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Fifty years after the Hawk entered Royal Air Force service in late 1976, the UK Ministry of Defence has opened a Jet Training System program to replace it and the US Navy is in source selection for a successor to its Hawk-derived T-45 Goshawk, with an award intended for fiscal 2027.
GlobalMilitary.net's log records 83 military aircraft crashes and 87 airframes lost in 30 countries between 1 January and 2 November 2026, after a run of fatal accidents in France, the Philippines and Bosnia in late October and a decade-high US Navy mishap count.
The US Army said on October 30 that HADES Prototype 1, an airborne intelligence aircraft built on a modified Bombardier Global 6500 business jet, made its first flight on September 11, moving the program into mission system integration and developmental flight testing.
3ร C-390
Ordered
๐ฌ๐ท Greece ยท Contract signed in Athens for three KC-390 Millennium transports with options for three more, via a government-to-government deal with Portugal; first delivery in 2027.
HH-60 Pave Hawk
Delivered
๐บ๐ธ United States ยท First HH-60W accepted at Joint Base Andrews by the 5th Helicopter Squadron, 316th Wing, straight from the Sikorsky factory; to replace the capital-region UH-1N โฆ
2ร FA-50 Fighting Eagle
Delivered
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia ยท First two of 18 FA-50M light combat aircraft arrived at Labuan from Sacheon for No. 15 Squadron; formal handover due at Kuantan in mid-November.
Mi-8 Hip
Destroyed
๐ท๐บ Russia ยท Destroyed by Ukrainian strike drones after landing in occupied Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps said; crew reportedly survived.
CH-47 Chinook
Crash
๐ฎ๐น Italy ยท Crashed near Gorice, Brฤko District, during a EUFOR Althea training flight in Bosnia; four of the 15 aboard killed, 11 injured.
| # | Country | ATLAS Index (Aggregate Total of Land, Air and Sea strength) | Aircraft | Warships | Active Troops | Defense Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | ๐บ๐ธUnited States | 99.9 | 12,892 | 224 | 1,326,050 | $920B |
| 02 | ๐จ๐ณChina | 90.0 | 5,662 | 477 | 2,035,000 | $281B |
| 03 | ๐ท๐บRussia | 83.0 | 5,304 | 279 | 1,100,000 | $152B |
| 04 | ๐ฎ๐ณIndia | 69.9 | 2,353 | 228 | 1,475,750 | $78B |
| 05 | ๐ฐ๐ทSouth Korea | 60.1 | 1,576 | 112 | 500,000 | $43B |
| 06 | ๐ซ๐ทFrance | 56.3 | 991 | 80 | 270,000 | $66B |
| 07 | ๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom | 52.6 | 712 | 58 | 144,400 | $88B |
| 08 | ๐ฏ๐ตJapan | 51.9 | 1,301 | 103 | 247,000 | $56B |
| 09 | ๐ต๐ฐPakistan | 51.6 | 1,542 | 88 | 660,000 | $9.3B |
| 10 | ๐น๐ทTurkey | 51.0 | 1,321 | 106 | 355,200 | $31B |
| 11 | ๐ฎ๐ฑIsrael | 49.3 | 600 | 49 | 169,500 | $43B |
| 12 | ๐ธ๐ฆSaudi Arabia | 49.2 | 915 | 67 | 257,000 | $88B |
| 13 | ๐ฉ๐ชGermany | 47.9 | 706 | 45 | 183,500 | $112B |
| 14 | ๐บ๐ฆUkraine | 47.0 | 368 | 21 | 1,000,000 | $84B |
| 15 | ๐น๐ผTaiwan | 46.9 | 730 | 86 | 169,000 | $18B |