Air Forces

Overview

Repository featuring the Air Forces of countries, complete with current inventories as of 2026. Each country’s entry provides a detailed overview of its Air Force, including the number and types of aircraft, missiles, and other aerial assets in service. To ensure accuracy, the inventories are regularly updated to reflect new acquisitions, retirements, and modifications.

Latest Air Forces inventory updates (see all)

Date Country Aircraft Context
12 Mar 2026 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States -1 KC-135R/T KC-135R Stratotanker crashed in western Iraq near Turaibil after mid-air collision with another KC-135 during Operation Epic Fury; 6 crew aboard killed.
10 Mar 2026 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran -1 C-130E/H C-130H Hercules destroyed on ground at Kerman Airport by USAF precision strike during Operation Epic Fury; confirmed by CENTCOM video footage.
10 Mar 2026 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran -1 P-3F P-3F Orion maritime patrol aircraft destroyed on ground at Kerman Airport by USAF precision strike during Operation Epic Fury; confirmed by CENTCOM video footage.
10 Mar 2026 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran -1 Il-76 Il-76MD Candid heavy transport destroyed on ground at Kerman Airport by USAF precision strike during Operation Epic Fury; confirmed by CENTCOM video footage.
9 Mar 2026 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine -1 Su-27 Su-27 shot down by Russian Su-35S using R-37M missile over Eastern Ukraine; 39th TAB commander killed.

Active aircraft by country

Top aircraft in active service in the world

Aircraft Active
UH-60 Black Hawk
4001
F-16 Fighting Falcon
2621
Mi-8 Hip
1911
UH-1 Iroquois "Huey"
1822
AH-64 Apache
1267
F-35 Lightning II
1041
T-6 Texan II
1027
Mi-24 Hind
959
CH-47 Chinook
937
C-130 Hercules
931

World Air Forces Inventories

# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ๐šซ YoY Combat
1 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States Air Force
100.0
12860
-183
3120
2 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณPeople's Liberation Army Air Force
52.7
3440
+65
1986
3 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Air Force
48.2
4300
+10
1524
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndian Air Force
34.7
2217
-81
588
5 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan Air Self-Defense Force
33.4
1397
-46
331
6 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆRoyal Saudi Air Force
33.2
914
-3
384
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea Air Force
31.3
1543
-6
314
8 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrench Air and Space Force
30.6
988
+12
289
9 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgyptian Air Force
29.1
1101
+12
557
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsraeli Air Force
26.6
532
-7
284
11 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTurkish Air Force
26.2
1067
-31
299
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGerman Air Force
25.6
589
+4
224
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItalian Air Force
24.6
743
+17
190
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งRoyal Air Force
24.1
640
+3
151
15 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan Air Force
23.3
1369
-23
469
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ๐šซ YoY Combat
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทHellenic Air Force
22.4
626
+10
217
17 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผTaiwanese Air Force
22.4
686
-84
319
18 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar Emiri Air Force
20.9
275
+24
124
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตKorean People's Army Air Force
20.7
1131
-3
571
20 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpanish Air and Space Force
19.7
471
-8
178
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates Air Force
18.1
548
+13
135
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgerian Air Force
17.8
612
+10
156
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บRoyal Australian Air Force
17.3
355
+28
108
24 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazilian Air Force
16.4
502
-26
65
25 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌRepublic of Singapore Air Force
16.3
231
+1
100
26 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSwedish Air Force
16.0
170
+2
96
27 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญRoyal Thai Air Force
15.9
481
-16
84
28 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPolish Air Force
15.6
449
-30
86
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesian Air Force
15.2
467
+21
52
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIslamic Republic of Iran Air Force
14.9
627
-13
286
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ๐šซ YoY Combat
31 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine Air Force
13.7
342
+1
137
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดRoyal Jordanian Air Force
13.5
256
+10
73
33 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChilean Air Force
13.2
277
0
59
34 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆRoyal Canadian Air Force
13.1
355
+4
92
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraqi Air Force
12.9
396
+5
53
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐRoyal Danish Air Force
12.2
123
-5
57
37 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgian Air Component
12.1
104
-4
64
38 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดRoyal Norwegian Air Force
11.9
111
+14
52
39 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombian Air Force
11.4
437
+3
19
40 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomanian Air Force
11.3
166
+24
49
41 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑRoyal Netherlands Air Force
11.1
124
+4
40
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar/ Burma Air Force
11.1
338
+21
132
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆRoyal Moroccan Air Force
10.7
256
-4
92
44 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth African Air Force
10.5
192
+53
25
45 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒRoyal Air Force of Oman
10.5
126
+32
35
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ๐šซ YoY Combat
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait Air Force
10.4
131
+3
50
47 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Air Force
10.3
414
0
225
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexican Air Force
10.2
431
-2
4
49 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuelan Air Force
9.6
226
-2
54
50 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces
9.6
196
+5
76
51 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortuguese Air Force
9.4
86
+7
25
52 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinnish Air Force
9.1
164
+1
62
53 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakh Air Defense Forces
9.1
181
-17
68
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พRoyal Malaysian Air Force
9.0
149
+15
25
55 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญRoyal Bahraini Air Force
9.0
136
+4
44
56 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พAir Force and Air Defence Forces of the Republic of Belarus
8.7
205
+21
100
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดNational Air Force of Angola
8.7
280
-19
81
58 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeruvian Air Force
8.7
255
+2
42
59 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณVietnam People's Air Force
8.5
205
-41
71
60 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungarian Air Force
8.4
86
+17
14
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ๐šซ YoY Combat
61 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippine Air Force
8.1
246
+55
0
62 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwiss Air Force
7.9
145
-1
49
63 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh Air Force
7.7
214
-1
79
64 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudanese Air Force
7.5
184
+19
91
65 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzech Air Force
7.4
103
+4
14
66 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigerian Air Force
7.2
164
-3
24
67 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemeni Air Force
7.1
156
-12
75
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustrian Air Force
7.1
89
+4
15
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentine Air Force
7.1
241
+3
26
70 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuadorian Air Force
7.0
105
+2
0
71 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgarian Air Force
6.7
79
+8
27
72 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatian Air Force and Air Defense
6.6
67
0
12
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijani Air Force
6.4
167
+13
39
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya Air Force
6.4
120
-34
23
75 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbian Air Force and Air Defence
6.3
132
+22
32
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ๐šซ YoY Combat
76 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovak Air Force
6.3
51
+5
14
77 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmen Air Force
6.3
92
+1
49
78 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopian Air Force
6.1
99
-4
34
79 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisian Air Force
5.5
169
+1
13
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka Air Force
5.2
99
+15
17
81 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivian Air Force
5.1
67
+4
4
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambian Air Force
4.8
80
+3
15
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผAir Force of Zimbabwe
4.7
94
-10
21
84 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟRoyal New Zealand Air Force
4.5
47
+5
0
85 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduran Air Force
4.3
57
0
20
86 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟTanzania Air Force Command
4.2
43
+2
20
87 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanamanian National Aeronaval Service
4.2
39
+1
0
88 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswanan Air Force
4.2
45
0
15
89 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenian Air Force
4.1
69
-2
20
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Air Force
4.1
77
-2
0
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ๐šซ YoY Combat
91 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉAir Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
4.0
57
+3
6
92 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda Air Force
4.0
51
0
6
93 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolian Air Force
4.0
22
+3
10
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIrish Air Corps
4.0
27
+1
0
95 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChadian Air Force
4.0
40
+3
9
96 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguayan Air Force
3.9
53
+6
0
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibyan Air Force
3.9
80
-8
20
98 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguayan Air Force
3.6
46
+3
4
99 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปAir Force of El Salvador
3.6
51
-1
6
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica Defence Force
3.5
17
-1
0
101 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroonian Air Force
3.5
35
0
6
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemalan Air Force
3.5
36
0
3
103 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMalian Air Force
3.4
43
0
9
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญRoyal Cambodian Air Force
3.3
25
0
0
105 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepalese Army Air Service
3.3
22
+7
0
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ๐šซ YoY Combat
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea Air Force
3.3
27
+7
4
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghan Air Force
3.2
34
+5
0
108 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegalese Air Force
3.2
40
0
0
109 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti Air Force
3.2
17
0
0
110 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso Air Force
3.2
26
+1
0
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgian Air Force
3.1
63
+1
11
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania Islamic Air Force
3.1
23
-1
0
113 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNigerien Air Force
3.1
25
+1
2
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Liberation Army Air Force
3.0
32
-1
4
115 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibian Air Force
3.0
34
0
22
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabonese Air Force
3.0
25
+1
6
117 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พAir Command of Cyprus
2.8
13
+6
0
118 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrean Air Force
2.8
20
+1
2
119 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎIvorian Air Force
2.8
17
-2
0
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanese Air Force
2.7
64
-2
0
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ๐šซ YoY Combat
121 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana Defence Force Air Command
2.7
11
+7
0
122 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan Air Force
2.6
20
0
0
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuanian Air Force
2.6
11
+2
0
124 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenian Air Force and Air Defence
2.5
39
0
0
125 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณRoyal Brunei Air Force
2.4
26
0
0
126 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuban Revolutionary Air Force
2.4
20
-11
0
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นAir Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta
2.3
7
-2
0
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique Air Force
2.3
21
0
8
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawian Air Force
2.3
11
+1
0
130 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaraguan Army Air Force
2.2
17
0
0
131 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago Defence Force Air Guard
2.2
6
+4
0
132 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwandan Air Force
2.1
21
0
0
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho Defence Force โ€“ Air Squadron
2.1
9
0
0
134 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌAir Force of the Republic of Congo
2.1
14
0
2
135 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBeninese Air Force
2.0
11
+6
0
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ๐šซ YoY Combat
136 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbanian Air Force
2.0
19
0
0
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvian Air Force
1.9
7
+1
0
138 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajik Air Force
1.8
26
+1
0
139 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปCoast Guard Aviation Squadron
1.8
4
0
0
140 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles People's Defence Force Air Wing
1.8
4
+2
0
141 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogolese Air Force
1.8
18
0
5
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegrin Air Force
1.7
11
0
0
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉMoldovan Air Force
1.6
5
+2
0
144 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea Air Wing
1.6
3
0
0
145 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyz Air Force
1.5
9
+2
0
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐAir Force of North Macedonia
1.4
20
0
0
147 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundian Air Force
1.3
13
+1
0
148 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆAir Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.3
15
-7
0
149 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize Defence Force Air Wing
1.3
3
0
0
150 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua andย Barbuda Air Force
1.3
2
+1
0
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ๐šซ YoY Combat
151 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธRoyal Bahamas Defence Force Air Wing
1.3
2
0
0
152 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonian Air Force
1.3
2
-3
0
153 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMalagasy Air Force
1.2
4
0
0
154 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinean Air Force
1.1
7
0
0
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhanaian Air Force
0.9
1
-18
0
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg Army Aviation
0.9
1
0
0
157 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic Air Force
0.8
8
+2
0
158 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟMilitary of Eswatini Air Wing
0.6
5
0
0
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambian Air Force
0.5
1
+1
1
160 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSurinamese Air Force
0.5
3
0
0
161 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutanese Air Force
0.4
2
0
0
162 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone Defence Force Air Force
0.4
1
0
0
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