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  1. AUG 132026 9ร— MQ-9 Reaper Other ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States ยท Nine further Reapers lost beyond the individually documented losses; the war total is put at at least 45, about a quarter of the fleet.
  2. AUG 122026 AH-64D/E Crash ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States ยท Crashed during a training flight near Salado, Texas; both crew members killed and a 155-acre grass fire started.
  3. AUG 122026 F-16C/D Crash ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey ยท Crashed during a training flight near ร‡iftlikkรถy, Yalova Province; the pilot ejected and was recovered unhurt.
  4. AUG 112026 L-39 Crash ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia ยท Crashed in East Shewa after reportedly coming under Oromo Liberation Army ground fire; both pilots ejected and were rescued.
  5. AUG 102026 MiG-29 Crash ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine ยท Lost over Odesa Oblast during a combat mission against aerial targets; an anomaly during a missile launch set the aircraft alight, pilot ejected.
  6. AUG 92026 2ร— Mi-24 Transfer ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria ยท Two Mi-24V donated to Niger; flown from the forward deployment base at In Guezzam to Niamey airport.
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World Air Forces Inventories

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# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ฮ” YoY Combat
1 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States Air Force 100.0 12,784 -259 2,948
2 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ People's Liberation Army Air Force 53.1 3,731 +356 2,043
3 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Air Force 48.0 4,300 +10 1,524
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Indian Air Force 34.3 2,217 -81 588
5 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Royal Saudi Air Force 33.0 914 -3 384
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea Air Force 31.3 1,543 -6 374
7 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท French Air and Space Force 30.6 988 +12 264
8 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egyptian Air Force 28.8 1,101 +12 557
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan Air Self-Defense Force 28.5 1,397 -46 331
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israeli Air Force 26.4 534 -5 284
11 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkish Air Force 26.2 1,067 -31 299
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช German Air Force 25.4 589 +4 224
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italian Air Force 24.5 743 +17 190
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Royal Air Force 24.0 654 +3 151
15 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan Air Force 23.1 1,369 -23 469
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ฮ” YoY Combat
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Hellenic Air Force 22.7 648 +32 217
17 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwanese Air Force 22.7 686 -84 319
18 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar Emiri Air Force 20.8 275 +24 124
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Korean People's Army Air Force 20.3 1,131 -3 571
20 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spanish Air and Space Force 19.7 471 -8 178
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates Air Force 18.5 548 +13 135
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Royal Australian Air Force 17.8 355 +28 96
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algerian Air Force 17.4 612 +10 156
24 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazilian Air Force 16.6 502 -26 124
25 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Republic of Singapore Air Force 16.2 231 +1 100
26 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Royal Thai Air Force 16.0 481 -16 84
27 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Swedish Air Force 15.8 170 +2 96
28 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Polish Air Force 15.2 425 -57 68
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesian Air Force 15.1 467 +21 65
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force 14.8 636 -4 295
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ฮ” YoY Combat
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraqi Air Force 13.7 396 +5 53
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Royal Jordanian Air Force 13.4 256 +10 73
33 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chilean Air Force 13.3 277 0 81
34 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine Air Force 13.1 342 +1 137
35 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Royal Canadian Air Force 13.0 355 +4 92
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Royal Danish Air Force 12.1 123 -5 57
37 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgian Air Component 12.1 104 -4 64
38 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Royal Norwegian Air Force 11.8 111 +14 52
39 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombian Air Force 11.6 437 +3 43
40 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romanian Air Force 11.1 166 +24 49
41 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Royal Netherlands Air Force 11.0 124 +4 40
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South African Air Force 10.8 192 +53 25
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Royal Moroccan Air Force 10.5 264 +4 92
44 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar/ Burma Air Force 10.5 338 +21 132
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexican Air Force 10.4 431 -2 4
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ฮ” YoY Combat
46 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Royal Air Force of Oman 10.4 126 +32 35
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait Air Force 10.3 131 +3 50
48 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Air Force 9.9 414 0 225
49 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portuguese Air Force 9.8 100 +21 33
50 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuelan Air Force 9.5 226 -2 54
51 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Royal Bahraini Air Force 9.4 136 +4 44
52 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finnish Air Force 9.1 164 +1 62
53 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces 8.9 196 +5 76
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Royal Malaysian Air Force 8.9 149 +15 25
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakh Air Defense Forces 8.8 181 -17 68
56 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด National Air Force of Angola 8.7 280 -19 87
57 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peruvian Air Force 8.5 255 +2 42
58 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam People's Air Force 8.4 205 -41 71
59 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungarian Air Force 8.4 86 +17 14
60 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippine Air Force 8.2 246 +55 11
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ฮ” YoY Combat
61 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Republic of Belarus 8.2 205 +21 100
62 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Air Force 7.9 104 +5 14
63 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Swiss Air Force 7.9 145 -1 49
64 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh Air Force 7.7 214 -1 79
65 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigerian Air Force 7.2 164 -3 24
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austrian Air Force 7.2 89 +4 15
67 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudanese Air Force 7.2 184 +19 91
68 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuadorian Air Force 7.2 105 +2 17
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentine Air Force 7.1 241 +3 26
70 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemeni Air Force 6.6 156 -12 75
71 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatian Air Force and Air Defense 6.6 67 0 12
72 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgarian Air Force 6.4 79 +8 27
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya Air Force 6.3 120 -34 23
74 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovak Air Force 6.3 51 +5 14
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijani Air Force 6.1 167 +13 39
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ฮ” YoY Combat
76 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopian Air Force 6.1 99 -4 34
77 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbian Air Force and Air Defence 6.0 132 +22 32
78 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmen Air Force 5.8 92 +1 49
79 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisian Air Force 5.4 169 +1 13
80 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivian Air Force 5.3 70 +7 4
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka Air Force 5.1 99 +15 17
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambian Air Force 4.7 80 +3 15
83 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduran Air Force 4.6 61 +4 20
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Air Force of Zimbabwe 4.6 94 -10 21
85 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Royal New Zealand Air Force 4.4 47 +5 0
86 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panamanian National Aeronaval Service 4.4 40 +2 0
87 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania Air Force Command 4.2 43 +2 20
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Air Force 4.2 77 -2 8
89 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguayan Air Force 4.2 56 +9 0
90 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswanan Air Force 4.2 45 0 15
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ฮ” YoY Combat
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenian Air Force 4.1 69 -2 20
92 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda Air Force 4.0 51 0 6
93 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Irish Air Corps 3.9 27 +1 0
94 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chadian Air Force 3.9 40 +3 9
95 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.9 57 +3 6
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libyan Air Force 3.8 80 -8 20
97 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป Air Force of El Salvador 3.8 53 +1 6
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolian Air Force 3.7 22 +3 10
99 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguayan Air Force 3.7 46 +3 4
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemalan Air Force 3.6 37 +1 3
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica Defence Force 3.5 17 -1 0
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Malian Air Force 3.4 43 0 12
103 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroonian Air Force 3.4 35 0 6
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Royal Cambodian Air Force 3.3 25 0 0
105 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepalese Army Air Service 3.3 22 +7 0
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ฮ” YoY Combat
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea Air Force 3.3 27 +7 4
107 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso Air Force 3.2 26 +1 3
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghan Air Force 3.2 34 +5 0
109 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegalese Air Force 3.2 40 0 0
110 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgian Air Force 3.1 63 +1 11
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania Islamic Air Force 3.1 23 -1 0
112 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Nigerien Air Force 3.1 25 +1 2
113 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force 3.0 32 -1 4
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti Air Force 3.0 17 0 0
115 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibian Air Force 3.0 34 0 22
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabonese Air Force 2.9 25 +1 6
117 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Air Command of Cyprus 2.8 13 +6 0
118 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrean Air Force 2.7 20 +1 2
119 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ivorian Air Force 2.7 17 -2 0
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana Defence Force Air Command 2.7 11 +7 0
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ฮ” YoY Combat
121 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghanaian Air Force 2.7 20 +1 4
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanese Air Force 2.6 64 -2 0
123 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan Air Force 2.5 20 0 0
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuanian Air Force 2.5 11 +2 0
125 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence 2.5 39 0 0
126 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Royal Brunei Air Force 2.4 26 0 0
127 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuban Revolutionary Air Force 2.3 20 -11 0
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta 2.3 7 -2 0
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique Air Force 2.3 21 0 8
130 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawian Air Force 2.2 11 +1 0
131 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaraguan Army Air Force 2.2 17 0 0
132 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Air Guard 2.2 6 +4 0
133 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwandan Air Force 2.1 21 0 0
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho Defence Force โ€“ Air Squadron 2.1 9 0 0
135 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Air Force of the Republic of Congo 2.1 14 0 2
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ฮ” YoY Combat
136 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Beninese Air Force 2.0 11 +6 0
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albanian Air Force 1.9 19 0 0
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvian Air Force 1.9 7 +1 0
139 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajik Air Force 1.8 26 +1 0
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Coast Guard Aviation Squadron 1.8 4 0 0
141 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles People's Defence Force Air Wing 1.8 4 +2 0
142 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togolese Air Force 1.8 18 0 5
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegrin Air Force 1.6 11 0 0
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldovan Air Force 1.6 5 +2 0
145 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea Air Wing 1.6 3 0 0
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyz Air Force 1.5 9 +2 0
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Air Force of North Macedonia 1.4 20 0 0
148 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonian Air Force 1.4 5 0 0
149 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundian Air Force 1.3 13 +1 0
150 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3 15 -7 0
# Country Global Air Force Index All aircraft ฮ” YoY Combat
151 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize Defence Force Air Wing 1.3 3 0 0
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua andย Barbuda Air Force 1.3 2 +1 0
153 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Royal Bahamas Defence Force Air Wing 1.3 2 0 0
154 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Malagasy Air Force 1.2 4 0 0
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinean Air Force 1.0 7 0 0
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg Army Aviation 0.9 1 0 0
157 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic Air Force 0.8 8 +2 0
158 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Military of Eswatini Air Wing 0.6 5 0 0
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambian Air Force 0.5 1 +1 1
160 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Surinamese Air Force 0.5 3 0 0
161 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutanese Air Force 0.4 2 0 0
162 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone Defence Force Air Force 0.4 1 0 0