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Tracking the forces, fleets and equipment of 161 countries through open-source intelligence.

Countries 161 Tracked with full force data Air Forces 161 58,075 active aircraft tracked Navies 82 6,446 warships in service Aircraft Types 806 Specs, photos & operators Ship Classes 605 Specs, photos & operators Vehicles 224 Specs, photos & operators

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Bell UH-1 Huey Still Flies With 39 Countries 70 Years After Its First Flight
OCT 18, 2026

Bell UH-1 Huey Still Flies With 39 Countries 70 Years After Its First Flight

The XH-40 prototype of Bell's Huey first flew on 20 October 1956 at Fort Worth; 70 years on, GlobalMilitary.net inventory data counts 844 single-engine UH-1s active in 39 countries, 438 twin-engine UH-1N and Bell 212 derivatives in 29, and 167 UH-1Y Venoms in two.

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  1. OCT 152026 4× Su-34 Fullback Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Four destroyed on the ground at Borisoglebsk AB by Ukrainian Neptune cruise missiles, Kyiv said; satellite imagery shows four airframes hit.
  2. OCT 142026 12× AH-64 Apache Ordered 🇮🇱 Israel · Agreement signed with the Pentagon for 12 AH-64E Apache Echo attack helicopters; deliveries from the early 2030s, price undisclosed.
  3. OCT 122026 MFI-15 Safari Crash 🇵🇰 Pakistan · Crashed near Nawan Killi, Quetta, Balochistan; both pilots killed, the military said, citing a technical fault.
  4. OCT 82026 E-7A Wedgetail Delivered 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Second RAF E-7 Wedgetail WT002 arrives at RAF Lossiemouth from Boscombe Down trials, joining WT001 for test and evaluation.
  5. OCT 82026 V-22 Osprey Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Hard landing followed by a fuel fire in Bladen Lakes State Forest, North Carolina, during training; one of four Marines flown to a burn …
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  1. OCT 162026 Commissioned INS Samarthak (Samarthak) · 🇮🇳 India · Commissioned at Naval Base Karwar, first of two L&T-built Multi-Purpose Vessels for the Indian Navy.
  2. OCT 122026 Commissioned INS Mangrol (Mahe) · 🇮🇳 India · Commissioned at Naval Dockyard Mumbai, third of eight Mahe-class anti-submarine shallow water craft.
  3. OCT 82026 Ordered F128 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Bundestag Budget Committee exercised the option for four more MEKO A-200 frigates, bringing the class to eight.
  4. OCT 62026 Ordered LCAC 100 · 🇺🇸 United States · Contract modification worth about $230 million for two more Ship-to-Shore Connector hovercraft from Textron, New Orleans.
  5. OCT 32026 Commissioned USS Ted Stevens (Arleigh Burke) · 🇺🇸 United States · Commissioned at Whittier, Alaska, Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be homeported at Norfolk.
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Top 15 of 161 · sorted by ATLAS Index
# Country ATLAS Index (Aggregate Total of Land, Air and Sea strength) Aircraft Warships Active Troops Defense Budget
01 🇺🇸United States 100.0 12,891 226 1,326,050 $920B
02 🇨🇳China 90.0 5,662 477 2,035,000 $281B
03 🇷🇺Russia 83.0 5,308 279 1,100,000 $152B
04 🇮🇳India 69.9 2,353 228 1,475,750 $78B
05 🇰🇷South Korea 60.1 1,576 112 500,000 $43B
06 🇫🇷France 56.3 992 80 270,000 $66B
07 🇬🇧United Kingdom 52.5 712 58 144,400 $88B
08 🇯🇵Japan 51.9 1,301 103 247,000 $56B
09 🇵🇰Pakistan 51.6 1,542 88 660,000 $9.3B
10 🇹🇷Turkey 51.0 1,321 106 355,200 $31B
11 🇮🇱Israel 49.3 600 49 169,500 $43B
12 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 49.2 916 67 257,000 $88B
13 🇩🇪Germany 47.9 706 45 183,500 $112B
14 🇺🇦Ukraine 47.0 368 21 1,000,000 $84B
15 🇹🇼Taiwan 46.9 730 86 169,000 $18B
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