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 Directory World Air Forces

CONTENTS
ANALYSIS 4
Fleet size for leading countries by role 6-7
Worldwide active fleet per region 8-9
Worldwide Top 10 active aircraft types 10-11

WORLD AIR FORCES

World air forces directory 12-34

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Afghanistan returning to Taliban control saw its

military aircraft inventory drop to zero and tested
the international community’s ability to rescue at-
risk civilians, during another busy year for defence

Falling down
Craig Hoyle London / Data by Cirium on 31 August suggested that the Taliban was able to
use an Mi-8/17 and UH-60, the operational condition

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eyond delivering seismic political upheaval as
their forces swept into Kabul in mid-August,
the Taliban’s retaking control of Afghanistan
has resulted in the most dramatic adjustment
to FlightGlobal’s annual World Air Forces directory
for a decade.
As a result of the nation’s fall shortly after NATO
and US forces had ended their combat and peace-
keeping involvement after almost two decades, our
directory’s usual lead entry – covering the Afghan air
force and Special Mission Wing – no longer exists.
This means that Albania now has the distinction of
launching our listing of the almost 53,300 military
aircraft in current active use around the world.
Overnight collapse
While it remains difficult to determine the pre-
of the stranded inventory and lack of pilots – many of
whom fled the country – means that all but a handful
of aircraft will remain permanently out of use.
At least 48 Afghan aircraft and 585 personnel
were reported to have escaped to Termez air base in
neighbouring Uzbekistan as their home nation’s fall
became inevitable.
Efforts made by departing US personnel to ren-
der other aircraft inoperable resulted in damage of
a more visually superficial nature than might have
been expected. Examples included smashed cockpit
and cabin windows on Black Hawks and MD530s,
Global military fleet
Country Active fleet Share

cise condition of assets which did not escape the 1. USA 13,246 25%
country before the Afghan government’s almost 2. Russia 4,173 8%
overnight collapse, Cirium fleets data shows 289 of 3. China 3,285 6%
its aircraft as being in storage. Our previous directo- 4. India 2,182 4%
ry had recorded Kabul’s forces as having a total of 5. South Korea 1,595 3%
269 operational aircraft. 6. Japan 1,449 3%
The lost inventory includes Sierra Nevada/Embraer 7. Pakistan 1,387 2%
EMB-314/A-29 light-attack aircraft; Cessna 208 Car- 8. Egypt 1,062 2%
avan, Lockheed Martin C-130H and Pilatus PC-12NG 9. Turkey 1,057 2%
transports; and Bell UH-1, MD Helicopters MD530, Mil 10. France 1,055 2%
Mi-8/17 and Mi-24 and Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawks. 11. Other 22,781 43%
Although footage aired shortly after the last US mil- Total 53,271 100%
itary flight had left Hamid Karzai International airport Source: Cirium fleets data

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and actions that destroyed the port main landing
gear of one C-130.
The massive international airlift which followed the
Taliban’s rapid return to power was without doubt
the highest profile activity involving military aircraft
in 2021. Flights staged to repatriate stranded citizens
and evacuate Afghan civilians at risk of reprisal re-
sulted in more than 110,000 people being rescued.
Our directory’s most recent similarly-sized reduc-
tion in a nation’s military aircraft strength occurred
in 2011, after a coalition campaign dismantled the
forces of then-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. This
resulted in a total of 379 aircraft in our 2010 directo-
ry falling to just seven active airframes a year later.
Today, Tripoli has rebuilt a fleet to just over one-third
of its previous size, totalling 124.
Global reduction
A recorded total of 53,271 active aircraft represents a
net reduction of 292 since last year’s snapshot of the
global fleet. This was an overall contraction of 0.6%:
the same figure as we reported 12 months ago.
The Middle East was the only region to see a posi-
tive percentage change in its total fleet size, with net
growth of 73 aircraft, to 4,414, representing an almost
2% rise.
But matching a downward trend also recorded in
our previous directory, the Asia-Pacific region and
Europe both saw 2% reductions in overall fleet size,
caused by the removal of 159 and 278 aircraft, re-
spectively.
Modest double-digit increases in airframe numbers
in Africa, Latin America, North America and Russia
Analysis World Air Forces
Departing US personnel left many of
Kabul’s abandoned aircraft inoperable
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and the Commonwealth of Independent States result-
ed in no percentage move in each of these regions.
Recent developments in the Middle East have
included a first batch of four Boeing F-15QA fighters
heading for Qatar, where they will join a strengthen-
ing combat aircraft fleet already boasting 27 Dassault
Rafales. Doha’s investments will see it in time operate
at least 96 advanced fighters – also including Euro-
fighter Typhoons – and up to 168 if further F-15 and
Rafale options are exercised.
53,271
Global active military aircraft fleet size: a net reduction of
292 (0.6%) since our previous directory was published
The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, has expand-
ed its fleet of Saab GlobalEye surveillance aircraft to
three, with its latest delivery made in February 2021.
A further two of the heavily adapted Bombardier
Global 6000 business jets are now in modification in
Sweden for the same customer, which also appears
to still be on track to acquire 50 Lockheed F-35As.
Factors behind the net fleet reduction seen among
Asia-Pacific militaries included Japan retiring its Mc-
Donnell Douglas F-4 fleet; we listed 39 examples as in
active use in our 2021 directory.
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The Royal Thai Air Force ended operations with

its Aero Vodochody L-39 trainers, with 33 removed
from use. The same nation’s army, meanwhile, halted
operations with the UH-1H, stripping 76 aircraft
included in our previous listing. Also deleted are 30
Antonov An-30 transports previously operated by
Vietnam’s air force.
However, Cirium data shows that other devel-
opments in the region included the Turkmenistan
air force’s introduction of two Leonardo M-346FA
combat aircraft, with another four on order. The
service also has introduced five EMB-314/A-29s, a
pair of Leonardo C-27J transports, and ordered eight
AW139s from the Italian manufacturer.

Export success
Airbus Defence & Space, meanwhile, on 1 September
announced its first export sale for the A400M Atlas,
with Kazakhstan’s air force to field two examples
from 2024.
In Europe, departures included Austria’s Saab 105
trainers, 19 of which were listed in our previous di-
rectory. This step leaves only the Swedish air force as
still operating the type; although Stockholm in 2021
ordered seven Grob Aircraft G120TPs as eventual
partial replacements.
Cyprus has removed its 11 Mi-35s from use, and
reportedly is now offering the assault helicopters
for sale.
Germany retired its A310 in-flight refuelling aircraft,
having shifted to using a pooled NATO fleet of A330
multi-role tanker transports (MRTTs). With a growing
fleet of A400Ms, its air force also reduced its C160
Transall fleet from 41 aircraft to just seven.
The German army, meanwhile, ended operations After making increased use of its new A400Ms
with its 62-strong fleet of UH-1Ds, declaring “Goodbye during Madrid’s response to the coronavirus pandem-
Huey!” The nation’s navy is to field five Boeing P-8A ic, the Spanish air force in December 2020 retired its
maritime patrol aircraft from 2024, under a Foreign entire fleet of 10 C/KC-130Hs.
Military Sales programme deal concluded with the In the UK, the Royal Air Force retired its four
USA in late September. Raytheon UK Sentinel R1 ground-surveillance
The Italian army in late October conducted its aircraft, and also removed from use its last three
final operational flight with the AW109, retiring its Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne early warning plat-
last 15 examples. forms. The nation’s intelligence, surveillance and
Warsaw markedly cut the size of its aged PZL Mie- reconnaissance fleet rationalisation effort also
lec TS-11 fleet, from 36 to eight aircraft, as the Polish included the retirement of 10 Britten-Norman BN-2
air force increased to 12 the number of M-346 ad- Islanders, which had previously by operated by the
vanced jet trainers in use. Army Air Corps.

Fleet size for leading countries by role

Combat aircraft Special mission Tanker
Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share

1. USA 2,740 19% 1. USA 774 39% 1. USA 627 77%

2. China 1,571 11% 2. Japan 164 8% 2. Saudi Arabia 22 3%
3. Russia 1,511 9% 3. Russia 132 7% 3. Russia 20 2%
4. India 694 5% 4. China 114 6% 4. France 18 2%
5. North Korea 572 4% 5. India 71 4% 5. Israel 11 1%
6. South Korea 492 3% 6. France 46 2% 6. Singapore 11 1%
7. Pakistan 447 3% 7. Brazil 41 2% 7. Italy 10 1%
8. Saudi Arabia 364 3% 8. Germany 41 2% 8. United Kingdom 9 1%
9. Egypt 338 2% 9. Austrailia 31 1% 9. Iran 7 1%
10. Taiwan 288 2% 10. South Korea 30 1% 10. Turkey 7 1%
Other 5,696 39% Other 566 28% Other 77 10%
Total 14,713 100% Total 2,010 100% Total 819 100%
Source: Cirium fleets data

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Paris in turn ordered a dozen replacements. Croatia

also selected the Rafale for a 12-aircraft requirement,
again involving used examples.
In Africa, Zambia ended operations with its
Mikoyan MiG-21s, 10 of which had been includ-
ed in our previous directory. Nigeria had by early
November received 10 of its 12 on-order A-29s, and
introduced three Pakistan Aeronautical Complex/
Chengdu JF-17 fighters.
Embraer continued deliveries of its KC-390 to the
Brazilian air force, which now has four examples, but
further discussions will determine whether its launch
customer may yet trim the size of its 28-unit order, as
suggested in May 2021. The transport and tanker also
is on order for Hungary (2) and Portugal (6).
The US Air Force (USAF), meanwhile, trimmed its
Boeing B-1B bomber fleet, which fell from 59 to 43
active examples. The service also cut its Boeing KC-10
tanker fleet from 58 to 51, but will extend the use of its
78 Boeing B-52 bombers via a re-engining deal award-
ed to Rolls-Royce North America.

14,529
US Air Force

F-35A gained Swiss selection in 2021,

The Asia-Pacific region has the largest combined active
defeating the rival Rafale and Typhoon
fleet in the world, closely followed by North America

But in one of the major procurement decisions
of 2021, Switzerland picked the F-35A to meet its
future fighter needs, with Bern to acquire 36 of the
stealthy type. It settled on the model following a
competition also involving in its final phase the Boe-
ing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Rafale and Typhoon.
Strong performance
France continued its strong fighter export perfor-
mance of recent years, finalising a deal with Greece
to supply its air force with 12 Rafales drawn from
its own air force inventory – the first of which has
already been transferred – along with six new-builds.
Unusually, our listing this year re-introduces a
previously retired type, adding four Lockheed F-117A
stealth fighters as being used in the advanced adver-
sary training role for the USAF.
The US Army retired the last of its Bell 206/TH-67A
trainers – 78 of which were in our previous listing –
and began the process of transferring the bulk of
these to other militaries, including Colombia’s air
force. And the US Marine Corps no longer operates
C-130T tankers, with its last seven having left use.
In regional terms, the Asia-Pacific has the larg-
est combined fleet, at 14,529 aircraft, although its
numerical lead over North America – where 97% of

Transport Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters

Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share

1. USA 982 23% 1. USA 5,463 27% 1. USA 2,660 23%

2. Russia 445 10% 2. Russia 1,543 8% 2. Pakistan 551 5%
3. China 286 7% 3. China 912 5% 3. Russia 522 5%
4. India 253 6% 4. India 805 4% 4. Japan 425 4%
5. Brazil 125 3% 5. South Korea 739 4% 5. China 399 3%
6. France 125 3% 6. Japan 554 3% 6. India 353 3%
7. Iran 85 2% 7. Turkey 474 2% 7. Egypt 341 3%
8. Turkey 81 2% 8. France 435 2% 8. South Korea 289 3%
9. Colombia 77 2% 9. Italy 400 2% 9. Turkey 277 2%
10. Indonesia 66 1% 10. Egypt 313 1% 10. United Kingdom 247 2%
Other 1,775 41% Other 8,308 42% Other 5,419 47%
Total 4,300 100% Total 19,946 100% Total 11,483 100%

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Worldwide active
fleet by region

Europe

North America -2%

0%
Latin America

0%
We detail the regional split in
active aircraft by type category,
along with the year-on-year
percentage shift in military
inventories around the globe

North America Latin America Europe Africa

Sector Active fleet Sector Active fleet Sector Active fleet Sector Active fleet

Combat aircraft 2,803 Combat aircraft 461 Combat aircraft 2,113 Combat aircraft 960
Special mission 798 Special mission 153 Special mission 242 Special mission 56
Tanker 633 Tanker 16 Tanker 51 Tanker 7
Transport 1,018 Transport 504 Transport 608 Transport 416
Combat helicopter 5,581 Combat helicopter 1,130 Combat helicopter 3,323 Combat helicopter 1,610
Training aircraft/ 2,793 Training aircraft/ 977 Training aircraft/ 1,989 Training aircraft/ 1,028
helicopters helicopters helicopters helicopters
Total 13,626 Total 3,241 Total 8,326 Total 4,077
Year-on-year fleet change 0% Year-on-year fleet change 0% Year-on-year fleet change -2% Year-on-year fleet change 0%

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Russia & CIS

0%

Asia-Pacific

Middle East -2%

2%
Africa

0%
Middle East Russia & CIS Asia-Pacific
Sector Active fleet Sector Active fleet Sector Active fleet

Combat aircraft 1,519 Combat aircraft 1,859 Combat aircraft 4,998

Special mission 98 Special mission 132 Special mission 531
Tanker 46 Tanker 20 Tanker 46
Transport 256 Transport 490 Transport 1,008
Combat helicopter 1,508 Combat helicopter 1,927 Combat helicopter 4,867
Note: CIS countries include Armenia,
Training aircraft/ 987 Training aircraft/ 630 Training aircraft/ 3,079 Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
helicopters helicopters helicopters Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan
and Uzbekistan
Total 4,414 Total 5,058 Total 14,529
Year-on-year fleet change 2% Year-on-year fleet change 0% Year-on-year fleet change -2% Source: Cirium fleets data

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Boeing

Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft

13,636 active aircraft are owned by the US military –
narrowed from almost 1,200 to 903.
Notably though, while North Korea has an on-pa-
per strength of 946 aircraft, this figure has remained
unchanged in our directory for several years due to a
lack of reliable fleet information.
In a recent report, the US Defense Intelligence
Agency argued that the majority of Pyongyang’s 572
combat aircraft are operationally obsolete, and added
that its best assets – 56 Mikoyan MiG-23s, 35 RAC
MiG-29s and 34 Sukhoi Su-25s – would experience
“considerable difficulty” in any flare-up against South
Korea’s military.
Despite its concern over the growing capability
of so-called great power rivals Beijing and Moscow,
Washington’s air power dominance remains apparent.
Its armed forces top all six of our directory’s main
aircraft usage categories, and their combined fleet
strength of 13,246, or 25% of the global total, is greater
than those of the next five-ranked nations combined:
Russia, China, South Korea, India and Japan.
The first seven positions in our Top 10 ranking of
the global military fleet by nation remain unchanged
from last time. But a net change of just nine aircraft
has propelled Egypt from tenth place to eighth, while
Turkey also moved above France into ninth thanks to
a total which is just two greater.
For the first time, the F-35 appears in our combat
aircraft Top 10 ranking, with 445 aircraft in this cate-
gory. Another 178 are currently classed as dedicated
training assets, boosting the total in-service fleet of
the type to 623 examples. The US armed services ac-
count for 65% of this total, with another nine nations
now operating the type – including Denmark, which
received its first examples during 2021.
Notably, our ranking in the tanker category only
includes nine aircraft types, with both the A400M and
KC-390 recorded under their primary transport role.

Worldwide Top 10 active aircraft types

Combat aircraft Special mission Tanker
Type Active fleet Share Type Active fleet Share Type Active fleet Share

1. F-16 2,248 15% 1. King Air 224 11% 1. KC-135 415 51%
2. Su-27/30 1,063 7% 2. P-3 210 10% 2. C-130 188 23%
3. F-15 963 7% 3. EA-18G 164 8% 3. 767 58 7%
4. F-18 893 6% 4. 737 163 8% 4. DC-10 52 6%
5. MiG-29 822 6% 5. E-2 130 7% 5. A330 44 5%
6. Eurofighter Typhoon 512 3% 6. 707 91 5% 6. Il-78 38 4%
7. Su-25 474 3% 7. C295/CN235 67 3% 7. 707 19 2%
8. F-35 445 3% 8. C-130 61 3% 8. 747 3 1%
9. J-7 445 3% 9. Y-8 59 3% 9. A310 2 1%
10. F-5 412 3% 10. Il-18 53 3% Other 0 0%
Other 6,436 44% Other 788 39%
Total 14,713 100% Total 2,010 100% Total 819 100%
Source: Cirium fleets data

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The Boeing 767 now sits in third place – up from fourth

last year – due to the increased number of KC-46As
now in USAF service. A first of four examples also has
been delivered to lead international customer Japan.
The effect of growing European collaboration is
also seen in the tanker listing, with Germany exiting
the Top 10 after retiring its A310s and drawing on a
current five A330s employed by the NATO Multina-
tional MRTT Force.
Our full annual fleet review – produced in asso-
ciation with Embraer – excludes aircraft recorded
by Cirium as not being in day-to-day use, such as
some 4,330 known to be in storage, or involved in or
awaiting upgrade. We also do not list the 708 assets
permanently assigned to performing VIP transport
duties, or recorded as being for government or

623

US Army
Some 3,926 S-70-series
Total in-service fleet for F-35 – including training assets –
rotorcraft are in use
as type makes debut in Top 10 combat aircraft ranking

Five A330s are employed by the

private use, plus another 103 flown by Russian para-
NATO Multinational MRTT Force
military/reserve operation ROSAAF.
Other omissions include a combined 381 aircraft
used as dedicated experimental or research and devel-
opment assets – such as the 46 operated by France’s
DGA defence procurement agency – or those owned
by the UK’s Qinetiq to support test pilot training.
A further 399 aircraft recorded as assigned to
undisclosed military operators or for use in tasks
such as calibration, firefighting, police support,
satellite tracking, skydiving, surveying, target
towing, and weather reconnaissance are excluded,
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along with a small number of unmanned air vehicles

and target drones.
Our directory – the initial data for which was drawn
on 28 September – also includes information about
firm orders for some 3,930 aircraft, and letters of in-
tent or options for up to another 6,336. This includes a
potential 2,638 F-35s yet to come under contract. ◗

Transport Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters

Type Active fleet Share Type Active fleet Share Type Active fleet Share

1. C-130/L-100 Hercules 872 20% 1. S-70/SH/UH-60 3,926 20% 1. T-6 975 8%

2. C-17 281 7% 2. Mi-8/17 2,819 14% 2. F-16 646 6%
3. King Air 280 7% 3. AH-64 1,219 6% 3. Hawk 608 5%
4. C295/CN235 279 6% 4. UH-1 989 5% 4. T-38 577 5%
5. An-24/26 225 5% 5. CH-47 929 5% 5. L-39 567 5%
6. Il-76 212 5% 6. Mi-24/35 924 5% 6. MFI-15/17/395 477 4%
7. An-30/32 142 3% 7. MD500/530 565 3% 7. PC-7 363 3%
8. Cessna 208 125 3% 8. AH-1 492 2% 8. Bell 206 355 3%
9. Y-8 116 3% 9. H145 438 2% 9. F-18 317 3%
10. C212 90 2% 10. SA341/342 416 2% 10. SF260 301 3%
Other 1,678 39% Other 7,229 36% Other 6,297 55%
Total 4,300 100% Total 19,946 100% Total 11,483 100%

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H125M 12*
Australia has ordered an additional EA-18G MD500 9
Growler, to replace one lost in a 2018 fire Mi-171 2 3*
SA315 3
Training aircraft/helicopters
AT/IA-63 18
EMB-312 14
G120TP 7
King Air 200 1
OA-4AR 3
T-6C+ 12
Argentinian Army
Type Active Ordered
Commonwealth of Australia

Special mission
DA42 (Recce) 3
Transport
Beechcraft Baron 1
C212 3
Cessna 208 4
Citation Bravo 1
DHC-6 2
Combat helicopter
ALBANIA Type Active Ordered Bell 206 1
Albanian Air Force Combat aircraft H215M/AS332 1
Type Active Ordered EMB-314 6 SA315 2
Combat helicopter MiG-21 23 UH-1H 49
AW109 1 MiG-23 22 Training aircraft/helicopters
Bell 205 3 Su-22 14 Bell 206 5
Bell 206 5 Su-25 12 Argentinian Navy
BO105 4 Su-30 12 Type Active Ordered
H145 2 Special mission Special mission
H215M/AS532 4 C212 (MPA) 1 King Air 200 (MPA) 4
ALGERIA Citation I (MPA) 1 S-2 (MPA) 2
Algerian Air Force Transport Transport
Type Active Ordered An-12 8 King Air 200 1
Combat aircraft An-26 1 PC-6 1
MiG-25 13 An-32 5 Combat helicopter
MiG-29 33 12 An-72 6 AS555 1
Su-24 22 C212 1 S-61/H-3 4
Su-30 57 16 Il-76 6 Training aircraft/helicopters
Special mission Kodiak 100 1 T-34 10
Beech 1900 (Recce) 6 MA60 2 ARMENIA
King Air 200/350 (MPA) 3 Combat helicopter Armenian Air Force
Tanker AW109 2 4 Type Active Ordered
Il-78 5 AW139 4 Combat aircraft
Transport Bell 212 9 Su-25 10
Beech 1900 6 Mi-8/17/171 66 Su-30 4
C-130H 14 Mi-24 15 Transport
C295 5 SA316/319/SE3160 21 Il-76 2
Il-76 11 Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter
King Air 90/200/350 20 EMB-312 12 Mi-8/17/171 11
PC-6 2 K-8 12 Mi-24 15
Combat helicopter L-29 6 Training aircraft/helicopters
AS355 14 L-39 4 L-39 6
AW139 11 PC-7 22 Mi-2 3
Bell 412 3 PC-9 4 Su-25 1
Ka-32 3 Su-27 1 Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army Air Force
Mi-2 22 ARGENTINA Type Active Ordered
Mi-8/17/171 138 Argentinian Air Force Combat aircraft
Mi-24 33 Type Active Ordered Su-25 2
Mi-26 14 Combat aircraft Combat helicopter
Mi-28 12 30 A-4 23 Mi-8 5
Training aircraft/helicopters IA-63 6 1 Mi-24 5
AW119 8 Special mission AUSTRALIA
L-39 55 Learjet 35 (EW) 1 Royal Australian Air Force
W-3 8 Tanker Type Active Ordered
Yak-130 16 KC-130H 2 Combat aircraft
Algerian Navy Transport F/A-18A 49
Type Active Ordered 737 1 F/A-18F 23
Combat helicopter C-130H/L-100 4 F-35A 37 26+37*
AW101 5 C-390 6* Special mission
AW139 3 Fokker F28 1 737 (AEW) 6
Super Lynx 130/140 10 Twin Commander 3 737 (P-8A) (MPA) 12 2
ANGOLA Combat helicopter AP-3C (EW) 2
Angolan People’s Air Force Bell 212/412 13 EA-18G (EW) 11 1

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G550 (EW) 1 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter

Tanker Bell 412 2 AW139 4
A330 (KC-30A) 6 Ka-32 4 Bell 212 14
Transport Mi-8/17 64 Mi-17/171 35
C-17 8 Mi-24 17 Training aircraft/helicopters
C-27J 10 Training aircraft/helicopters AW119 2
C-130J 12 L-39 12 Bell 206 6
King Air 350 8 MFI-395 10 FT-6 9
Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-2 7 FT-7 11
F/A-18B 15 MiG-29 3 G120TP 24
Hawk 127 33 BAHAMAS K-8 14
King Air 350 4 Royal Bahamas Defence Force L-39 7
PC-21 46 Type Active Ordered Yak-130 14
Royal Australian Army Special mission Bangladesh Army
Type Active Ordered King Air 350 (MPA) 1 Type Active Ordered
Combat helicopter Transport Transport
AH-64E 29* Cessna 208 1 C295 1
AW139 2 P68 1 Cessna 208 1
CH-47F 12 2 BAHRAIN Combat helicopter
NH90 (TTH) 47 Royal Bahraini Air Force AS365 2
S-70 27 Type Active Ordered Bell 206 2
Tiger 22 Combat aircraft Bell 407 2
Training aircraft/helicopters F-16C/V 17 16 Mi-171 5 1
H135 (HATS) 15 Transport Bangladesh Navy
Royal Australian Navy C-130J 2 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered Cessna 208 1 Special mission
Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Dornier 228NG (MPA) 2 2
S-70/MH-60R 23 12* AH-1E/F 22 Combat helicopter
AUSTRIA AH-1Z 12 AW109 2
Austrian Air Force Bell 212/412 21 Z-9 2+1*
Type Active Ordered S-70/UH-60M 8 BELARUS
Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters Belarus Air Force
Eurofighter 15 AH-1P 8 Type Active Ordered
Transport BO105 4 Combat aircraft
C-130K 3 F-5E/F 12 MiG-29 34
PC-6 8 F-16D 4 Su-25 67
Combat helicopter Hawk 129 6 Su-30 4 8
AW169M 18* T67M260 3 Transport
Bell 212 23 Royal Bahraini Navy An-26 2
OH-58 10 Type Active Ordered Il-76 2
S-70A 9 3 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter
SA316 21 BO105 2 Mi-2 2
Training aircraft/helicopters BANGLADESH Mi-8 36
PC-7 13 Bangladesh Air Force Mi-24/35 21 4
AZERBAIJAN Type Active Ordered Mi-26 3
Azerbaijan Air Force Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters
Type Active Ordered F-7 36 L-39 10
Combat aircraft MiG-29 8 Mi-2 8
MiG-21 5 Transport Su-27 1
MiG-29 12 An-32 3 Yak-130 11
Su-25 11 C-130B 4 BELGIUM
Transport C-130J 3 Belgian Air Component
Il-76 2 L-410 3 Type Active Ordered
Combat aircraft
F-16A 44
F-35A 34*
With 67 Su-25s in use, Belarus is the combat Transport
type’s second-largest operator, after Russia A400M 3 4
C-130H 5
Combat helicopter
AW109 13
NH90 (NFH/TTH) 7
Training aircraft/helicopters
F-16B 8
H145 3
SF-260 32
BELIZE
Belize Defence Force
Type Active Ordered
Transport
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BN-2 1
Combat helicopter
UH-1H 1
BENIN
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Type Active Ordered EMB-110 (Recce) 3 Transport

Combat aircraft ERJ-145 (AEW) 5 CN235 1
DHC-6 1 ERJ-145 (Recce) 3 Combat helicopter
BHUTAN Learjet 35 (Recce) 6 Bell 214 1
Royal Bhutan Army P-3AM (MPA) 7 BO105 6
Type Active Ordered Tanker S-70i 12
Combat helicopter KC-130M 2 Training aircraft/helicopters
Mi-8 2 Transport Bell 206 3
BOLIVIA C-130H/M 10 PC-7 Mk II 4
Bolivian Air Force C/KC-390 4 23 BULGARIA
Type Active Ordered C295 9 Bulgarian Air Force
Transport Cessna 208 30 Type Active Ordered
C-130B 3 EMB-110 45 Combat aircraft
Cessna 402 1 EMB-120 19 F-16V 6
Jetstream 31 2 ERJ-145 6 MiG-29 11
King Air 90/200/250/350 5 Phenom 100 2 2 Su-25 6
Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Transport
H125M/AS350 2 H225M 12 4 An-26 1
H145 2 Mi-35 12 C-27J 3
H215M/AS332 6 S-70/UH-60L/M 16 3* L-410 2
SE3160 1 Training aircraft/helicopters PC-12 1
UH-1H 11 AMX-T 8 Combat helicopter
Training aircraft/helicopters EMB-312 102 Bell 206 2
K-8 5 EMB-314 62 H215M/AS532 12 2*
PC-7 2 F-5FM 4 Mi-17 3
R44 5 Gripen F 8 Mi-24 2
Zlin 242 8 H125M/AS350 20 Training aircraft/helicopters
Bolivian Army P-3AM 1 Bell 206 4
Type Active Ordered Brazilian Army F-16V 2
Transport Type Active Ordered L-39 6
F27 1 Combat helicopter MiG-29 2
King Air 90 1 AS365/565 33 PC-9 6
Combat helicopter H125M/AS550 33 Su-25 2
Z-9 6 H215M/AS532 8 Bulgarian Navy
Training aircraft/helicopters H225M 13 3 Type Active Ordered
R44 1 S-70/UH-60M 4 3* Combat helicopter
Bolivian Navy Brazilian Navy AS365/565 3
Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered BURKINA FASO
Transport Combat aircraft Burkina Faso Air Force
Cessna 340 1 A-4KU 3 Type Active Ordered
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Combat helicopter Combat aircraft
Air Force Brigade of Bosnia and Herzegovina AS355 8 EMB-314 3
Type Active Ordered H125M/AS350 17 Transport
Combat helicopter H135 3 C295 1
Mi-8/17 6 H225M 10 5 King Air 200 1
SA341/342 8 Lynx 21/A 4 Combat helicopter
UH-1H 5 S-70 6 H125M/AS350/550 4
BOTSWANA Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-8/171 3 2
Botswana Defence Force Bell 206 10 Mi-24 2
Type Active Ordered TA-4KU 3 UH-1H 1
Combat aircraft BRUNEI Training aircraft/helicopters
F-5A/D 11 Royal Brunei Air Force SF-260 4
Transport Type Active Ordered BURUNDI
BN-2 1
C-130B 3
C212 3
CN235 2 The F-39 Gripen and KC-390 are currently
King Air 200 1 Brazil’s main air force acquisition efforts
Combat helicopter
Bell 412 6
H125M/AS350 10
Training aircraft/helicopters
F-5D 4
PC-7 Mk II 5
BRAZIL
Brazilian Air Force
Type Active Ordered
Combat aircraft
AMX-A/T-1 46
EMB-314 (A-29) 31
F-5EM 42
Brazilian Air Force

Gripen E 28+72*
Special mission
C295 (SAR) 5
EMB-110 (MPA) 12

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Burundi National Army

Type Active Ordered
Combat helicopter
Mi-24 3
SA316 3
SA342 6
Training aircraft/helicopters
SF-260 5
CAMBODIA
Royal Cambodian Air Force
Type Active Ordered
Transport
BN-2 1
MA60 2
Y-12 1
Combat helicopter
AirTeamImages

AS355 1
H125M/AS350 1
Beijing’s fifth-generation J-20 remains in
Mi-8/17 8
Z-9 9
limited use, with 19 believed to be operational
CAMEROON
Cameroon Air Force
Type Active Ordered EMB-314 22
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Special mission F-5F 3
Central African Republic Air Force
Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 F-16B/D 11
Type Active Ordered
Transport SR22 8
Transport
C-130H 3 T-35 31
BN-2 2
Cessna 208 1 Chilean Army
Combat helicopter
CN235 1 Type Active Ordered
H125M/AS350 1
MA60 1 Transport
CHAD
Combat helicopter C212 2
Chad Air Force
AW109 4 Cessna 208 3
Type Active Ordered
Bell 206 1 CN235 3
Combat aircraft
Bell 412 1 Combat helicopter
Su-25 6
Mi-17 5 AS355 1
Special mission
SA318 1 H125M/AS350 5
Cessna 208 (Recce) 2
SA330 2 H215M/AS532 10 18*
Transport
Z-9 3 MD530F 8
An-12 1
Training aircraft/helicopters SA330 3
An-26 3
Alpha Jet 6 Chilean Navy
C-27J 2
CANADA Type Active Ordered
C-130H 1
Royal Canadian Air Force Special mission
Combat helicopter
Type Active Ordered C295 (MPA) 3
H125M/AS550 6
Combat aircraft EMB-110 (MPA) 4
Mi-8/17/171 6
F/A-18A 63 P-3 (MPA) 2
Mi-24 3
F-35A 88* P68 (Recce) 7
SE3160 1
Special mission Combat helicopter
Training aircraft/helicopters
C295 (SAR) 5 11 AS365 8
PC-7 2
DHC-5 (SAR) 4 BO105 4
PC-9 1
King Air 350 (Recce) 3 H125/AS350 1 1
SF-260 1
P-3 (CP-140) (MPA) 15 H215M/AS332/532 7
CHILE
Tanker Training aircraft/helicopters
Chilean Air Force
A310 2 Bell 206 7
Type Active Ordered
KC-130H 4 PC-7 7
Combat aircraft
Transport CHINA
F-5E 10
A310 3 People’s Liberation Army Air Force
F-16A/C 35
C-17 5 Type Active Ordered
Special mission
C-130H 8 Combat aircraft
707 (AEW) 1
C-130J 17 H-6 120
Tanker
DHC-6 3 J-7 388
KC-130R 3
Combat helicopter J-8 96
KC-135E 3
AW101 (SAR) 14 J-10 235
Transport
Bell 412 71 J-11/16/Su-27/30/35 315
737 1
CH-47F 14 J-20 19
C-130B/H 4
S-92 19 3 JH-7 69
C-390 6*
Training aircraft/helicopters Q-5 118
C212 3
Bell 206 (Allied Wings) 13 Special mission
Citation CJ1 4
Bell 412 (Allied Wings) 9 737 (MPA) 2
DHC-6 11
CT-114 24 An-30 (EW) 3
Combat helicopter
Dash 8 4 Challenger 870 (Recce) 5
Bell 412 15
F/A-18B 23 Il-76 (KJ-2000) (AEW) 4
S-70i 6
G120A (Allied Wings) 14 Tu-154 (EW) 7
UH-1H 10
Hawk 115 (NFTC) 17 Y-8 (AEW) 11
Training aircraft/helicopters
King Air 90 (Allied Wings) 7 Y-8 (EW) 17
Bell 206 5
T-6A (NFTC) 22 Y-8 (Recce) 1
C-101 19

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Y-9 (KJ-500) (AEW) 14 L-15 12 UH-1N 5

Tanker Y-7 5 CONGO
Il-78 3 COLOMBIA Congolese Air Force
Transport Colombian Air Force Type Active Ordered
Il-76 25 Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft
MA60 16 Combat aircraft Mirage F1 2
Tu-154 2 A-37 14 Transport
Y-7 48 EMB-314 24 An-32 2
Y-8 81 Kfir 17 CN235 1
Y-9 24 Special mission Combat helicopter
Y-12 11 BT-67 (Recce) 6 Mi-8/17 6
Y-20 31 Cessna 208 (Recce) 6 Mi-24 1
Combat helicopter Citation Ultra (Recce) 5 Congolese Navy
Mi-17/171 16 CN235 (Recce) 1 Type Active Ordered
Z-8 34 King Air (EW) 3 Combat helicopter
Z-9 15 Turbo Commander (MPA) 1 Mi-14 1
Training aircraft/helicopters Tanker CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)
Cabri G2 2 767 MMTT 1 Democratic Republic of Congo Air Force
JJ-7 35 Transport Type Active Ordered
JL-8 170 727 1 Combat aircraft
L-15 2 737 2 MiG-23 1
Su-27 39 Arava 1 Su-25 4
Y-7 13 C-130B/H 6 Transport
People’s Liberation Army Ground Force C-390 12* 727 3
Type Active Ordered C212 4 737 1
Transport C295/CN235 7 An-26 3
Y-7 7 Cessna 208 10 An-72 1
Y-8 3 Cessna 402 1 Combat helicopter
Y-9 2 EMB-110 2 Bell 206 2
Combat helicopter King Air 90/350 8 Mi-2 2
Mi-17/171 242 PA-31T 1 Mi-8/17 4
S-70 23 PA-34 1 Mi-24 8
Z-8 67 Turbo Commander 1 Mi-26 1
Z-9 92 Combat helicopter SA316 2
Z-10 106 12 Bell 205 2 SA330 10
Z-11 46 Bell 212 11 UH-1H 3
Z-19 175 11 MD500/530F 4 Training aircraft/helicopters
Training aircraft/helicopters S-70/AH/MH/UH-60L 24 MiG-23 1
H120 93 57 UH-1H 49 CROATIA
H125M/AS350 1 Training aircraft/helicopters Croatian Air Force
People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force Bell 206/TH-67A 47 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered EMB-312 14 Combat aircraft
Combat aircraft Kfir 2 MiG-21 12
H-6 30 T-6C 2 6 Rafale 12
J-7 30 T-37 17 Combat helicopter
J-8 47 Colombian Army Mi-8/17/171 25
J-10 25 Type Active Ordered OH-58 15
J-15/Su-30/33 45 50* Special mission S-70/UH-60M 2*
JH-7 34 King Air 200/350 (EW) 4 Training aircraft/helicopters
Special mission Transport Bell 206 8
Challenger 870 (Recce) 2 An-32 2 PC-9 14
Ka-31 (AEW) 9 C212 3 Zlin 242 4
SH-5 (SAR) 3 Cessna 208 8 CUBA
Y-7 (SAR) 1 King Air 90/200/350 4 Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force
Y-8 (AEW) 8 PA-34 2 Type Active Ordered
Y-8 (MPA) 10 Turbo Commander 5 Combat aircraft
Y-8 (Recce) 8 Combat helicopter MiG-21 11
Y-9 (HJ/KJ-500) (AEW) 8 Mi-17 18 MiG-23 24
Z-18 (AEW) 1 S-70i/UH-60L 51 MiG-29 3
Transport UH-1H/N 35 Transport
MA60 3 Colombian Navy An-26 2
Y-7 17 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter
Y-8 16 Special mission Mi-8/17 10
Combat helicopter CN235 (MPA) 2 Mi-35 4
AS365/565 6 Transport Training aircraft/helicopters
Ka-27 1 ATR 42 1 L-39 26
Ka-28 17 Cessna 208 3 CYPRUS
Mi-8 8 CN235 1 Cyprus National Guard - Air Command
Z-8 29 King Air 90/350 2 Type Active Ordered
Z-9 33 PA-31 1 Combat helicopter
Z-18 2 Combat helicopter SA342 4
Training aircraft/helicopters AS365 2 CZECH REPUBLIC
JJ-6 14 AS555 1 Czech Air Force
JL-8 11 Bell 212/412 8 Type Active Ordered
JL-9 2 Mi-8 1 Combat aircraft

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Gripen C 12 C212 3 Special mission

L-159A 16 Cessna 208 1 CN235 (MPA) 2
Transport Cessna 404 1 King Air 200/300 (MPA) 5
C-390 2* PA-31 3 Transport
C295 6 PA-34 1 King Air 350 2
L-410 4 Turbo/Twin Commander 2 Combat helicopter
Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Bell 206 1
AH-1Z 4 Bell 430 1 Bell 430 3
Mi-17/171 19 OH-58 20 Training aircraft/helicopters
Mi-24/35 15 UH-1H 12 Bell 206/TH-57A 3
UH-1Y 8 Training aircraft/helicopters T-35 3
W-3 10 R22 4 EGYPT
Training aircraft/helicopters R44 3 Egyptian Air Force
Gripen D 2 Schweizer 333 2 Type Active Ordered
L-159T1+/T2 8 T-35 2 Combat aircraft
DENMARK ECUADOR Alpha Jet 13
Royal Danish Air Force Ecuadorian Air Force F-16A/C 168
Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered MiG-29 38
Combat aircraft Combat aircraft Mirage 5E2/SDE/SDR 75
F-16A 33 Cheetah 9 Mirage 2000EM 15
F-35A 4 8+15* Transport Rafale DM/EM 24 30
Special mission 727 1 Su-35 5 21
Challenger 604 (MPA) 3 737 1 Special mission
Transport C-130B/H/L-100 3 Beech 1900 (EW) 4
C-130J 4 C295 3 E-2C (AEW) 7
Combat helicopter DHC-6 3 Transport
AW101 14 Gulfstream II 1 An-74 2
H125M/AS550 11 King Air 350 1 Beech 1900 4
S-70/MH-60R 9 PA-34 1 C-130H 21
Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter C295 22
F-16B 10 AW119 4 DHC-5 8
MFI-17 27 H145 3 3 Il-76 2
DJIBOUTI Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter
Djibouti Air Force Bell 206/TH-57A 4 AH-64D 46
Type Active Ordered EMB-314 17 AW109 3
Transport G120TP 6 2 AW139 3
Cessna 208 1 Ecuadorian Army Aviation AW149 8 16
MA60 1 Type Active Ordered AW189 8
Combat helicopter Transport CH-47D 19
AS355 1 Arava 2 H125M/AS350/550 3
AS565 4 C212 1 Ka-52 39 7
Mi-8 2 CN235 2 Mi-8/17 62
Mi-24 2 King Air 200 1 Mi-24 6
Z-9 1 M28 1 S-70/UH-60M 2
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Combat helicopter SA342 89
Dominican Republic Air Force H125M/AS350/550 11 Sea King 23
Type Active Ordered H215M/AS332 3 SH-2G 10
Combat aircraft Mi-171 8 Training aircraft/helicopters
EMB-314 8 SA315 2 Alpha Jet 27
Special mission SA330 1 EMB-312 54
P2006T (MPA) 1 SA342 5 F-16B/D 50
Transport Ecuadorian Navy G115 74
Beechcraft Baron 1 Type Active Ordered K-8 119
L-39 1
MiG-29 6
Mirage 5SDD 6
The Czech Republic employs Mirage 2000BM 4
19 Mi-8/17-series helicopters – EL SALVADOR
globally, another 2,800 are in use Salvadoran Air Force
Type Active Ordered
Combat aircraft
A-37 13
Transport
Arava 3
Combat helicopter
Bell 412 3
Hughes 269 5
MD500 7
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UH-1H 14
Training aircraft/helicopters
T-35 2
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Equatorial Guinea Air Force
Type Active Ordered
Combat aircraft

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Su-25 4 Learjet 35 3 SR20 (Airbus Defence & Space) 16

Transport PC-12NG 6 SR22 (Airbus Defence & Space) 9
Il-76 1 Training aircraft/helicopters French Army
L-410 2 F/A-18D 7 Type Active Ordered
Combat helicopter G115 28 Transport
Ka-29 1 Hawk 51/66 37 PC-6 5
Mi-24 7 L-70 Vinka 26 TBM 700 8
Mi-26 1 Finnish Army Combat helicopter
Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered H160M 80*
L-39 2 Combat helicopter H215M/AS532 25
ERITREA NH90 (TTH) 20 H225M 8
Eritrean Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters NH90 (TTH) 46 27
Type Active Ordered MD500 7 SA330 18
Combat aircraft FRANCE SA342 109
MiG-29 7 French Air Force Tiger 69
Su-27 1 Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters
Transport Combat aircraft AS555 17
King Air 200 1 Mirage 2000C 27 SA342 1
Y-12 4 Mirage 2000D 70 French Navy
Combat helicopter Mirage 2000-5F 28 Type Active Ordered
Bell 412 1 Rafale B/C 100 38+84* Combat aircraft
Mi-17/171 6 Special mission Rafale M 41 2+10*
Mi-24 6 707 (E-3F) (AEW) 4 Special mission
Training aircraft/helicopters C160 (ELINT) 2 ATL-2 (MPA) 22
MB-339 6 Falcon 8X (EW) 2+1* E-2C/D (AEW) 3 3
Su-27 1 King Air 350 (Recce) 2 Falcon 20/200 (MPA) 5
ESTONIA Tanker Falcon 50 (MPA) 8
Estonian Air Force A330 MRTT 5 4 Falcon 2000 (MPA) 7+5*
Type Active Ordered C/KC-135FR 11 Transport
Transport KC-130J 2 EMB-121 10
An-28/M28 2 Transport Falcon 10 6
Training aircraft/helicopters A310 2 Combat helicopter
L-39 1 A330 2 AS365/565 34
R44 3 A400M 18 32 H160/M 4+49*
ESWATINI C-130H 14 NH90 (NFH) 26 1
Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force C-130J 2 SA316/319/SE3160 22
Type Active Ordered C160 11 Training aircraft/helicopters
Combat helicopter CN235 27 Jetstream 41 (AVDEF) 2
SA316 3 DHC-6 5 GABON
UH-1H 2 TBM 700 15 Gabon Air Force
ETHIOPIA Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered
Ethiopian Air Force AS555 40 Combat aircraft
Type Active Ordered H160M 40* Mirage F1 6
Combat aircraft H215M/AS332 4 Transport
MiG-23 9 H225M 13 9 C-130H 1
Su-27 14 SA330 21 CN235 1
Transport Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter
An-12 3 Alpha Jet 56 H120 2
An-32 1 EMB-121 22 H135 2
C-130B/E 2 G120A (Airbus Defence & Space) 18 H215M/AS332 1
DHC-6 1 H225M 1 SA319 2
Combat helicopter Mirage 2000B-S5 6 SA330 5
Mi-8/17 14 PC-21 17 9 SA342 3
Mi-24 7
SA316 3
Training aircraft/helicopters
G120TP 6 Germany’s lead C-130J first flew on 8 November.
L-39 10 Its six examples will include three tankers
SF-260 4
Su-27 6
Ethiopian Army Aviation
Type Active Ordered
Transport
DHC-6 2
Combat helicopter
UH-1H 8
FINLAND
Finnish Air Force
Type Active Ordered
Combat aircraft
F/A-18C 55
Lockheed Martin

Special mission
C295 (EW) 1
Transport
C295 2

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GAMBIA
Gambian Air Force
Type Active Ordered
Combat aircraft
Su-25 1
GEORGIA
Georgian Land Forces
Type Active Ordered
Combat aircraft
Su-25 10
Transport
An-28 2 Cyril Cosmao/Dassault Aviation
Combat helicopter
Mi-8/171 15
Mi-14 2
Mi-24 9
UH-1H 12
Training aircraft/helicopters
A first Rafale delivery was made to Greece in
L-29 4
L-39 8 2021, involving an ex-French air force fighter
Abkhazian Air Force
Type Active Ordered
Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Bell 212 7
Mi-8 2 Bell 412 1 S-70/MH-60R 11 4+3*
Mi-24 2 Mi-17/171 6 GUATEMALA
GERMANY Mi-35 1+3* Guatemalan Air Force
German Air Force Z-9 4 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters Combat aircraft
Combat aircraft DA42 1 A-37 3
Eurofighter 134 38 EMB-314 9* PC-7 1
Tornado IDS 75 K-8 4 Transport
Special mission GREECE BT-67 1
A319 (Recce) 1 Hellenic Air Force Cessna 208 4
Global 6000 (SIGINT) 3 Type Active Ordered DHC-6 1
Tornado ECR (EW) 30 Combat aircraft King Air 90/200 2
Tanker F-4E 33 Combat helicopter
KC-130J 3 F-16C 114 Bell 205 1
Transport Mirage 2000EG 16 Bell 206 2
A310 1 Mirage 2000-5/Mk II 24 Bell 212/412 3
A321 2 Rafale B/C 1 17 Bell 407 2
A400M 35 18 Special mission H125/AS350 1
C-130J 3 C-130H (EW) 2 UH-1H 8
C160 7 CL-415 (SAR) 1 Training aircraft/helicopters
Combat helicopter ERJ-145 (AEW) 4 T-35 4
CH-53G/GA/GS 80 P-3B (MPA) 1 GUINEA
Training aircraft/helicopters Transport Guinea Air Force
G120TP (J-PAG) 2 C-27J 8 Type Active Ordered
Tornado IDS 6 C-130B/H 7 Combat aircraft
German Army King Air 350 2 MiG-21 3
Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Combat helicopter
Combat helicopter Bell 205 12 Mi-17 2
H145 8 3 H215M/AS332 12 Mi-24/25 3
H145 (Kommando Spezialkrafte) 15 Training aircraft/helicopters SA330 2
NH90 (TTH) 77 2 F-16D 39 GUYANA
Tiger 55 M-346 (Elbit Systems) 10* Guyana Defence Force
Training aircraft/helicopters Mirage 2000BG 2 Type Active Ordered
Bell 206 6 T-2C/E 40 Transport
H135 23 T-6A 45 BN-2 2
German Navy Hellenic Army Aviation Skyvan 3
Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter
Special mission Combat helicopter Bell 206 2
Dornier 228/NG (MPA) 2 AH-64A/D 29 Bell 412 1 2*
P-3C (MPA) 8 Bell 205 27 Bell 429 2*
P-8A (MPA) 5 Bell 206 11 HONDURAS
Combat helicopter CH-47D/SD 25 Honduran Air Force
Lynx 88 22 NH90 (TTH) 14 6 Type Active Ordered
NH90 (NFH) 11 38 OH-58 57 Combat aircraft
Sea King 41 19 UH-1H 65 A-37 9
GHANA Training aircraft/helicopters F-5E 3
Ghana Air Force Hughes 269 18 Special mission
Type Active Ordered Hellenic Navy King Air 200 (Recce) 1
Special mission Type Active Ordered Transport
DA42 (Recce) 2 Special mission Cessna 208 4
Transport P-3B (MPA) 6 L-410 2 1
C295 2 Combat helicopter PA-31 1

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Turbo/Twin Commander 3 C-17 11 Hawk 132 17
Combat helicopter C-130J 12 Kiran (HJT-16) 20
Bell 412 2 C295 56 MiG-29 9
BO105 1 Dornier 228 53 INDONESIA
UH-1H 6 HS 748 57 Indonesian Air Force
Training aircraft/helicopters Il-76 17 Type Active Ordered
EMB-312 8 Combat helicopter Combat aircraft
F-5F 2 AH-64E 22 EMB-314 15
Honduran Navy CH-47F 15 F-16A/C 25
Type Active Ordered Dhruv ALH/Rudra 107 4 Hawk 209 23
Combat helicopter Ka-226 65* Su-27/30/35 16 11
BO105 1 Light Combat Helicopter 65 Special mission
HUNGARY Mi-17 223 48* 737 (MPA) 3
Hungarian Air Force Mi-24/25/35 15 C295/CN235 (MPA) 3
Type Active Ordered SA315 17 NC212i (Recce) 4
Combat aircraft SA316/319 77 Tanker
Gripen C 12 Training aircraft/helicopters KC-130B 1
Transport Hawk 132 102 Transport
A319 2 HTT-40 70* 737 1
C/KC-390 2 Jaguar T 30 A400M 2+4*
Combat helicopter Kiran (HJT-16) 78 C-130B/H/L-100 23
H145 18 2 MiG-29 10 C-130J 5
H225M 16 Mirage 2000TH/TI 12 C/NC212 10 3
Mi-8/17 7 PC-7 Mk II 75 C295/CN235 14
Mi-24 8 Tejas 8 Combat helicopter
Training aircraft/helicopters Indian Army Aviation AW139 1
H125M/AS350 2 Type Active Ordered BO105 2
Gripen D 2 Combat helicopter H215M/AS332 10
Zlin 143 2 AH-64E 6+6* H225M 6 9+1*
Zlin 242 2 Dhruv ALH/Rudra 191 73 SA330 9
INDIA Ka-226 135* Training aircraft/helicopters
Indian Air Force Light Combat Helicopter 114 F-16B/D 7
Type Active Ordered SA315 37 8 G120TP 30
Combat aircraft SA316 4 H120 10
Jaguar M/S 130 Indian Navy Hawk 109 7
MiG-21 128 Type Active Ordered KT-1B 12 3
MiG-29 65 Combat aircraft NC212i 1
Mirage 2000H/I 45 MiG-29K 36 SF-260 18
Rafale DH/EH 23 13 Tejas 8 T-50I 14 6
Su-30 248 2 Special mission Indonesian Army
Tejas 19 96 737 (P-8) (MPA) 11 12* Type Active Ordered
Special mission BN-2 (MPA) 4 Transport
707 (Recce) 1 Dornier 228 (MPA) 23 12 BN-2 1
737 (Recce) 2 Il-38 (MPA) 4 C212 6
ERJ-145 (AEW) 2 Ka-31 (AEW) 14 Premier I 1
G100/1125 Astra (Recce) 2 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter
Global 5000 (ELINT) 2 Dhruv ALH 14 11 AH-64E 8
Gulfstream III (EW) 3 Ka-28 14 AS355 6
Il-76 (A50E) (AEW) 3 2 S-61/UH-3H 6 Bell 205 10
Tanker S-70/MH-60R 2 22 Bell 412 55
Il-78 6 SA316/319 36 6 BO105 12
Transport Sea King 42 25 H125M/AS550 6
Mi-17 9
Mi-35 7
SA316 7
India has formalised a major deal for 56 C295 Training aircraft/helicopters
medium transports, including local assembly H120 2
Hughes 269 21
Indonesian Navy
Type Active Ordered
Special mission
C212 (MPA) 6
CN235 (MPA) 5 1+2*
Transport
Beechcraft Baron 2
C212 8
Combat helicopter
AS565 11
Airbus Defence & Space

Bell 412 3
BO105 8
H215M/AS332 1
Mi-2 1
Training aircraft/helicopters
H120 5

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IRAN L-159A 10 Training aircraft/helicopters

Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Su-25 21 AW119 12
Type Active Ordered Special mission F-15B/D 18
Combat aircraft Cessna 208 (Recce) 3 F-16D 49
F-4D/E/RF-4E 63 CH2000 (Recce) 7 G120A (Snunit Aviation) 16
F-5E 35 DHC-6 (Recce) 2 King Air 200 2
F-7 17 King Air 350 (Recce) 6 M-346 (TOR Systems) 30
F-14 41 Transport OH-58 18
MiG-29 19 An-32 6 T-6A 20
Mirage F1EQ 12 C-130E 3 ITALY
Su-24 23 C-130J 6 Italian Air Force
Special mission King Air 350 1 Type Active Ordered
707 (EW) 2 Combat helicopter Combat aircraft
P-3F (MPA) 5 Bell 412 12* AMX 31
Tanker Mi-8 2 Eurofighter 92
707 4 SA342 6 F-35A/B 14 10+51*
747 3 Training aircraft/helicopters Tornado IDS 50
Transport Bell 206 9 Special mission
747 6 Cessna 208 4 ATR 72 (MPA) 4
C-130E/H 28 F-16D/IQ 8 C-27J (EW) 2
F27 5 L-159T1 1 G550 (AEW) 2
Il-76 5 Lasta 95 19 G550 (Recce) 2*
PC-6 13 T-6A 15 King Air 350 (Recce) 2
Combat helicopter T-50IQ 24 Tornado ECR (EW) 13
Bell 206 2 Iraqi Army Aviation Command Tanker
Bell 212 2 Type Active Ordered 767 (KC-767A) 4
CH-47C 2 Combat helicopter KC-130J 6
Training aircraft/helicopters Bell 407 40 Transport
Bell 206 1 H135 20 C-27J 10
F-5F 14 Mi-8/171 41 C-130J 14
FT-7 2 Mi-28 17 19* P180/Avanti Evo 6 11
Mirage F1BQ 5 Mi-35 23 12* Combat helicopter
PC-7 34 UH-1H 15 AW101 12
Islamic Republic of Iran Army Training aircraft/helicopters AW139 24 8
Type Active Ordered Bell 206 12 Bell 212 32
Transport Bell 407 3 MD500 2
F27 1 OH-58 9 Training aircraft/helicopters
Turbo Commander 2 IRELAND AMX-T 5
Combat helicopter Irish Air Corps F-35A 2
AH-1J 12 Type Active Ordered M-345 2 16+27*
Bell 206 3 Special mission M-346 (T-346A) 22
Bell 214 23 BN-2 (Recce) 1 MB-339 70
CH-47C 38 C295/CN235 (MPA) 2 2 MD500 37
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Transport P180 7
Type Active Ordered PC-12NG 4 SF-260 30
Special mission Combat helicopter Tornado IDS 8
F27 (MPA) 1 AW139 6 Italian Army
Falcon 20 (SAR) 1 H135 2 Type Active Ordered
Transport Training aircraft/helicopters Transport
F27 2 PC-9 8 Dornier 228 3
Combat helicopter ISRAEL P180 3
Bell 212 8 Israel Air and Space Force Combat helicopter
Mi-171 5 Type Active Ordered AW129 59
S-61/ASH-3D 8 Combat aircraft Bell 205 55
S-65/RH-53D 6 F-15A/C/I 66 Bell 206 30
Iranian Revolutionary Guard F-16C/I 175 Bell 212/412 30
Type Active Ordered F-35I 27 6+17* CH-47C/F 22
Combat aircraft Special mission NH90 (TTH) 51 8
Su-22 10 G550 (AEW) 2 Training aircraft/helicopters
Transport Gulfstream V (SIGINT) 3 AW169M 2
An-74 7 King Air 200 (Recce) 18 Italian Navy
Falcon 20 1 Tanker Type Active Ordered
Il-76 3 707 7 Combat aircraft
Y-12 12 767 (KC-46A) 8* AV-8B+ 14
Combat helicopter KC-130H 4 F-35B 1 1+11*
Mi-171 17 Transport Special mission
Training aircraft/helicopters C-130E/H 6 AW101 (AEW) 4
EMB-312 15 C-130J 7 2* Transport
MFI-17 25 King Air 200 2 P180 3
IRAQ Combat helicopter Combat helicopter
Iraqi Air Force AH-64A/D 48 AW101 14
Type Active Ordered AS565 5 Bell 212 27
Combat aircraft Bell 206 4 NH90 (NFH/TTH) 38 18
AC-208 2 CH-53 22 Training aircraft/helicopters
F-16C/IQ 26 S-70/UH-60A 48 F-35B 2

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TAV-8B 1 Learjet 36 (Recce) 4 Su-25 14

IVORY COAST OP-3C (Recce) 4 Su-27/30 37 5+11*
Ivory Coast Air Force P-1 (MPA) 29 2+39* Transport
Type Active Ordered P-3C (MPA) 64 A400M 2
Transport US-2 (SAR) 6 An-12 1
An-26 2 Transport An-24/26 7
Beech 1900 1 C-130R 6 An-72 /74 1
C295/CN235 1 1* King Air 90 5 C295 8
Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Combat helicopter
Mi-24 1 AW101 12 H145 1 20*
JAMAICA S-70/SH-60J/K/UH-60J 116 H225M 20*
Jamaica Defence Force Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-8/17 49
Type Active Ordered H135 15 Mi-24/35 22 4
Special mission King Air 90 12 Mi-26 2
King Air 350 (MPA) 1 T-3 32 UH-1H 1
Combat helicopter UP-3D 2 Training aircraft/helicopters
Bell 206 1 JORDAN L-39 18
Bell 407 2 Royal Jordanian Air Force MiG-29 2
Bell 412 2 1 Type Active Ordered Su-27 4
Bell 429 8 1 Combat aircraft Zlin 242 1
Training aircraft/helicopters AT-802 4 KENYA
Bell 505 6 F-16A 44 Kenya Air Force
DA42 2 Special mission Type Active Ordered
JAPAN AT-802 (Recce) 4 Combat aircraft
Japan Air Self-Defence Force M28 (EW) 1 F-5E 17
Type Active Ordered Transport Special mission
Combat aircraft C-130H 4 Cessna 208 (Recce) 2
F-2A 62 Cessna 208 8 Transport
F-15J 155 M28 1 An-28/M28 1 2
F-35A/B 23 123 Combat helicopter C-27J 3
Special mission AH-1E/F 44 Cessna 208 2
767 (AEW) 4 AH-6i 18* Dash 8 3
C-1 (EW) 1 H125M/AS350 2 DHC-5 3
C-2 (Recce) 1 H135/EC635 7 Y-12 10
E-2C/D (AEW) 17 9 H215M/AS332 10 Combat helicopter
Hawker 800 (SAR) 26 Mi-26 4 AH-1F 2
YS-11 (EW) 4 S-70/UH-60A/L/M 30 AW139 3
Tanker UH-1H 36 H125M/AS550 9
767 (KC-46A) 1 3 Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-171 2
767 (KC-767J) 4 F-16B 15 SA330 13
KC-130H 2 G120TP 15 UH-1H 7
Transport PC-21 12 Z-9 6
C-1 11 R44 12 Training aircraft/helicopters
C-2 11 9 T67M260 2 F-5F 6
C-130H 14 KAZAKHSTAN G120A 5
Gulfstream IV 5 Kazakhstan Air Force Tucano T51 12
Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Kenya Army
CH-47J 17 Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered
S-70/UH-60J 54 1+20* MiG-23 3 Combat helicopter
Training aircraft/helicopters MiG-27 12 MD500/530F 45
Beechjet 400 13 MiG-29 21 KUWAIT
F-2B 25 MiG-31 20 Kuwait Air Force
F-15DJ 45 Su-24 13 Type Active Ordered
T-3 49
T-4 200
YS-11 2
Japan Ground Self-Defence Force
Type Active Ordered
Transport
King Air 350 7
Combat helicopter
AH-1S 71
AH-64D 12
Bell 412 (UH-X) 12+138*
CH-47J/JA 65
MV-22 4 10
OH-1 36
Daisuke Shimizu/Shutterstock

S-70/UH-60JA 37
UH-1J 130
Training aircraft/helicopters
Enstrom 480 30
Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force
Type Active Ordered
Special mission Japan’s 29 indigenous P-1s represent almost
EP-3 (ELINT) 4 one-third of its maritime patrol aircraft force

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Combat aircraft
Eurofighter Typhoon 28
F/A-18C 27
F/A-18E 22+10*
Special mission
King Air 350 (Recce) 4*
Tanker
KC-130J 3
Transport
C-17 2
Combat helicopter
AH-64D/E 16 8*
H215M/AS332 5
H225M 12 6
HKHTT-HJ/Shutterstock

SA330 6
SA342 13
Training aircraft/helicopters
F/A-18D 7
Three nations operate the single-seat, 200-series Hawk;
F/A-18F 6+2*
Malaysia (12), plus Indonesia (23) and Oman (10)
Hawk 64 6
Kuwait Naval Force
Type Active Ordered
Combat helicopter MiG-21 12 A400M 1
H225M 2 2 MiG-23 3 MADAGASCAR
KYRGYZSTAN Mirage F1 2 Madagascar Air Force
Kyrgyz Air Force Su-22 1 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered Su-24 2 Combat helicopter
Combat helicopter Transport H125M/AS350 3
Mi-8 4 An-26 1 SA318 2
Mi-24 2 An-72 1 MALAWI
LAOS C-130H 1 Malawi Defence Force Air Wing
Lao People’s Liberation Army Air Force C-130J 2* Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Transport
Transport AW139 1 Dornier 228 3
MA600 1 CH-47C 2 Combat helicopter
Combat helicopter Mi-2 6 AS355 1
Ka-32 2 Mi-8/171 7 H125M/AS350/550 2
Mi-17/172 17 Mi-14 3 H215M/AS532 1
UH-1H 4 Mi-24/35 7 SA330 2
Z-9 4 Training aircraft/helicopters SA341 2
Training aircraft/helicopters G-2 14 MALAYSIA
Yak-130 4 6 L-39 10 Royal Malaysian Air Force
LATVIA Mi-2 1 Type Active Ordered
Latvian Air Force MiG-23 1 Combat aircraft
Type Active Ordered Mirage F1 2 F/A-18D 8
Combat helicopter SF-260 37 Hawk 208 12
Mi-8/17 4 Libyan National Army Su-30 18
S-70/UH-40M 4 Type Active Ordered Special mission
LEBANON Transport C-130H (MPA) 1
Lebanese Air Force An-12 1 King Air 200 (MPA) 3
Type Active Ordered An-32 1 Tanker
Combat aircraft Il-76 2 KC-130H 4
AC-208 3 Combat helicopter Transport
EMB-314 (A-29) 6 H215/AS332 3 A400M 4
Combat helicopter SA341 3 C-130H 8
MD530G 6 Libya Dawn CN235 6
SA330 11 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter
SA342 8 Combat aircraft H225M 12
UH-1H 33 MiG-25 2 S-70 4
Training aircraft/helicopters Transport Training aircraft/helicopters
Bulldog 3 C-130H 1 H120 (Gading Kasturi) 5
R44 6 LITHUANIA Hawk 108 5
LESOTHO Lithuanian Air Force King Air 350 2
Lesotho Defence Force Type Active Ordered MB-339 7
Type Active Ordered Transport PC-7 Mk II 20
Transport C-27J 3 Malaysian Army Air Corps
C212 2 L-410 2 Type Active Ordered
GA8 1 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter
Combat helicopter AS365 3 AW109 11
Bell 412 3 Mi-8 2 MD530 6
H125M/AS350 2 S-70/UH-60M 4+2* S-61 3
LIBYA LUXEMBOURG Royal Malaysian Navy
Libyan Air Force Luxembourg Air Force Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter
Combat aircraft Transport AS555 5

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Malta’s air wing inventory includes a trio of
AS555 1
special mission-configured King Air 200s
AS565 14
H145 2
H225M 3
MD902 5
Mi-17 16
S-70/MH-60R/UH-60M 8
Training aircraft/helicopters
Hughes 269 4
Schweizer 333 10
T-6C+ 13
Zlin 143 2
Insect World/Shutterstock

Zlin 242 27
MOLDOVA
Moldovan Air Force
Type Active Ordered
Transport
An-26 1
Transnistrian Air Force
Type Active Ordered
Combat helicopter
AW139 3 Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-2 1
Super Lynx 100 6 EMB-312 5 Mi-8 1
MALDIVES SF-260 4 MONGOLIA
Maldives National Defence Force MEXICO Mongolian Air Force
Type Active Ordered Mexican Air Force Type Active Ordered
Special mission Type Active Ordered Transport
Dornier 228 (MPA) 1 Combat aircraft An-26 3
Combat helicopter F-5E 3 Combat helicopter
Dhruv ALH 2 PC-7 33 Mi-8/171 6
MALI Special mission Training aircraft/helicopters
Mali Air Force Citation I (Recce) 2 MiG-29 2
Type Active Ordered ERJ-145 (AEW) 1 MONTENEGRO
Combat aircraft ERJ-145 (MPA) 2 Montenegrin Air Force
MiG-21 9 King Air 350 (Recce) 2 Type Active Ordered
Special mission Transport Combat helicopter
Cessna 208 (Recce) 1 737 3 Bell 412 3
Transport C-27J 4 Bell 505 2
An-26 1 C-130K/L-100 3 SA341/342 6
BN-2 1 C295 8 MOROCCO
BT-67 1 King Air 90/300 3 Royal Moroccan Air Force
C295 1 1 PC-6 2 Type Active Ordered
Y-12 2 Turbo Commander 2 Combat aircraft
Combat helicopter Combat helicopter F-5E 22
H215M/AS332 2 Bell 206 16 F-16C/V 15 24
Mi-24/35 7 1 Bell 407 17 Mirage F1 46
Training aircraft/helicopters Bell 412 9 Special mission
EMB-314 3 H225M 12 4 Falcon 20 (EW) 2
SF-260 1 MD530F 13 Tanker
MALTA Mi-8/17 26 KC-130H 2
Armed Forces of Malta - Air Wing S-70/UH-60M 16 7 Transport
Type Active Ordered UH-1H 1 C-27J 4
Special mission Training aircraft/helicopters C-130H 12
BN-2 (MPA) 1 Bell 206 9 CN235 6
King Air 200 (MPA) 3 F-5F 1 King Air 200/300/350 7
Combat helicopter G120TP 25 Combat helicopter
AW139 3 PC-7 31 AH-64E 24
SA316 3 PC-9 1 Bell 205 5
MAURITANIA SF-260 25 Bell 206 1
Mauritanian Air Force T-6C+ 56 Bell 212 3
Type Active Ordered Mexican Navy CH-47D 3
Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered SA330 26
EMB-314 (A-29) 4 Special mission SA342 23
Special mission C212 (MPA) 7 Training aircraft/helicopters
Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 CN235 (MPA) 6 Alpha Jet 22
Transport King Air 350 (MPA) 5 Bell 206 5
BT-67 1 Transport F-5F 4
Cessna 441 1 Beechcraft Baron 2 F-16D 8
CN235 2 C295 6 King Air 100 4
PC-6 1 Cessna 208 1 T-6C 24
Y-12 1 Dash 8 1 Royal Moroccan Navy
Combat helicopter King Air 90/350 4 Type Active Ordered
AW109 2 Learjet 45 2 Special mission
Z-9 2 Turbo Commander 4 King Air 350 (MPA) 2

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Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Transport

AS565 3 Special mission C-130H 1
MOZAMBIQUE 707 (E-3A) (AEW) 14 Cessna 208 2
Mozambique Air Force Tanker Dornier 228 1
Type Active Ordered A330 MRTT 5 4+2* King Air 350 1
Combat aircraft Transport Combat helicopter
MiG-21 8 C-17 (Strategic Airlift Capability) 3 Mi-17 3
Transport NEPAL Mi-24/35 1 2
An-26 1 Nepal Army Air Wing SA342 3
Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered NIGERIA
Mi-8/17 4 Transport Nigerian Air Force
Mi-25 2 BN-2 1 Type Active Ordered
SA341 2 CN235 1 Combat aircraft
Training aircraft/helicopters M28 3 Alpha Jet 12
L-39 1 Combat helicopter EMB-314 (A-29) 10 2
MYANMAR Dhruv ALH 1 F-7 11
Myanmar Air Force H125M/AS350 2 JF-17 3
Type Active Ordered Mi-17 4 2* Special mission
Combat aircraft SA315 2 ATR 42 (MPA) 1
A-5 21 NETHERLANDS Citation CJ3 (Recce) 2
F-6 1 Royal Netherlands Air Force DA42 (Recce) 1
F-7 21 Type Active Ordered King Air 350 (Recce) 2
JF-17 7 9 Combat aircraft Transport
MiG-29 26 F-16A 40 C-130H 3
Su-30 6 F-35A 13 5+20* Dornier 128 11
Special mission Tanker Dornier 228 5
BN-2 (MPA) 5 KDC-10 1 G222 1
Transport Transport Combat helicopter
ATR 42/72 6 C-130H 4 AW109 15 2
Beech 1900 7 Training aircraft/helicopters AW139 1
F27 1 F-16B 7 Bell 412 2
PC-6 5 F-35A 8 H135 3
Y-8 5 PC-7 13 H215M/AS332 5
Y-12 2 Netherlands Defence Helicopter Command Mi-17/171 6 6
Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Mi-24/35 15 18
Bell 205 2 Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters
Bell 206 4 AH-64D 24 FT-7 1
Bell 212 1 CH-47D/F 16 3* L-39 8
Mi-2 22 H215M/AS532 12 MB-339 6
Mi-8/17 12 NH90 (NFH) 18 MFI-395 10
Mi-24 9 NEW ZEALAND Mi-34 1
SA316/SE3160 13 Royal New Zealand Air Force Nigerian Navy
W-3 12 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
Training aircraft/helicopters Special mission Combat helicopter
FT-7 6 737 (P-8A) (MPA) 4 AW109 4
G-4 3 P-3K (MPA) 5 AW139 1
G120TP 20 Transport NORTH KOREA
H120 3 757 2 Korean People’s Army Air Force
K-8 12 50 C-130H 5 Type Active Ordered
MiG-29 5 C-130J 5* Combat aircraft
PC-7 16 Combat helicopter F-5 (Shenyang) 106
PC-9 10 AW109 5 F-6 97
Yak-130 18 NH90 (TTH) 8 F-7 120
United Wa State Army SH-2G 9 H-5 80
Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters MiG-21 26
Combat helicopter King Air 350 2 MiG-23 56
Mi-17 5 T-6C 11 MiG-29 35
NAMIBIA NICARAGUA Su-7 18
Namibian Air Force Nicaraguan Air Force Su-25 34
Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Transport
Combat aircraft Transport An-24 1
F-7 6 An-26 4 Combat helicopter
Transport King Air 90 1 MD500 84
An-26 1 Combat helicopter Mi-2 47
Y-12 2 Bell 206 1 Mi-8 41
Combat helicopter Mi-17/171 10 Mi-14 8
Mi-8 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-24 20
Mi-24 2 R44 1 Mi-26 4
SA315 1 NIGER Training aircraft/helicopters
SA316 2 Niger Air Force FT-2 30
Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered FT-5 135
FT-7 2 Combat aircraft MiG-15 4
K-8 12 Su-25 2 NORTH MACEDONIA
NATO Special mission Army of the Republic of North Macedonia
NATO Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 Type Active Ordered

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The Royal Norwegian Air Force’s first of five
Mi-8/17 6
P-8As made its debut flight in August 2021
Mi-24 4
Training aircraft/helicopters
Bell 206 4
Zlin 143 1
Zlin 242 5
NORWAY
Royal Norwegian Air Force
Type Active Ordered
Combat aircraft
F-16A 44
F-35A 21 9+12*
Special mission
737 (P-8A) (MPA) 5
Falcon 20 (EW) 2
P-3C/N (MPA) 6
Transport
Boeing

C-130J 4
Combat helicopter
AW101 11 4
Bell 412 18
NH90 (NFH) 11 3 Mi-171 6 Z-9 5
Sea King 43 (SAR) 9 SA330 1 PANAMA
Training aircraft/helicopters SE3160 10 Aeronaval Service of Panama
F-16B 9 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered
F-35A 10 F-16B/D 31 Special mission
MFI-15 16 FT-6 9 King Air 350 (MPA) 1
OMAN FT-7 6 Transport
Royal Air Force of Oman JF-17B 25 C212 3
Type Active Ordered K-8 38 Cessna 208 3
Combat aircraft MFI-395 120 DHC-6 2
Eurofighter Typhoon 12 12* Mirage IIIBE/D/DP 18 King Air 100 1
F-16C 17 Mirage 5DPA2 2 PA-31 2
Hawk 203 10 SA316 8 PA-34 1
Special mission T-37 28 Combat helicopter
C295 (MPA) 4 Pakistan Army AW109 1
Transport Type Active Ordered AW139 7
C-130H 3 Special mission Bell 205 1
C-130J 2 King Air 350 (Recce) 3 Bell 212/412 6
C295 4 Transport MD500 1
Combat helicopter Cessna 208 13 UH-1H 6
NH90 (TTH) 18 Citation Bravo 1 Training aircraft/helicopters
Super Lynx 120 13 King Air 350 6 T-35 4
Training aircraft/helicopters Turbo Commander 2 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Bell 206 4 Y-12 4 Papua New Guinea Defence Force
Bell 429 5 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered
F-16D 6 AH-1F 50 Transport
Hawk 103/166 11 AH-1Z 12+3* P-750 4
MFI-395 7 AW139 7 PARAGUAY
PC-9 12 Bell 412 31 Paraguayan Air Force
PAKISTAN H125M/AS550 32 Type Active Ordered
Pakistan Air Force Mi-8/17/171 48 Special mission
Type Active Ordered Mi-35 4 DA62 (Recce) 1
Combat aircraft SA315 17 Transport
F-7 135 SA316 13 Beechcraft Baron 1
F-16A/C 44 SA330 43 C212 3
JF-17 109 50 T129 30 Cessna 208 5
Mirage IIIEP/OF/RP 69 UH-1H 1 Combat helicopter
Mirage 5EF/F/PA 90 Z-10 3 17* H125M/AS350 1
Special mission Training aircraft/helicopters UH-1H 14
Falcon 20 (EW) 2 Bell 206 18 Training aircraft/helicopters
Saab 2000 (AEW) 5 Enstrom 280 19 EMB-312 6
Y-8 (AEW) 4 Hughes 269 15 T-35 9
Tanker MFI-17 214 Paraguayan Navy
Il-78 4 Pakistan Navy Type Active Ordered
Transport Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter
C-130B/E/L-100 16 Special mission H125M/AS350 1
CN235 3 ATR 72 (MPA) 3 PERU
Saab 2000 6 Hawker 850 (Recce) 1 Peruvian Air Force
Y-12 3 P-3C (MPA) 6 Type Active Ordered
Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Combat aircraft
AW139 12 Mi-14 2 A-37 20
Bell 205 5 SA316/319 7 MiG-29 6
Bell 412 1 Sea King 45/HAR3/HC4 9 Mirage 2000P 10

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Su-25 2 Transport PZL-130 20

Special mission BN-2 1 R44 3
Learjet 36 (Recce) 1 C-130B/H/T 4 SW-4 24
Merlin IV/Metro (Recce) 3 C295 3 TS-11 8
Tanker F28 1 Polish Land Forces
KC-130H 2 NC212i 2 Type Active Ordered
Transport Nomad 3 Combat helicopter
737 1 Turbo/Twin Commander 2 Mi-2 44
An-32 3 Combat helicopter Mi-8/17 27
C-27J 4 AH-1F 2 Mi-24 30
DHC-6/Series 400 14 AW109 8 S-70i 4
L-100 3 Bell 205 8 W-3 38
PA-34 2 Bell 212/412 7 Training aircraft/helicopters
PC-6 1 MD500 24 Mi-2 2
Combat helicopter S-70i 10 6 Polish Naval Air Arm
Bell 212/412 3 S-76 9 Type Active Ordered
BO105 2 T129 6 Special mission
Mi-17/171 9 8* UH-1D/H 23 An-28/M28 (MPA) 9
Mi-24/25 16 W-3 5 Transport
Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters An-28/M28 5
CH2000 6 11 S-211 3 Combat helicopter
Enstrom 280 2 2 SF-260 21 AW101 4
Hughes 269 4 Philippine Navy Aviation Mi-2 3
KT-1P 20 Type Active Ordered Mi-14 6
MB-339 5 Special mission SH-2G 4
MiG-29 2 King Air 90 (MPA) 5 W-3 8
Mirage 2000DP 2 Transport PORTUGAL
PA-44 1 BN-2 5 Portuguese Air Force
Su-25 6 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered
Zlin 242 3 AW109 5 Combat aircraft
Peruvian Army AW159 2 F-16A 21
Type Active Ordered POLAND Special mission
Transport Polish Air Force C295 (MPA) 5
An-32 2 Type Active Ordered P-3C (MPA) 3
Beech 1900 1 Combat aircraft Transport
Cessna 208 1 F-16C 36 C-130H 4
Citation XLS 1 F-35A 32* C-390 5+1*
King Air 350 1 MiG-29 23 C295 6
Combat helicopter Su-22 32 Combat helicopter
AW109 1 Transport AW101 12
Mi-2 1 An-28/M28 23 AW119 5 2*
Mi-8/17/171 43 C-130E/H 5 5 Training aircraft/helicopters
Training aircraft/helicopters C295 16 F-16B 4
Enstrom 280 1 Combat helicopter TB30 15
Enstrom F-28 2 Mi-2 16 QATAR
R44 1 Mi-8/17 11 Qatar Emiri Air Force
Peruvian Navy W-3 16 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters Combat aircraft
Special mission Cabri G2 6 Alpha Jet 6
Fokker 60 (MPA) 2 DA42 3 Eurofighter Typhoon 24
King Air 200 (MPA) 3 F-16D 12 F-15QA 4 32+36*
Transport M-346 12 4 Mirage 2000-5EDA 9
An-32 2 MiG-29 6 Rafale DQ/EQ 27 9+36*
F50 1
F60 2
Combat helicopter
Bell 206 2 Qatar’s first batch of four F-15QAs has been
Bell 212/412 5 delivered – it could in time field up to 72
Mi-8/171 1 5*
S-61/ASH-3D/UH-3H 5
SH-2G 1
Training aircraft/helicopters
Enstrom F-28 4
T-34 7
PHILIPPINES
Philippine Air Force
Type Active Ordered
Combat aircraft
EMB-314 (A-29) 6
FA-50PH 12
OV-10 7
Special mission
C295 (MPA) 1
Cessna 208 (Recce) 2
Boeing

F27 (MPA) 1

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Transport An-72 31 Transport

C-17 8 An-124 4 Cessna 208 1
C-130J 4 An-140 3 DA42 2
Combat helicopter An-148 15 Combat helicopter
AH-64E 24 24* Il-18 3 Mi-17 12
AW139 18 Il-76 119 20 Mi-24 5
NH90 (NFH/TTH) 28 Il-96 10* SA342 3
SA342 13 Il-112 62* SAUDI ARABIA
Sea King 11 L-410 53 2 Royal Saudi Air Force
Training aircraft/helicopters Multirole Transport Aircraft 100* Type Active Ordered
AW169 4 Tu-134 5 Combat aircraft
Hawk 167 2 7 Tu-154 2 Eurofighter Typhoon 72 48*
MFI-395 8 Combat helicopter F-15C/S/SA 211
Mirage 2000-5DDA 3 AS355 2 Tornado IDS 81
PC-21 24 H125M/AS350 3 Special mission
PC-24 2 Ka-27 6 707 (E-3A) (AEW) 5
ROMANIA Ka-52 116 40+25* 707 (RE-3A) (Recce) 1
Romanian Air Force Ka-62 100* King Air 350 (Recce) 6 4
Type Active Ordered Ka-226 36 Saab 2000 (AEW) 2
Combat aircraft Mi-2 4 Tanker
F-16A 14 Mi-8/17/171 788 10 707 (KE-3A) 7
MiG-21 16 Mi-24/35 328 A330 MRTT 6
Special mission Mi-26 44 15* KC-130H 7
An-30 (Recce) 2 Mi-28 95 99 KC-130J 2 3*
Transport Mi-38 2 2+4* Transport
An-26 1 Training aircraft/helicopters C-130H 33
C-27J 7 Ansat 50 C-130J 20*
C-130H 3 DA42 20 14 Citation Bravo 4
Combat helicopter L-39 181 Gulfstream IV 2
AH-1Z 24* Mi-2 39 Jetstream 31 1
H215M/AS332 15* Mi-28 17 6+36 King Air 350 9
SA316 1 MiG-29/35 13 4 Combat helicopter
SA330 58 Su-27 38 Bell 212/412 36
UH-1Y 21* Tu-134 37 H215M/AS332/532 13 3
Training aircraft/helicopters Yak-130 112 25 S-70/UH-60L 2
F-16B 3 Russian Naval Aviation Training aircraft/helicopters
IAR-99 19 Type Active Ordered F-15D 21
SA316 6 Combat aircraft Hawk 65/165 69 12
Yak-52 14 MiG-29 18 MFI-395 20
Romanian Navy Su-24 22 PC-21 55
Type Active Ordered Su-25 4 SR22 25
Combat helicopter Su-27/30 32 27 Royal Saudi Land Forces
SA330 3 Special mission Type Active Ordered
RUSSIA An-12 (SAR) 3 Combat helicopter
Russian Air Force Be-12 (SAR) 7 AH-64A/D/E 22 25
Type Active Ordered Be-200 (SAR) 2 CH-47F 8+40*
Combat aircraft Il-20 (MPA) 1 OH-58 15
MiG-29/35 240 31* Il-22 (EW) 2 S-70/i/UH-60L/M 43 9+48*
MiG-31 131 Il-38 (MPA) 21 Royal Saudi Navy
Su-24 273 Ka-31 (AEW) 3 Type Active Ordered
Su-25 192 Tu-142 (MPA) 24 Combat helicopter
Su-27/30/35 350 Transport AS365/565 26
Su-34 125 20 An-12 2 H215M/AS332/532 20
Su-57 1 75 An-24/26 24 NH90 (NFH) 10*
Tu-22M 66 An-72 5 S-70/MH-60R 10
Tu-95 42 An-140 4 Saudi Arabian National Guard
Tu-160 15 10+40* Il-18 1 Type Active Ordered
Special mission Tu-154 1 Combat helicopter
An-12 (EW) 4 Combat helicopter AH-64E 12 24*
An-26 (Recce) 1 Ka-27 90 MD500/AH-6i 35 12*
An-30 (Recce) 15 Ka-28 2 NH90 (TTH) 12*
An-140 (Recce) 1 Ka-29 10 S-70/HH/UH-60M 24 148
Il-20/22 (Recce) 25 Ka-52 3 SENEGAL
Il-76 (A50/100) (AEW) 15 Mi-8 12 Senegal Air Force
Il-76 (Recce) 1 Mi-24/35 2 Type Active Ordered
Il-80 (Recce) 3 Training aircraft/helicopters Combat aircraft
Tu-134 (Recce) 1 Il-20 1 L-39NG 4
Tu-154 (Recce) 1 L-39 1 Special mission
Tu-214 (EW) 2 MiG-29 4 C212 (MPA) 2*
Tanker Su-27 3 CN235 (MPA) 1 1*
Il-78 20 10+21* Tu-134 6 Transport
Transport Yak-130 5+5* CN235 1
An-12 55 RWANDA F27 1
An-22 3 Rwandan Air Force Combat helicopter
An-26 115 Type Active Ordered AS355 1

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Bell 206 2 F50 4 Transport

Mi-2 2 Combat helicopter C-130B 5
Mi-17 2 AH-64D 18 C212 2
Mi-24/35 5 CH-47SD/F 18 13 Cessna 208 7
SE3160 1 H215M/AS332/532 32 DC-3 3
Training aircraft/helicopters H225M 3 13 King Air 200/300 4
KT-1 4 S-70 8 PC-12 1
TB30 6 Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter
SERBIA H120 5 AW109 25
Serbian Air Force M-346 12 BK117 6
Type Active Ordered PC-21 19 Oryx 44
Combat aircraft SLOVAKIA Rooivalk 12
J-22 17 Slovak Air Force Super Lynx 300 4
MiG-29 10 Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters
Transport Combat aircraft Gripen D 9
An-26 1 F-16V 12 Hawk 120 23
Combat helicopter MiG-29 10 PC-7 Mk II 56
H145M 5 Special mission SOUTH KOREA
Mi-8/17 13 L-410 (Recce) 1 Republic of Korea Air Force
Mi-35 4 3 Transport Type Active Ordered
SA341/342 29 C-27J 2 Combat aircraft
Training aircraft/helicopters L-410 5 F-4E 69
G-2 1 Combat helicopter F-5E 156
G-4 20 Mi-2 2 F-15K 59
Lasta 95 14 Mi-17 13 F-16C 118
MiG-29 3 S-70/UH-60M 9 F-35A 30 5+3*
SEYCHELLES Training aircraft/helicopters FA-50 60
Seychelles Air Force F-16V 2 Special mission
Type Active Ordered L-39 7 737 (AEW) 4
Special mission MiG-29 1 Falcon 2000 (EW) 2
DHC-6 (MPA) 1 SLOVENIA Hawker 800 (Recce) 8
Dornier 228 (SAR) 2 Slovenian Armed Forces Tanker
SIERRA LEONE Type Active Ordered A330 MRTT 4
Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces Transport Transport
Type Active Ordered C-27J 2* C-130H 12
Combat helicopter L-410 1 C-130J 4
Mi-17 1 PC-6 2 CN235 18
Mi-24 2 Combat helicopter Twin Commander 1
SA319 1 Bell 412 8 Combat helicopter
SINGAPORE H215M/AS532 4 Bell 412 3
Republic of Singapore Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters CH/HH-47D 9
Type Active Ordered Bell 206 4 H215M/AS332 3
Combat aircraft PC-9 8 Ka-32 7
F-15SG 40 Zlin 143 2 MD500 25
F-16C/D 60 Zlin 242 8 S-70/HH-60P 17
F-35 12* SOUTH AFRICA Training aircraft/helicopters
Special mission South African Air Force F-5F 29
F50 (MPA) 5 Type Active Ordered F-16D 49
G550 (AEW) 4 Combat aircraft F-35A 2
Tanker Gripen C 17 KA/KT-1 104
A330 MRTT 6 Special mission KT-100 23
KC-130B/H 5 Cessna 208 (EW) 1 T-50/B 60
Transport DC-3 (EW) 1 TA-50 22 20
C-130H 5 DC-3 (MPA) 5 Republic of Korea Army
Type Active Ordered
Transport
King Air 90 1
South Korea’s navy has 17 Combat helicopter
HH-60s, from a global fleet AH-1J/S 76
of 3,930 S-70 rotorcraft AH-64E 36
BO105 12
CH-47D 34
Light Attack Helicopter 200*
MD500 248
S-70/UH-60L/P 104
Surion KUH-1 100 153*
Republic of Korea Marine Corps
Type Active Ordered
Combat helicopter
Surion MUH-1 17 12+10*
Republic of Korea Navy
Crown Copyright

Type Active Ordered

Special mission
707 (P-8A) (MPA) 6
P-3C/CK (MPA) 16

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Transport Special mission AW109 20

F406 5 King Air 200 (MPA) 2 NH90 (TTH) 18
Combat helicopter Transport S-70/UH-60M 15
AW159 8 An-32 4 SWITZERLAND
Lynx 99/A 24 C-130K 2 Swiss Air Force
S-70/MH-60R/UH-60P 9 12* MA60 2 Type Active Ordered
UH-1H 7 Y-8 1 Combat aircraft
SOUTH SUDAN Y-12 8 F/A-18C 25
South Sudan Air Force and Air Defense Combat helicopter F-5E 27
Type Active Ordered Bell 206 4 F-35A 36*
Transport Bell 212/412 14 Special mission
An-26 2 Mi-8/17/171 25 DA42 (Recce) 1
Combat helicopter Mi-24/35 9 Transport
AW109 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Challenger 604 2
Mi-17 8 FT-7 1 PC-6 15
Mi-24 6 K-8 5 2* Combat helicopter
SPAIN Sri Lankan Navy H135M/EC635 18
Spanish Air Force Type Active Ordered H215M/AS332/532 24
Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters
Combat aircraft Mi-171 4 F/A-18D 5
EF-18M/F/A-18A 72 SUDAN F-5F 6
Eurofighter 68 Sudan Air Force PC-7 27
Special mission Type Active Ordered PC-21 8
C212 (MPA) 3 Combat aircraft SYRIA
CN235 (MPA) 8 A-5 20 Syrian Air Force
Falcon 20 (EW) 1 F-6 8 Type Active Ordered
P-3M (MPA) 3 F-7 20 Combat aircraft
Tanker MiG-21 4 MiG-21 51
A330 MRTT 3 MiG-23 3 MiG-23 87
Transport MiG-29 10 MiG-25 2
A400M 11 16 Su-24 3 MiG-29 29
C212 8 Su-25 15 Su-22 39
C295/CN235 20 Transport Su-24 18
Citation V 3 An-12 10 Transport
King Air 90 3 An-26 4 An-26 3
Combat helicopter An-30/32 8 Il-76 2
H215M/AS332 12 C-130H 1 Combat helicopter
NH90 (TTH) 3 8 DHC-5 1 Ka-28 2
Training aircraft/helicopters Il-76 1 Mi-2 3
C-101 57 Combat helicopter Mi-8/17 49
EF-18BM 12 Bell 205 2 Mi-14 11
F-5M 19 Bell 212 3 Mi-25 27
H120 15 Mi-8/17/171 24 SA342 62
PC-21 5 19 Mi-24/35 43 Training aircraft/helicopters
S-76 8 Training aircraft/helicopters L-39 61
T-35 34 FTC-2000 6 MFI-17 6
Spanish Army K-8 5 TAIWAN
Type Active Ordered MiG-29 1 Republic of China Air Force
Combat helicopter SURINAME Type Active Ordered
Bell 212 6 Suriname Air Force Combat aircraft
CH-47D/F 5 17 Type Active Ordered F/RF-5E 27
H215M/AS332/532 29 Combat helicopter F-16A/V 112 56
NH90 (TTH) 14 12 SA316 3 F-CK-1C 103
Tiger 23 SWEDEN Mirage 2000-5EI 46
Training aircraft/helicopters Swedish Air Force Special mission
H135 12 Type Active Ordered C-130H (EW) 1
Spanish Naval Aviation Combat aircraft E-2B/K (AEW) 6
Type Active Ordered Gripen C 71 P-3C (MPA) 12
Combat aircraft Gripen E 60+10* Transport
EAV-8B+ 12 Special mission C-130H 19
Transport Global 6000 (AEW) 2* Combat helicopter
Citation II/VII 4 Gulfstream IV (ELINT) 2 H225M 3
Combat helicopter Saab 340 (AEW) 2 S-70/UH-60M 9
Bell 212 7 Tanker Training aircraft/helicopters
NH90 (NFH) 7 KC-130H 1 AJT 66*
S-61/SH-3H 6 Transport AT-3 48
S-70/SH-60B/F 14 C-130H 5 F-5F 35
Training aircraft/helicopters Saab 340 1 F-16B/V 26 10
MD500 5 Training aircraft/helicopters F-CK-1D 26
TAV-8B 1 G120TP 7 Mirage 2000-5DI 9
SRI LANKA Gripen D 23 T-34 34
Sri Lankan Air Force Saab 105 46 Republic of China Army
Type Active Ordered Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing Type Active Ordered
Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter
F-7 5 Combat helicopter AH-1W 62

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H145M 5
S-70/MH-60S 8
S-76 4
Super Lynx 110 2
TOGO
Togolese Air Force
Type Active Ordered
Transport
King Air 200 2
Combat helicopter
SA342 2
Training aircraft/helicopters
Alpha Jet 5
Peter Foster/Shutterstock

MB-326 6
TB30 2
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Trinidad & Tobago Air Guard
A combined 412 F-5s remain in combat Type Active Ordered
Special mission
use with 15 operators: Taiwan has 27
Merlin IV/Metro (MPA) 2
TUNISIA
Tunisian Air Force
AH-64E 29 P180 (Recce) 1 Type Active Ordered
CH-47SD 8 Saab 340 (AEW) 2 Combat aircraft
OH-58 37 Transport F-5E 11
S-70/UH-60M 35 BT-67 8 Transport
Training aircraft/helicopters C-130H 12 C-130B/H 2
Bell 206 29 PC-6 14 C-130J 2
Republic of China Navy Saab 340 5 L-410 5
Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Combat helicopter
Combat helicopter Bell 412 3 Bell 205 21
MD500 7 H225M 8 4 Bell 412 2
S-70/MH-60R 18 10* S-92 2 H125M/AS350 6
TAJIKISTAN UH-1H 12 OH-58 18
Tajikstan Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters S-61/CH/HH-3E 15
Type Active Ordered DA42 10 S-70 UH-60M 8
Transport F-5B/F 4 SA316 8
An-26 1 F-16B 14 SE313 8
Combat helicopter Gripen D 4 UH-1H/N 16
Mi-8 14 H135 6 Training aircraft/helicopters
Mi-24 6 PC-9 19 F-5F 3
Training aircraft/helicopters T-6C 12 L-39 9
L-39 4 T-50 12 SF-260 17
TANZANIA Royal Thai Army T-6C 16*
Tanzanian Peoples Defence Force Type Active Ordered TURKEY
Type Active Ordered Transport Turkish Air Force
Combat aircraft C212 2 Type Active Ordered
F-6 3 C295 2 Combat aircraft
F-7 11 King Air 200 2 F-4E 48
Transport Twin Commander 1 F-16C 157
An-28 1 Combat helicopter Special mission
Cessna 402 1 AH-1F 7 737 (AEW) 4
Y-8 2 AH-6i 8* C160 (EW) 1
Y-12 2 AW139 8 CN235 (MPA) 1
Combat helicopter AW149 5 CN235 (Recce) 1
Bell 412 2 Bell 206 20 Global 6000 (Recce) 4
H125M/AS350 2 1 Bell 212 50 Tanker
H155M 2 H125M/AS550 8 KC-135R 7
H215M/AS532 1 1 H145M 5 15* Transport
H225M 2 Mi-8/17 10 A400M 9 1
Training aircraft/helicopters S-70/UH-60L/M 12 4* C-130B/E 17
FT-6 1 Training aircraft/helicopters CN235 41
FT-7 2 Enstrom 480 22 Combat helicopter
K-8 5 Hughes 269 45 H215M/AS532 21
THAILAND Royal Thai Navy S/T-70 6
Royal Thai Air Force Type Active Ordered UH-1H 57
Type Active Ordered Special mission Training aircraft/helicopters
Combat aircraft Dornier 228 (MPA) 7 F-16C/D 86
Alpha Jet 18 F27 (MPA) 1 Hurkus B 1 14+40*
AT-6 8 P-3T (MPA) 1 KT-1T 39 15*
F-5E 30 Transport MFI-395 52
F-16A 37 ERJ-135 2 NF-5A/B 19
Gripen C 7 F27 2 SF-260 35
Special mission Combat helicopter T-38 68
DA42 (Recce) 8 1 Bell 212/214 8 Turkish Army

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Special mission
Only one An-70 is in air force service, with user
Dash 8 (MPA) 2
Ukraine not planning to take another example
Global 6000 (AEW) 3 2
Global 6000 (Recce) 2
Tanker
A330 MRTT 3 2
Transport
C-17 8
C-130H/L-100 8
C295/CN235 9
Real Life Studio/Shutterstock

DHC-6 1
King Air 350 2
Kodiak 100 1
P-750 1
P180 2
Combat helicopter
AW139 8
Bell 407 1
Bell 412 4
Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter H125M/AS350/550 2
Combat aircraft Bell 206 5 Training aircraft/helicopters
Hurkus C 12+12* Mi-17 10 Bell 407 (Horizon International) 13
Special mission Mi-24 5 F-16F 22
King Air 350 (Recce) 5 UH-1H 5 G115 12
Transport Training aircraft/helicopters H125M/AS350 1
Beechcraft Baron 5 L-39 8 Hawk 102 12
Cessna 421 3 SF-260 4 King Air 90 3
King Air 200 4 UKRAINE MB-339 12
Combat helicopter Ukrainian Air Force Mirage 2000-9DAD 15
AH-1P/S/W 53 Type Active Ordered PC-7 31
Bell 205 69 Combat aircraft PC-21 25
CH-47F 11 MiG-29 43 United Arab Emirates Joint Air Command
H215M/AS532 27 Su-24 12 Type Active Ordered
OH-58 3 Su-25 17 Special mission
S/T-70 56 31 Su-27 26 Cessna 208 (Recce) 13
T129 54 5+31* Special mission DHC-6 (Recce) 3
UH-1H 86 An-30 (Recce) 3 Transport
Training aircraft/helicopters Transport DHC-6 7
Bell 206 22 An-24/26 22 Combat helicopter
Turkish Navy An-70 1 AH-64D/E 30 10
Type Active Ordered An-178 3 AS565 12
Special mission Il-76 7 AW139 (SAR) 6
ATR 72 (MPA) 2 Combat helicopter AW609 (SAR) 3*
CN235 (MPA) 6 Mi-8 15 Bell 407 29
Transport Training aircraft/helicopters CH-47C+/F 28
ATR 72 2 L-39 47 H125M/AS350/550 15
Combat helicopter MiG-29 8 H215M/AS332 8
Bell 212 13 Su-27 6 S-70/UH-60L/M 80
S-70 24 Ukraine Army Aviation UNITED KINGDOM
TURKMENISTAN Type Active Ordered Royal Air Force
Turkmenistan Air Force Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered Mi-8 54 Combat aircraft
Combat aircraft Mi-24 34 Eurofighter Typhoon 119
EMB-314 (A-29) 5 Training aircraft/helicopters F-35B 23 11+103*
M-346FA 2 4 Mi-2 10 Special mission
MiG-29 24 Ukrainian Navy 737 (E-7A) (AEW) 3
Su-25 20 Type Active Ordered 737 (P-8A) (MPA) 7 2
Transport Special mission King Air 350 (Recce) 6 2
An-26 1 Be-12 (SAR) 2 RC-135W (ELINT) 3
An-74 2 Transport Tanker
C-27J 2 An-26 2 A330 MRTT 9
Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Transport
AW109 1 Ka-27 4 A330 2
AW139 8 Ka-226 1 A400M 14 2
Mi-8 15 Mi-14 4 BAe 146 2
Mi-24 10 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES C-17 8
UGANDA United Arab Emirates Air Force C-130J 14
Uganda People’s Defence Forces Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter
Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft AW109 1
Combat aircraft AT-802 20 Bell 412 (Cobham) (SAR) 2
MiG-21 5 B-250 24 CH-47 HC3/4/5/6/MH-47G 57 14
Su-30 5 F-16E 56 SA330 Puma HC2 23
Transport F-35A 50* Training aircraft/helicopters
Cessna 208 2 Mirage 2000-9/EAD/RAD 44 G115 (Babcock) 80
G120TP (Affinity) 23

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H135 (Airbus Helicopters UK) 29 Global Express (E-11A) (Comms) 5 6 Transport

H145 (Airbus Helicopters UK) 7 HC-130J (SAR) 38 1+8* Beech 1900 (C-12J) 3
Hawk T1 33 King Air 350 (MC-12W) (Recce) 40 C-27J 7
Hawk T2 28 Merlin IV/Metro (RC-26B) (Recce) 11 C212 (C-41A) 5
King Air 350 (Gama) 2 PC-12 (U-28) (Recce) 23 Citation Encore/Ultra 28
Phenom 100 (Affinity) 5 RC-135S/U/V/W (ELINT) 22 Gulfstream IV (C-20H) 1
T-6C (Affinity) 14 U-2S (Recce) 26 King Air 200/350 (C-12) 95
Army Air Corps Tanker Merlin IV/Metro (C-26E) 12
Type Active Ordered 767 (KC-46A) 48 42+81* Combat helicopter
Combat helicopter DC-10 (KC-10) 51 AH-64D/E 819 22
AH-64D/E 24 40 MC-130H 12 CH-47D/F/MH-47G 509 22
AS365 6 MC-130J 52 3+13* H125/AS350 1
AW159 27 KC-135R/T 394 H145 (UH-72A/B) 372 47
Bell 212 (Cobham) 5 Transport MD500 (AH/MH-6) 47 74*
SA341 17 An-28/M28 5 Mi-8/17 10
Training aircraft/helicopters Beech 1900 (C-12J) 3 S-70/EH/HH/MH/UH-60 2,262 204+129*
G115 (Babcock) 5 C-5M 52 UH-1H 29
Royal Navy C-17 228 Training aircraft/helicopters
Type Active Ordered C-130H 180 DHC-7 (TO-5C) 1
Special mission C-130J 163 8+27* G120TP (CAE USA) 6
AW101 Merlin HM2 (AEW) 4 Cessna 208 2 H145 (UH-72A) 87
Combat helicopter DHC-6 1 King Air 100/200 (CAE USA) 11
AW101 Merlin HC4/4A/HM2 35 Dornier 328 (C-146) 20 Mi-24 1
AW159 AH1/HMA2 38 Gulfstream IV (C-20H) 1 T-6D 4
Training aircraft/helicopters King Air 200 (C-12) 23 United States Marine Corps
AS365 (British Intl Helicopters) 2 Learjet 35 (C-21A) 19 Type Active Ordered
G115 (Babcock) 6 PC-12 (U-28) 21 Combat aircraft
Hawk T1 9 Combat helicopter AV-8B/+ 87
King Air 350 4 AW139 (MH-139) 1 79* F/A-18A/C/D 136
UNITED STATES CV-22 51 2 F-35B/C 85 7+309*
United States Air Force Mi-171 1 Tanker
Type Active Ordered S-70/HH-60G/U/W/MH-60G 99 20+91* KC-130J 60 3
Combat aircraft UH-1N 64 Transport
A-10C 284 Training aircraft/helicopters Citation Encore/Sovereign/Ultra 10 2
AC-130J 17 707 (E-8C) 1 Gulfstream IV (C-20G) 1
AC-130U/W 11 AT-6 1 1 King Air 200/350 (UC-12F) 14 2
B-1B 43 Beechjet T-1A 178 Combat helicopter
B-2 18 F-15D 26 AH-1Z 91 105+21*
B-21 100* F-16D 150 CH-53E 140
B-52H 72 F-35A 112 CH-53K 25+175*
F-15C/E/EX 428 6+136* F-117A 4 MV-22 287 15+20*
F-16C 780 G120TP (J-PAG) 3 UH-1Y 139
F-22 178 SR20 (T-53A) 25 Training aircraft/helicopters
F-35A 153 9+1,464 T-6 444 F/A-18B/C/D 49
Special mission T-7A 351* F-5F/N 12
707 (E-3B/C/G) (AEW) 31 T-38A/C 499 F-35B/C 29
707 (E-8C) (Recce) 16 TC-135S/W 3 S-92 1
747 (E-4B) (Comms) 4 TU-2S 4 T-34 4
757 (C-32B) (Recce) 4 UH-1H 38 TAV-8B 12
CN235 (Recce) 5 United States Army United States Navy
Dash 8 (Recce) 8 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
EC-130H (EW) 12 Special mission Combat aircraft
EC-130J (EW) 7 Dash 8 (Recce) 11 F/A-18E/F 435 58
Falcon 20 (HU-25) (Recce) 2 DHC-7 (EO-5C) (Recce) 3 F-35C 13 4+221*
G550 (EC-37B) (SIGINT) 3+7* King Air 200/350 (MC/RC-12) (Recce) 85 Special mission
707 (E-6B) (Comms) 16
737 (P-8A) (MPA) 112 18
E-2C/D (AEW) 97 27
The F-117A is a welcome returnee, with the US EA-18G (EW) 153
Air Force using four during adversary training EP-3E (ELINT) 12
Merlin IV/Metro (C-26D) (Recce) 3
P-3C (MPA) 28
Tanker
KC-130T 10
Transport
737 (C-40A) 17
C-2 33
C-130J 1
C-130T 17
Gulfstream IV (C-20G) 3
King Air 200 (UC-12) 13
Merlin IV/Metro (C-26D) 4
US Air Force

Combat helicopter
CV/MV-22 12 49
MH-53E 29

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S-70/MH-60R/S 500 3 VENEZUELA L-39/NG 25 12

Training aircraft/helicopters Venezuelan Military Aviation Su-27 5
AW119 (TH-73A) 3 66+62* Type Active Ordered Yak-130 12
Bell 206 (TH-57) 115 Combat aircraft Vietnamese Navy
DHC-2 (U-6A) 2 F-5A 6 Type Active Ordered
DHC-3 1 F-16A 16 Special mission
F/A-18A/B/C/D 68 Su-30 22 DHC-6 Guardian 400 (MPA) 3
F/A-18E/F 131 Special mission Transport
F-5F/N 31 Merlin IV/Metro (EW) 1 DHC-6 Guardian 400 3
F-16A/B 14 Tanker Combat helicopter
F-35C 13 707 1 H225M 2
G100/1125 Astra (C-38A) 2 Transport Ka-28 8
H145 (UH-72A) 5 C-130H 3 YEMEN
King Air 90/200 56 Cessna 208 4 Yemen Arab Republic Air Force
Merlin IV/Metro (C-26A) 1 Citation II/SP 1 Type Active Ordered
OH-58 3 Dornier 228 3 Combat aircraft
S-70/EH/UH-60A/L 4 King Air 200/350 5 F-5E 11
T-6A/B/C 293 29 Merlin IV/Metro 1 MiG-21 19
T-34 13 Short 360 2 MiG-29 23 32*
T-38 10 Y-8 8 Su-22 23
T-45C 191 Combat helicopter Special mission
URUGUAY H215M/AS332/532 10 Cessna 208 (Recce) 2
Uruguayan Air Force Mi-17 6 Transport
Type Active Ordered Mi-28 10* An-24/26 8
Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter
A-37 7 DA42 6 Bell 206 1
Special mission EMB-312 18 Bell 212 4
C212 (MPA) 4 Enstrom 280 2 Ka-32 2
Tanker Enstrom 480 12 4 Mi-8/17/171 34
KC-130H 2 F-16B 4 Mi-14 2
Transport K-8 24 Mi-25/35 14
Beechcraft Baron 2 SF-260 12 UH-1H 4
C-130B 2 Venezuelan Army Aviation Training aircraft/helicopters
C212 1 Type Active Ordered F-5B 2
EMB-110 1 Transport L-39 28
EMB-120 1 An-28/M28 11 ZAMBIA
Combat helicopter Arava 4 Zambian Air Force
AS365 2 King Air 200 1 Type Active Ordered
Bell 212 3 Combat helicopter Combat aircraft
UH-1H 3 Bell 206 2 F-6 8
Training aircraft/helicopters Bell 412 9 Transport
PC-7 5 Mi-17 21 C-27J 2
SF-260 10 Mi-26 3 Cessna 208 1
Uruguayan Naval Aviation Mi-35 10 MA60 1
Type Active Ordered S-61/ASH-3D 3 Y-12 7
Special mission Venezuelan Naval Aviation Combat helicopter
King Air 200 (MPA) 1 Type Active Ordered Bell 205 12
Transport Special mission Bell 206 2
King Air 200 1 C212 (MPA) 2 Bell 212 1
Combat helicopter Transport Mi-171 5
AS355 1 C212 3 Z-9 7
Bell 412 2 Cessna 208 1 Training aircraft/helicopters
Training aircraft/helicopters King Air 90/200 2 FT-6 2
T-34 2 Turbo Commander 1 K-8 16
T-35 4* Combat helicopter L-15 6
UZBEKISTAN Bell 212/412 8 MFI-15 14
Uzbekistan Air Force Mi-17 6 SF-260 13
Type Active Ordered Z-9 8 ZIMBABWE
Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters Air Force of Zimbabwe
MiG-29 38 Bell 206/TH-57A 2 Type Active Ordered
Su-25 20 VIETNAM Combat aircraft
Su-27 21 Vietnamese People’s Air Force F-7 7
Transport Type Active Ordered MiG-23 3
An-12 2 Combat aircraft Transport
An-26 7 Su-22 34 BN-2 5
C295 4 Su-27/30 41 C212 9
Il-76 5 Special mission Combat helicopter
Combat helicopter An-28/M28 (MPA) 1 Bell 412 8
H125M/AS350/550 8 Transport Mi-24/35 6
H215M/AS532 13 C295 3 Mi-172 1
Mi-8 42 NC212i 3 SA316 13
Mi-24/35 33 4 Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters
Training aircraft/helicopters Ka-32 2 K-8 10
L-39 2 Mi-8/17 87 SF-260 28
Su-27 5 Training aircraft/helicopters

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