1
F-2A 62 Transport Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 AC-208 3 MALAWI MALTA
F/RF-4E/J 50 C-130R 6 Transport EMB-314 (A-29) 6 Malawi Defence Force Air Wing Armed Forces of Malta - Air Wing
F-15J 155 King Air 90 5 C-27J 3 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
F-35A/B 12 3+131* Combat helicopter Cessna 208 2 MD530G 6 Transport Special mission
Special mission AW101 12 Dash 8 3 SA330 11 Dornier 228 3 BN-2 (MPA) 1
767 (AEW) 4 S-70/SH-60J/K/UH-60J 115 3 DHC-5 4 SA342 8 Combat helicopter King Air 200 (MPA) 3
C-1 (EW) 1 Training aircraft/helicopters Y-12 11 UH-1H 30 AS355 1 Combat helicopter
E-2C/D (AEW) 14 12 H135 15 Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters H125M/AS350/550 2 AW139 3
Hawker 800 (SAR) 27 King Air 90 13 AW139 2 1 Bulldog 6 H215M/AS532 1 SA316 3
YS-11 (EW) 4 T-3 32 H125M/AS550 9 R44 6 SA330 2 MAURITANIA
Tanker UP-3D 2 MD500/530F 40 6+6* LESOTHO SA341 2 Mauritanian Air Force
767 (KC-46A) 3+3* JORDAN Mi-171 2 Lesotho Defence Force MALAYSIA Type Active Ordered
767 (KC-767J) 4 Royal Jordanian Air Force SA330 13 Type Active Ordered Royal Malaysian Air Force Combat aircraft
KC-130H 2 Type Active Ordered UH-1H 7 Transport Type Active Ordered EMB-314 (A-29) 2
Transport Combat aircraft Z-9 6 C212 2 Combat aircraft Special mission
C-1 16 AT-802 4 Training aircraft/helicopters GA8 1 F/A-18D 8 BN-2 (MPA) 3
C-2 8 12 F-16A 44 Bulldog 11 Combat helicopter Hawk 208 13 Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 1
C-130H 13 Special mission F-5F 4 Bell 412 3 Su-30 18 PA-31T (MPA) 2
Gulfstream IV 5 AT-802 (Recce) 4 G120A 5 6* H125M/AS350 2 Special mission Transport
Combat helicopter M28 (EW) 1 Tucano T51 12 LIBYA C-130H (MPA) 1 BT-67 1
CH-47J 17 Transport KUWAIT Libyan Air Force King Air 200 (MPA) 3 Cessna 441 1
S-70/UH-60J 50 25* C-130E/H 7 Kuwait Air Force Type Active Ordered Tanker CN235 2
Training aircraft/helicopters Cessna 208 8 Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft KC-130H 4 PC-6 1
Beechjet 400 13 M28 1 Combat aircraft MiG-21 12 Transport Y-12 1
F-2B 26 Combat helicopter Eurofighter Typhoon 28 MiG-23 3 A400M 4 Combat helicopter
F-15DJ 45 AH-1E/F 47 F/A-18C 27 Mirage F1 1 C-130H 8 AW109 2
T-3 49 AH-6i 24* F/A-18E 22+10* Su-22 1 CN235 6 Z-9 2
T-4 200 H125M/AS350 2 Special mission Su-24 2 Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters
YS-11 2 H135/EC635 7 King Air 350 (Recce) 4* Transport H225M 12 EMB-312 5
Japan Ground Self-Defence Force H215M/AS332 10 Tanker An-26 1 S-61 23 SF-260 4
Type Active Ordered Mi-26 2 2 KC-130J 3 An-72 1 S-70 4 MEXICO
Transport S-70/UH-60A/L/M 30 Transport C-130H/L-100 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Mexican Air Force
King Air 350 7 UH-1H 36 C-17 2 C-130J 2* H120 (Gading Kasturi) 5 Type Active Ordered
Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Hawk 108 5 Combat aircraft
AH-1S 71 C-101 13 AH-64D 16 AW139 1 King Air 350 2 F-5E 3
AH-64D 12 F-16B 15 H215M/AS332 5 CH-47C 2 MB-339 7 PC-7 33
Bell 412 (UH-X) 150* G120TP 15 H225M 30 Mi-2 6 PC-7 Mk II 21 7* Special mission
CH-47J/JA 65 PC-21 12 SA330 6 Mi-8/171 7 Malaysian Army Air Corps Citation I (Recce) 2
MD500 92 R44 12 SA342 13 Mi-14 3 Type Active Ordered ERJ-145 (AEW) 1
MV-22 17 T67M260 8 Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-24/35 7 Combat helicopter ERJ-145 (MPA) 2
OH-1 36 112* KAZAKHSTAN F/A-18D 7 Training aircraft/helicopters AW109 11 King Air 350 (Recce) 2
S-70/UH-60JA 37 Kazakhstan Air Force F/A-18F 6+2* G-2 14 MD530 6 Transport
UH-1J 130 Type Active Ordered Hawk 64 6 L-39 10 S-61 3 737 3
Training aircraft/helicopters Combat aircraft KYRGYZSTAN MiG-23 1 Royal Malaysian Navy C-27J 4
Enstrom 480 30 MiG-23 3 Kyrgyz Air Force SF-260 37 Type Active Ordered C-130K/L-100 3
Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force MiG-27 12 Type Active Ordered Libya Dawn Combat helicopter C295 8
Type Active Ordered MiG-29 25 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered AS555 6 King Air 90/300 4
Special mission MiG-31 21 Mi-8 3 Combat aircraft Super Lynx 100 6 PC-6 2
EP-3 (ELINT) 4 Su-24 13 Mi-24 2 MiG-25 2 MALDIVES Turbo Commander 2
Learjet 36 (Recce) 4 Su-25 14 LAOS Transport Maldives National Defence Force Combat helicopter
OP-3C (Recce) 4 Su-27/30 27 13+11* Lao People’s Liberation Army Air Force C-130H 1 Type Active Ordered Bell 206 18
P-1 (MPA) 19 2+49* Transport Type Active Ordered LITHUANIA Combat helicopter Bell 407 17
P-3C (MPA) 66 An-12 1 Transport Lithuanian Air Force Dhruv ALH 2 Bell 412 11
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H225M 12 4 Norway has received 22 F-35As and
MD530F 14 declared initial operational capability C-17 (Strategic Airlift Capability) 3 Cessna 208 2 Combat helicopter
Mi-8/17 26 NEPAL Dornier 228 1 Mi-8/17 6
S-70/UH-60M 20 7 Nepal Army Air Wing King Air 350 1 Mi-24 4
UH-1H 1 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters
Training aircraft/helicopters Transport Mi-17 3 Bell 206 4
Bell 206 9 BN-2 1 Mi-24/35 1 2 Zlin 143 1
F-5F 1 CN235 1 SA342 3 Zlin 242 5
G120TP 25 15* M28 1 2 NIGERIA NORWAY
PC-7 31 Combat helicopter Nigerian Air Force Royal Norwegian Air Force
PC-9 1 AW139 1 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
SF-260 25 Dhruv ALH 4 Combat aircraft Combat aircraft
T-6C+ 53 3 H125M/AS350 2 1 Alpha Jet 13 F-16A 44
Mexican Navy Mi-17 4 2* EMB-314 (A-29) 12 F-35A 15 30*
Type Active Ordered SA315 2 F-7 8 Special mission
NETHERLANDS Special mission 737 (P-8A) (MPA) 5
Royal Norwegian Air Force

Special mission
C212 (MPA) 7 Royal Netherlands Air Force ATR 42 (MPA) 2 Falcon 20 (EW) 2
CN235 (MPA) 6 Type Active Ordered King Air 350 (Recce) 3 P-3C/N (MPA) 6
King Air 350 (MPA) 5 Combat aircraft Transport Transport
Transport F-16A 60 C-130H 3 C-130J 4
Beechcraft Baron 2 F-35A 1 1+27* Dornier 128 11 Combat helicopter
C295 6 Falcon 20 (EW) 2 BN-2 (MPA) 1 Tanker Dornier 228 5 AW101 6 10
Cessna 208 1 Tanker Transport KDC-10 1 G222 1 Bell 412 18
Dash 8 1 KC-130H 2 ATR 42/72 6 Transport King Air 350 1 NH90 (NFH) 11 3
King Air 350 3 1 Transport Beech 1900 8 C-130H 4 Combat helicopter Sea King 43 (SAR) 12
Turbo Commander 4 C-27J 4 F27 1 Training aircraft/helicopters AW109 4 Training aircraft/helicopters
Combat helicopter C-130H 14 PC-6 5 F-16B 8 AW139 1 F-16B 9
AS555 1 CN235 6 Y-8 5 F-35A 6 Bell 412 2 F-35A 7
AS565 14 King Air 200/300/350 7 Y-12 2 PC-7 13 H135 3 MFI-15 16
H225M 3 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Netherlands Defence Helicopter Command H215M/AS332 5 OMAN
MD902 5 AH-64E 36* Bell 205 14 Type Active Ordered Mi-17/171 5 6 Royal Air Force of Oman
Mi-17 23 Bell 205 5 Mi-2 21 Combat helicopter Mi-24/35 15 18 Type Active Ordered
S-70/MH-60R/UH-60M 9 8* Bell 206 1 Mi-8/17 12 AH-64D 28 Training aircraft/helicopters Combat aircraft
Training aircraft/helicopters Bell 212 3 Mi-24 9 CH-47D/F 17 14+3* AW109 12 Eurofighter Typhoon 12 12*
Hughes 269 4 CH-47D 3 SA316/SE3160 13 H215M/AS532 12 FT-7 1 F-16C 17
MD500 3 SA330 26 W-3 12 NH90 (NFH) 18 L-39 17 Hawk 203 10
R22 1 SA342 23 Training aircraft/helicopters NEW ZEALAND MB-339 6 Special mission
R44 1 Training aircraft/helicopters FT-7 6 Royal New Zealand Air Force MFI-395 10 C295 (MPA) 4
Schweizer 333 10 Alpha Jet 22 G-4 3 Type Active Ordered Mi-34 1 Transport
T-6C+ 13 Bell 206 5 G120TP 20 Special mission Nigerian Navy C-130H 3
Zlin 143 2 F-5F 4 H120 3 737 (P-8A) (MPA) 4* Type Active Ordered C-130J 2
Zlin 242 27 F-16D 8 K-8 12 50 P-3K (MPA) 6 Combat helicopter C295 4
MOLDOVA King Air 100 4 PC-7 16 Transport AW109 4 Combat helicopter
Moldovan Air Force T-6C 24 PC-9 10 757 2 NORTH KOREA NH90 (TTH) 18
Type Active Ordered Royal Moroccan Navy Yak-130 12 6 C-130H 5 Korean People’s Army Air Force SA330 2
Transport Type Active Ordered United Wa State Army C-130J 5* Type Active Ordered Super Lynx 120 13
An-26 1 Special mission Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters
Transnistrian Air Force King Air 350 (MPA) 2 Combat helicopter AW109 5 F-5 (Shenyang) 106 Bell 206 4
Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Mi-17 5 NH90 (TTH) 8 F-6 97 Bell 429 5
Combat helicopter AS565 3 NAMIBIA SH-2G 9 F-7 120 F-16D 6
Mi-2 1 MOZAMBIQUE Namibian Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters H-5 80 Hawk 103/166 12
Mi-8 1 Mozambique Air Force Type Active Ordered King Air 350 3 MiG-21 26 MFI-395 7
MONGOLIA Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft T-6C 10 MiG-23 56 PC-9 12
Mongolian Air Force Combat aircraft F-7 6 NICARAGUA MiG-29 35 PAKISTAN
Type Active Ordered MiG-21 8 Transport Nicaraguan Air Force Su-7 18 Pakistan Air Force
Transport Transport An-26 1 Type Active Ordered Su-25 34 Type Active Ordered
An-26 3 An-26 1 Y-12 2 Transport Transport Combat aircraft
Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Combat helicopter An-26 4 An-24 1 F-7 135
Mi-8/171 6 Mi-8/17 4 Mi-8 2 King Air 90 1 P-750 3 F-16A/C 45
MONTENEGRO Mi-25 2 Mi-24 2 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter JF-17 107 3+50*
Montenegrin Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters SA315 1 Bell 206 1 MD500 84 Mirage IIIEP/OF/RP 69
Type Active Ordered L-39 1 SA316 2 Mi-17/171 12 Mi-2 47 Mirage 5EF/F/PA 90
Combat helicopter MYANMAR Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-8 41 Special mission
Bell 412 3 Myanmar Air Force FT-7 2 R44 1 Mi-14 8 Falcon 20 (EW) 2
SA341/342 6 Type Active Ordered K-8 12 NIGER Mi-24 20 Saab 2000 (AEW) 4
MOROCCO Combat aircraft NATO Niger Air Force Mi-26 4 Y-8 (AEW) 4
Royal Moroccan Air Force A-5 21 NATO Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters Tanker
Type Active Ordered F-6 1 Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft FT-2 30 Il-78 4
Combat aircraft F-7 21 Special mission Su-25 2 FT-5 135 Transport
F-5E 22 JF-17 6 10 707 (E-3A) (AEW) 14 Special mission MiG-15 4 C-130B/E/L-100 16
F-16C 15 25* MiG-29 31 Tanker Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 NORTH MACEDONIA CN235 3
Mirage F1 9 Su-30 6 A330 MRTT 8+3* Transport Army of the Republic of North Macedonia Saab 2000 6
Special mission Special mission Transport C-130H 1 Type Active Ordered Y-12 3
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AH-1F 1 Enstrom F-28 4 W-3 38 An-26 2
AW139 12 T-34 2 Training aircraft/helicopters C-27J 7
Bell 205 5 PHILIPPINES Mi-2 2 C-130H 3
Bell 412 1 Philippine Air Force Polish Naval Air Arm Combat helicopter
Mi-171 6 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered AH-1Z 24*
SA330 1 Combat aircraft Special mission H215M/AS332 15*
SE3160 10 EMB-314 (A-29) 6 An-28/M28 (MPA) 9 SA316 1
Training aircraft/helicopters FA-50PH 12 Transport SA330 58
F-16B/D 31 OV-10 7 An-28/M28 5 UH-1Y 21*
FT-6 9 Special mission Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters
FT-7 7 Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 AW101 4 F-16B 3
K-8 38 F27 (MPA) 1 Mi-2 3 IAR-99 18
MFI-395 120 Transport Mi-14 6 SA316 6
Mirage IIIBE/D/DP 18 BN-2 1 SH-2G 4 Yak-52 14
Mirage 5DPA2 2 C-130B/H/T 4 W-3 8 Romanian Navy
SA316 8 C295 4 PORTUGAL Type Active Ordered
Anthony Pecchi/Dassault
T-37 30 F28 1 Portuguese Air Force Combat helicopter

Pakistan Army NC212i 2 Type Active Ordered SA330 3
Type Active Ordered Dassault’s Rafale now serves Nomad 3 Combat aircraft RUSSIA
Special mission four nations, including Qatar Turbo/Twin Commander 2 F-16A 24 Russian Air Force
King Air 350 (Recce) 3 Combat helicopter Special mission Type Active Ordered
Transport AW109 8 C295 (MPA) 5 Combat aircraft
Cessna 208 7 AW109 1 L-100 2 Bell 205 8 P-3C (MPA) 4 MiG-29/35 251 3+31*
Challenger 605 1 AW139 7 PA-34/44 3 Bell 212/412 7 Transport MiG-31 132
Citation Bravo 1 Bell 205 1 PC-6 1 MD500 25 C-130H 4 Su-24 274
King Air 350 6 Bell 212/412 6 Combat helicopter S-70i 16 C-390 5+1* Su-25 194
Turbo Commander 2 Bell 407 1 Bell 212/412 3 S-76 9 C295 7 Su-27/30/35 429 12+42*
Y-12 4 MD500 1 BO105 2 T129 8* Combat helicopter Su-34 123 4+11*
Combat helicopter UH-1H 6 Mi-8/17/171 11 8* UH-1D/H 28 AW101 12 Su-57 78
AH-1F 48 Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-24/25 16 W-3 5 AW119 3 2+2* Tu-22M 67
AH-1Z 12+3* T-35 4 Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters SA316 8 Tu-95 42
AW139 8 PAPUA NEW GUINEA CH2000 2 15 S-211 3 Training aircraft/helicopters Tu-160 16 10+40*
Bell 206 18 Papua New Guinea Defence Force EMB-312 17 SF-260 21 F-16B 3 Special mission
Bell 412 35 Type Active Ordered Hughes 269 6 Philippine Navy Aviation TB30 15 An-12 (EW) 4
H125M/AS550 31 1 Transport KT-1P 20 Type Active Ordered Portuguese Navy An-26 (Recce) 1
Mi-8/17/171 48 CN235 1 MB-339 5 Special mission Type Active Ordered An-30 (Recce) 15
Mi-35 4 P-750 1 3 MiG-29 2 King Air 90 (MPA) 5 Combat helicopter Il-20/22 (Recce) 24
SA315 18 PARAGUAY Mirage 2000DP 2 Transport Lynx 95 5 Il-76 (A50/100) (AEW) 15
SA316 13 Paraguayan Air Force Zlin 242 13 BN-2 6 QATAR Il-76 (Recce) 1
SA330 45 Type Active Ordered Peruvian Army Combat helicopter Qatar Emiri Air Force Il-80 (Recce) 3
T129 30 Transport Type Active Ordered AW109 5 Type Active Ordered Tu-134 (Recce) 1
UH-1H 1 Beechcraft Baron 1 Transport AW159 2 Combat aircraft Tu-154 (Recce) 1
Z-10 3 17* C212 2 An-32 2 POLAND Alpha Jet 6 Tu-214 (EW) 2
Training aircraft/helicopters Cessna 208 2 Beech 1900 1 Polish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon 24 Tanker
Enstrom 280 19 Cessna 402 1 Cessna 208 1 Type Active Ordered F-15QA 36+36* Il-78 19 31*
Hughes 269 15 Combat helicopter Citation XLS 1 Combat aircraft Mirage 2000-5EDA 9 Transport
MFI-17 216 H125M/AS350 1 King Air 350 1 F-16C 36 Rafale DQ/EQ 15 21+36* An-12 56
Pakistan Navy UH-1H 10 Combat helicopter F-35A 32* Tanker An-22 5
Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters AW109 2 MiG-29 23 A330 MRTT 2* An-26 113
Special mission EMB-312 6 Mi-2 1 Su-22 32 Transport An-72 29
ATR 72 (MPA) 2 T-35 9 Mi-8/17/171 43 Transport C-17 8 An-124 4
F27 (MPA) 7 Paraguayan Navy Training aircraft/helicopters An-28/M28 23 C-130J 4 An-140 3
Hawker 850 (Recce) 1 Type Active Ordered Enstrom 280 1 C-130E 5 Combat helicopter An-148 15
P-3C (MPA) 6 Combat helicopter Enstrom F-28 2 C295 16 AH-64E 3 21+24* Il-18 2
Combat helicopter H125M/AS350 1 R44 1 Combat helicopter AW139 19 Il-76 109 33+9*
Mi-14 2 PERU Peruvian Navy Mi-2 16 NH90 (NFH/TTH) 28 Il-78 1
SA316/319 7 Peruvian Air Force Type Active Ordered Mi-8/17 11 SA342 13 Il-96 10*
Sea King 45/HAR3/HC4 9 Type Active Ordered Special mission W-3 17 Sea King 11 Il-112 62*
Z-9 5 Combat aircraft Fokker 60 (MPA) 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters L-410 43
PANAMA A-37 20 King Air 200 (MPA) 3 F-16D 12 Hawk 100 9 Multirole Transport Aircraft 100*
Aeronaval Service of Panama MiG-29 7 Transport M-346 8 8 MFI-395 8 Tu-134 5
Type Active Ordered Mirage 2000P 10 An-32 1 MiG-29 6 Mirage 2000-5DDA 3 Tu-154 2
Special mission Su-25 18 DHC-6 3* PZL-130 16 PC-21 24 Combat helicopter
King Air 350 (MPA) 1 Special mission F50 2 SW-4 24 ROMANIA AS355 2
Transport Learjet 36 (Recce) 1 F60 2 TS-11 36 Romanian Air Force H125M/AS350 3
C212 3 Merlin IV/Metro (Recce) 3 Combat helicopter Polish Land Forces Type Active Ordered Ka-27 6
Cessna 208 3 Transport Bell 206 1 Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft Ka-52 101 55+25*
DHC-6 2 737 1 Bell 212/412 5 Combat helicopter F-16A 9 Ka-62 100*
King Air 100 1 An-32 3 Mi-8/171 2 5* Mi-2 44 MiG-21 17 Ka-226 36
PA-31 2 C-27J 4 S-61/ASH-3D/UH-3H 5 Mi-8/17 27 Special mission Mi-2 1
Combat helicopter DHC-6/Series 400 15 SH-2G 1 Mi-24 30 An-30 (Recce) 2 Mi-8/17/171 746 45
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Mi-24/35 330 Tanker MiG-29 6 5 SLOVENIA
Mi-26 44 15* 707 (KE-3A) 7 Transport Slovenian Armed Forces
Mi-28 95 99 A330 MRTT 6 An-26 1 Type Active Ordered
Mi-38 2+6* KC-130H 7 Combat helicopter Transport
Training aircraft/helicopters KC-130J 2 3* H145M 2 3 L-410 1
Ansat 50 Transport Mi-8/17 13 PC-6 2
DA42 9 26 C-130H 33 Mi-35 7 Combat helicopter
L-39 210 C-130J 20* SA341/342 29 Bell 412 8
Mi-2 29 Citation Bravo 4 Training aircraft/helicopters H215M/AS532 4
Mi-28 12 12+36* Gulfstream IV 1 G-2 1 Training aircraft/helicopters
MiG-29/35 12 3 Jetstream 31 1 G-4 20 Bell 206 4
Su-27 16 King Air 350 10 Lasta 95 14 PC-9 9
Tu-134 37 Combat helicopter MiG-29 3 Zlin 143 2
Yak-130 110 Bell 212/412 36 SEYCHELLES Zlin 242 8
Russian Naval Aviation H215M/AS532 11 Seychelles Air Force SOUTH AFRICA
Type Active Ordered S-70/UH-60L 2 Type Active Ordered South African Air Force
Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters Special mission Type Active Ordered
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MiG-29 18 F-15D 21 DHC-6 (MPA) 1 Combat aircraft
Su-24 22 Hawk 65/165 68 21 Dornier 228 (SAR) 2 Gripen C 17
Su-25 4 MFI-395 20 Y-12 (MPA) 1 Special mission
Su-27/30/33 43 6+17* PC-21 55 SIERRA LEONE Cessna 208 (EW) 1
Serbian military renewal includes taking H145Ms, with medium-twins to receive weapons
Special mission SR22 25 Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces DC-3 (EW) 1
An-12 (SAR) 3 Royal Saudi Land Forces Type Active Ordered DC-3 (MPA) 5 F-5F 36 EF-18M/F/A-18A 72
Be-12 (SAR) 6 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Transport F-16D 51 Eurofighter 65 3
Be-200 (SAR) 4 Combat helicopter Mi-17 2 C-130B 6 KT-1 106 Special mission
Il-20 (MPA) 1 AH-64A/D/E 22 25 Mi-24 2 C212 2 KT-100 23 C212 (EW) 1
Il-22 (EW) 2 CH-47F 8+40* SA319 1 Cessna 208 7 T-50/B 60 C212 (MPA) 3
Il-38 (MPA) 21 OH-58 15 SINGAPORE DC-3 3 TA-50 22 CN235 (MPA) 8
Ka-31 (AEW) 3 S-70/i/UH-60L/M 43 9+48* Republic of Singapore Air Force King Air 200/300 4 Republic of Korea Army Falcon 20 (EW) 2
Tu-142 (MPA) 24 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered PC-12 1 Type Active Ordered P-3M (MPA) 3
Transport Schweizer 434 19 Combat aircraft Combat helicopter Transport Tanker
An-12 2 Royal Saudi Navy F-15SG 40 AW109 25 King Air 90 1 A400M 3
An-24/26 24 Type Active Ordered F-16C/D 60 BK117 6 Combat helicopter KC-130H 5
An-72 5 Combat helicopter F-35 12* Oryx 44 AH-1J/S 76 Transport
An-140 4 AS365/565 26 Special mission Rooivalk 12 AH-64E 36 A400M 3 21
Be-200 2+2* H215M/AS332/532 20 F50 (MPA) 5 Training aircraft/helicopters BO105 12 C-130H 5
Il-18 1 NH90 (NFH) 10* G550 (AEW) 4 Gripen D 9 CH/HH-47D 34 C212 8
Tu-154 1 S-70/MH-60R 2 8 Tanker Hawk 120 23 Light Attack Helicopter 200* C295/CN235 20
Combat helicopter Saudi Arabian National Guard A330 MRTT 4 2 PC-7 Mk II 56 MD500 251 Citation V 3
Ka-27 90 Type Active Ordered KC-130B/H 5 South African Navy S-70/UH-60L/P 104 King Air 90 3
Ka-28 2 Combat helicopter Transport Type Active Ordered Surion KUH-1 92 153* Combat helicopter
Ka-29 10 AH-64E 12 24* C-130H 5 Combat helicopter UH-1H 75 H215M/AS332 14
Ka-52 3 MD500/AH-6i 23 12+12* F50 4 Super Lynx 300 4 Republic of Korea Marine Corps NH90 (TTH) 1 11
Mi-8 10 NH90 (TTH) 12* Combat helicopter SOUTH KOREA Type Active Ordered S-76 2
Mi-24/35 2 S-70/HH/UH-60M 24 123 AH-64D 17 Republic of Korea Air Force Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters
Training aircraft/helicopters SENEGAL CH-47SD 15 Type Active Ordered Surion MUH-1 1 28+10* C-101 58
Il-20 1 Senegal Air Force H215M/AS332/532 32 Combat aircraft Republic of Korea Navy EF-18BM 12
L-39 1 Type Active Ordered H225M 16 F-4E 69 Type Active Ordered F-5M 19
MiG-29KUB 4 Combat aircraft S-70 8 F-5E 157 Special mission H120 15
Tu-134 6 L-39NG 4 Training aircraft/helicopters F-15K 59 707 (P-8A) (MPA) 6* S-76 6
Yak-130 5+5* Special mission H120 5 F-16C 118 P-3C/CK (MPA) 16 T-35 34
RWANDA C212 (MPA) 2* M-346 12 F-35A 11 5+24* Transport Spanish Army
Rwandan Air Force CN235 (MPA) 1+1* PC-21 19 FA-50 60 F406 5 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered Transport SLOVAKIA Special mission Combat helicopter Combat helicopter
Transport CN235 1 Slovak Air Force 737 (AEW) 4 AW159 8 Bell 212 6
DA42 2 F27 1 Type Active Ordered Falcon 2000 (EW) 2 Lynx 99/A 24 CH-47D/F 17 17*
Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Combat aircraft Hawker 800 (Recce) 8 S-70/MH-60R/UH-60OMH-60R 9 12* H215M/AS332/532 29
Mi-17 11 AS355 1 F-16V 14 Tanker SA319 10 NH90 (TTH) 12 14
Mi-24 5 Bell 206 2 MiG-29 10 A330 MRTT 3 1 UH-1H 7 Tiger 19
SA342 4 Mi-2 2 Special mission Transport SOUTH SUDAN Training aircraft/helicopters
SAUDI ARABIA Mi-17 2 L-410 (Recce) 1 C-130H 12 South Sudan Air Force and Air Defense H135 12
Royal Saudi Air Force Mi-24/35 5 Transport C-130J 4 Type Active Ordered Spanish Naval Aviation
Type Active Ordered SE3160 1 C-27J 2 CN235 18 6* Transport Type Active Ordered
Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters L-410 5 Twin Commander 1 An-26 2 Combat aircraft
Eurofighter Typhoon 72 48* KT-1 4 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Combat helicopter EAV-8B+ 12
F-15C/S/SA 198 5 TB30 6 Bell 429 9* Bell 412 3 AW109 2 Transport
Tornado IDS 81 SERBIA Mi-2 2 CH/HH-47D 9 Mi-17 9 Citation II/VII 4
Special mission Serbian Air Force Mi-17 13 H215M/AS332 3 Mi-24 6 Combat helicopter
707 (E-3A) (AEW) 5 Type Active Ordered S-70/UH-60M 6 3 Ka-32 7 SPAIN Bell 212 7
707 (RE-3A) (Recce) 1 Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters MD500 25 Spanish Air Force NH90 (NFH) 7
King Air 350 (Recce) 5 J-22 17 L-39 7 S-70/HH-60P 17 Type Active Ordered S-61/SH-3H 8
Saab 2000 (AEW) 2 MiG-21 3 MiG-29 1 Training aircraft/helicopters Combat aircraft S-70/SH-60B/F 15
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Tanzanian Peoples Defence Force Type Active Ordered S/T-70 6
Type Active Ordered Special mission UH-1H 57
Combat aircraft Dornier 228 (MPA) 7 Training aircraft/helicopters
F-6 3 F27 (MPA) 2 F-16C/D 87
F-7 11 P-3T (MPA) 1 Hurkus B 1 14+40*
Transport Transport KT-1T 40 15*
An-28 1 ERJ-135 2 MFI-395 52
Cessna 402 1 F27 2 NF-5A/B 23
Y-8 2 Combat helicopter SF-260 35
Y-12 2 Bell 212/214 8 T-38 68
Combat helicopter H145M 5 Turkish Army
Bell 412 2 S-70/MH-60S 8 Type Active Ordered
H125M/AS350 1 S-76 5 Combat aircraft
H155M 1 Super Lynx 110 2 Hurkus C 12+12*
H225M 2 0 TOGO Special mission
Training aircraft/helicopters Togolese Air Force King Air 350 (Recce) 5
FT-6 1 Type Active Ordered Transport
FT-7 2 Transport Beechcraft Baron 5
K-8 5 King Air 200 2 Cessna 421 3
THAILAND Training aircraft/helicopters King Air 200 4
Royal Thai Air Force Alpha Jet 5 Combat helicopter
Type Active Ordered MB-326 6 AH-1P/S/W 54
Combat aircraft TB30 2 Bell 205 69
Alpha Jet 19 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO CH-47F 11 3*
F-5E 30 Trinidad & Tobago Air Guard H215M/AS532 27
F-16A 38 Type Active Ordered OH-58 3
Gripen C 7 Special mission S/T-70 57 20
Special mission Merlin IV/Metro (MPA) 2 T129 46 13+40*
P180 (Recce) 1 TUNISIA UH-1H 86
Saab 340 (AEW) 2 Tunisian Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters
Transport Type Active Ordered Bell 206 22
BT-67 7 Combat aircraft Turkish Navy
C-130H 12 F-5E 12 Type Active Ordered
PC-6 15 Transport Special mission
Saab 340 4 C-130B/H 7 CN235 (MPA) 6
Combat helicopter C-130J 2 Transport
Bell 412 8 L-410 5 ATR 72 2
H225M 8 4 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter
S-92 2 Bell 205 20 Bell 212 13
UH-1H 16 Bell 412 3 S-70 24
Training aircraft/helicopters H125M/AS350 6 TURKMENISTAN
DA42 10 OH-58 7 Turkmenistan Air Force
F-5B/F 4 S-61/CH/HH-3E 16 Type Active Ordered
F-16B 15 S-70 UH-60M 8 Combat aircraft
Gripen D 4 SA316 8 MiG-29 24
L-39 33 SE313 8 Su-25 20
PC-9 22 UH-1H/N 16 Transport
T-50 4 8 Training aircraft/helicopters An-26 1
Royal Thai Army F-5F 3 An-74 2
Type Active Ordered L-39 9 Combat helicopter
Transport SF-260 17 Mi-8 15
C212 2 T-6C 12* Mi-24 10
C295 1 1 TURKEY UGANDA
King Air 200 2 Turkish Air Force Uganda People’s Defence Forces
Twin Commander 1 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
Combat helicopter Combat aircraft Combat aircraft
AH-1F 7 F-4E 48 MiG-21 5
AH-6i 8* F-16C 158 Su-30 5
AW139 8 Special mission Transport
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UH-1H 76 Transport L-39 6
Training aircraft/helicopters A400M 9 1 SF-260 4
Enstrom 480 16 C-130B/E 16 UKRAINE
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MiG-29 21 King Air 90 3 Combat helicopter Mi-171 1

Su-24 12 MB-339 12 AW101 Merlin HC3/4 52 S-70/HH-60G/U/W/MH-60G 106 4+104*
Su-25 13 Mirage 2000-9DAD 14 AW159 AH1/HMA2 33 UH-1N 65
Su-27 27 PC-7 31 Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters
Special mission PC-21 25 AS365 (British International 2 707 (E-8C) 1
An-30 (Recce) 3 United Arab Emirates Joint Air Command Helicopters) Beechjet T-1A 176
Transport Type Active Ordered G115 (Babcock) 6 EMB-314 9 1
An-24/26 24 Special mission Hawk T1 12 F-15D 26
An-70 1 Cessna 208 (Recce) 8 King Air 350 4 F-16D 150
Il-76 5 DHC-6 (Recce) 3 Defence Helicopter Flying School F-35A 98
Combat helicopter Transport Type Active Ordered G120TP (J-PAG) 5
Ka-226 1 DHC-6 7 Training aircraft/helicopters SR20 (T-53A) 25
Mi-8 15 Combat helicopter H135 (Airbus Helicopters UK) 29 T-6 446
Training aircraft/helicopters AH-64D 30 H145 (Airbus Helicopters UK) 3 T-7A 351*
L-39 60 AS565 1 UNITED STATES T-38A/C 505
Su-27 6 AW139 (SAR) 6 United States Air Force TC-135S/W 3
Ukraine Army Aviation AW609 (SAR) 3* Type Active Ordered TU-2S 4
Type Active Ordered Bell 407 29 Combat aircraft UH-1H 40
Combat helicopter CH-47C+/F 19 5 A-10C 287 United States Army
Mi-8 52 H125M/AS350/550 15 AC-130J 11 Type Active Ordered US Army inventory of 4,000 combat
US Army
Mi-24 34 S-70/UH-60L/M 79 AC-130U/W 20 Special mission helicopters includes some 2,244 Black Hawks
Training aircraft/helicopters United Arab Emirates Navy B-1B 59 Dash 8 (Recce) 9
Mi-2 10 Type Active Ordered B-2 19 DHC-7 (EO-5C) (Recce) 5
Ukrainian Navy Combat helicopter B-21 100* King Air 200/350 (MC/RC-12) (Recce) 83 F/A-18B/C/D 48 OH-58 3
Type Active Ordered AS565 12 B-52H 74 Transport F-5F/N 13 S-70/EH/UH-60A/L 4
Special mission H215M/AS332 8 F-15C/E 431 Beech 1900 (C-12J) 3 F-35B/C 29 T-6A/B/C 294 29
Be-12 (SAR) 2 UNITED KINGDOM F-16C 790 C-27J 7 S-92 1 T-34 75
Transport Royal Air Force F-22 177 C212 (C-41A) 5 T-34 3 T-38 10
An-26 2 Type Active Ordered F-35A 86 18+1,537* Citation Encore/Ultra 28 TAV-8B 16 T-45C 194
Combat helicopter Combat aircraft Special mission Gulfstream IV (C-20H) 1 United States Navy URUGUAY
Ka-27 4 Eurofighter Typhoon 118 707 (E-3B/C/G) (AEW) 31 King Air 200/350 (C-12) 93 Type Active Ordered Uruguayan Air Force
Ka-226 1 F-35B 15 120* 707 (E-8C) (Recce) 16 Merlin IV/Metro (C-26E) 12 Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered
Mi-14 4 Special mission 747 (E-4B) (Comms) 4 Combat helicopter F/A-18E/F 401 96 Combat aircraft
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 707 (E-3D) (AEW) 4 757 (C-32B) (Recce) 4 AH-64D/E 818 23 F-35C 5 12+224* A-37 7
United Arab Emirates Air Force 737 (AEW) 5* EC-130H (EW) 12 CH-47D/F/MH-47G 496 26+26* Special mission Special mission
Type Active Ordered 737 (P-8A) (MPA) 1 8 EC-130J (EW) 7 H125/AS350 1 707 (E-6B) (Comms) 16 C212 (MPA) 4
Combat aircraft BN-2 (Recce) 10 HC-130J (SAR) 32 7+8* H145 (UH-72A) 358 27 737 (P-8A) (MPA) 91 18+6* Transport
AT-802 20 Global Express (Recce) 4 HC-130N (SAR) 3 MD500 (AH/MH-6) 47 E-2C/D (AEW) 88 37 Beechcraft Baron 2
F-16E 55 King Air 350 (Recce) 6 2* CN235 (Recce) 5 Mi-8/17 7 EA-18G (EW) 155 C-130B 2
Mirage 2000-9/EAD/RAD 43 RC-135W (ELINT) 3 Dash 8 (Recce) 3 S-70/EH/HH/MH/UH-60 2,244 229+203* EP-3E (ELINT) 12 C212 1
Special mission Tanker Falcon 20 (HU-25) (Recce) 2 UH-1H 29 Merlin IV/Metro (C-26D) (Recce) 3 EMB-110 2
Challenger 650 (MPA) 1+1* A330 MRTT 9 G550 (EC-37B) (SIGINT) 3+7* Training aircraft/helicopters P-3C (MPA) 37 EMB-120 1
Dash 8 (MPA) 2 Transport Global Express (E-11A) (Comms) 4 Bell 206 (TH-67A) 88 P-3SPA (Recce) 4 Y-12 2*
Global 6000 (AEW) 3+2* A400M 20 2 King Air 350 (MC-12W) (Recce) 32 DHC-7 (TO-5C) 1 Tanker Combat helicopter
Global 6000 (Recce) 2 BAe 146 2 Merlin IV/Metro (RC-26B) (Recce) 11 G120TP (CAE USA) 6 KC-130T 5 AS355 1
Saab 340 (AEW) 2 C-17 8 OC-135B (Recce) 2 H145 (UH-72A) 81 6+4* Transport AS365 2
Tanker C-130J 14 PC-12 (U-28) (Recce) 23 King Air 100/200 (CAE USA) 11 737 (C-40A) 17 Bell 212 4
A330 MRTT 3 3* Combat helicopter RC-135S/U/V/W (ELINT) 22 Mi-24 1 C-2 33 UH-1H 3
Transport AW109 1 U-2S (Recce) 26 T-6D 4 C-130J 1 Training aircraft/helicopters
C-17 8 Bell 412 (Cobham) (SAR) 3 Tanker United States Marine Corps C-130T 15 PC-7 5
C-130H/L-100 8 CH-47 Chinook HC3/4/5/6/MH-47G 55 16* 767 (KC-46A) 23 38+108* Type Active Ordered Gulfstream IV (C-20G) 3 SF-260 10
C295 4 1 SA330 Puma HC2 22 DC-10 (KC-10) 59 Combat aircraft King Air 200 (UC-12) 13 Uruguayan Naval Aviation
Cessna 208 1 Training aircraft/helicopters MC-130H 16 AV-8B/+ 102 Merlin IV/Metro (C-26D) 4 Type Active Ordered
CN235 4 BN-2 1 MC-130J 51 13+13* F/A-18A/C/D 143 Combat helicopter Special mission
DHC-6 1 G115 (Babcock) 80 KC-135R/T 396 F-35B/C 52 10+336* CV/MV-22 59 King Air 200 (MPA) 1
King Air 350 2 G120TP (Affinity) 23 Transport Tanker MH-53E 29 Transport
Kodiak 100 1 Hawk T1 33 An-28/M28 5 C-130T 7 S-70/MH-60R/S 508 9+33* King Air 200 1
P-750 1 Hawk T2 28 Beech 1900 (C-12J) 3 KC-130J 57 4+1* Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter
P180 2 Phenom 100 (Affinity) 5 C-5M 52 Transport AW119 1 AS355 1
Saab 340 1 T-6C (Affinity) 10 C-17 222 737 (C-40A) 1* Bell 206 (TH-57) 114 BO105 2
Combat helicopter Army Air Corps C-130H 192 Citation Encore/Sovereign/Ultra 12 2 DHC-2 (U-6A) 2 Training aircraft/helicopters
AW139 8 Type Active Ordered C-130J 132 18+27* Gulfstream IV (C-20G) 1 DHC-3 1 T-34 1
Bell 407 1 Combat helicopter Cessna 208 2 King Air 200/350 (UC-12F) 14 1 E-2C 1 T-35 4*
Bell 412 4 AH-64D/E 49 38+12* DHC-6 1 Combat helicopter F/A-18A/B/C/D 94 UZBEKISTAN
H125M/AS350/550 2 AS365 6 Dornier 328 (C-146) 20 AH-1W 59 F/A-18E/F 131 Uzbekistan Air Force
S-70/UH-60M 1 AW159 27 Gulfstream IV (C-20H) 1 AH-1Z 90 117+21* F-5F/N 29 Type Active Ordered
Training aircraft/helicopters Bell 212 (Cobham) 5 King Air 200 (C-12) 23 CH-53E 141 F-16A/B 14 Combat aircraft
Bell 407 (Horizon International) 13 SA341 25 Learjet 35 (C-21A) 18 CH-53K 25+175* F-35C 13 MiG-29 39
F-16F 22 Training aircraft/helicopters PC-12 (U-28) 12 MV-22 277 25+22* G100/1125 Astra (C-38A) 2 Su-25 20
G115 12 G115 (Babcock) 5 Combat helicopter UH-1N 5 H145 (UH-72A) 5 Su-27 27
H125M/AS350 1 Royal Navy AW139 (MH-139) 84* UH-1Y 140 King Air 90/200 57 Transport
Hawk 102 12 Type Active Ordered CV-22 50 1 Training aircraft/helicopters Merlin IV/Metro (C-26A) 1 An-12 2
WORLD AIR FORCES
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7
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VIETNAM
Vietnamese People’s Air Force
Mi-14
Mi-25/35
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The Dornier 228 Multirole.
Il-76 5 Type Active Ordered UH-1H 4
Combat helicopter Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters
H125M/AS550 6 Su-22 34 F-5B 2
H215M/AS532 8 0 Su-27/30 43 L-39 19
Mi-8 40 Special mission ZAMBIA
Mi-24/35 25 12 An-28/M28 (MPA) 1 Zambian Air Force
Training aircraft/helicopters Transport Type Active Ordered
L-39 2 An-26 30 Combat aircraft
VENEZUELA C295 3 F-6 8
Venezuelan Military Aviation NC212i 2 1 MiG-21 10
Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Transport
Combat aircraft Ka-32 2 C-27J 2
F-16A 16 Mi-8/17 87 MA60 1
Su-30 22 Mi-24 25 Y-12 8
Special mission UH-1H 14
Combat helicopter
Falcon 20 (EW) 1 Training aircraft/helicopters
Bell 205 12
Merlin IV/Metro (EW) 1 L-39 31
Bell 206 2
Tanker Su-27UBK 5
Bell 212 1
707 1 Vietnamese Navy
Mi-171 5
Transport Type Active Ordered
Z-9 7
C-130H 4 Special mission
Cessna 208 4 DHC-6 Guardian 400 (MPA) 3
FT-6 2
Citation II/SP 1 Transport
K-8 16
Dornier 228 3 DHC-6 Guardian 400 3
L-15 6
King Air 200/350 6 10* Combat helicopter
MFI-15 15
Merlin IV/Metro 1 H225M 2
SF-260 13
Short 360 2 Ka-28 8
ZIMBABWE
Y-8 8 YEMEN
Air Force of Zimbabwe
Combat helicopter Yemen Arab Republic Air Force
H215M/AS332/532 10 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
Mi-17 6 Combat aircraft Combat aircraft
Mi-28 10* F-5E 11 F-7 7
Training aircraft/helicopters MiG-21 19 MiG-23 3
DA42 6 MiG-29 24 32* Transport
EMB-312 19 Su-22 23 BN-2 5
Enstrom 280 2 Special mission C212 9
Enstrom 480 12 4 Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 Combat helicopter
F-16B 4 Transport Bell 412 8
K-8 24 An-24/26 8 Mi-24/35 6
SF-260 12 Combat helicopter Mi-172 1
Venezuelan Army Aviation Bell 206 1 SA316 13
Type Active Ordered Bell 212 4 Training aircraft/helicopters
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An-28/M28 11 Mi-8/17/171 34 SF-260 28
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