Air Forces

Repository featuring the Air Forces of 161 countries, complete with current inventories as of 2023. 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.

# Country Active Aircrafts Active Helicopters Ordered
1 United States United States Air Force 7716
5584
3984
2 Russia Russian Air Force 2651
1531
787
3 China People's Liberation Army Air Force 2562
913
130
4 India Indian Air Force 1431
938
892
5 South Korea Republic of Korea Air Force 863
739
593
6 Japan Japan Air Self-Defense Force 885
566
359
7 Pakistan Pakistan Air Force 1091
322
116
8 Egypt Egyptian Air Force 744
333
104
9 Turkey Turkish Air Force 587
478
219
10 France French Air and Space Force 566
438
403
11 North Korea Korean People's Army Air Force 742
205
0
12 Saudi Arabia Royal Saudi Air Force 639
258
426
13 Italy Italian Air Force 446
404
135
14 Taiwan Taiwanese Air Force 530
207
143
15 Germany German Air Force 314
381
195
16 Brazil Brazilian Air Force 518
171
143
17 United Kingdom Royal Air Force 430
238
162
18 Greece Hellenic Air Force 364
271
41
19 Israel Israeli Air Force 475
126
57
20 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Air Force 343
222
274
21 Algeria Algerian Air Force 274
273
53
22 Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force 415
126
0
23 Thailand Royal Thai Air Force 329
190
22
24 Indonesia Indonesian Air Force 341
176
113
25 Spain Spanish Air and Space Force 391
126
97
26 Mexico Mexican Air Force 310
158
11
27 Colombia Colombian Air Force 252
211
15
28 Poland Polish Air Force 251
208
217
29 Syria Syrian Arab Air Force 300
153
0
30 Australia Royal Australian Air Force 245
137
137
31 Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 259
120
107
32 Iraq Iraqi Air Force 197
164
12
33 Ukraine Ukraine Air Force 199
113
3
34 Angola National Air Force of Angola 188
117
4
35 Chile Chilean Air Force 209
80
27
36 Myanmar Myanmar/ Burma Air Force 200
80
65
37 Jordan Royal Jordanian Air Force 135
131
26
38 Venezuela Venezuelan Air Force 177
81
14
39 Singapore Republic of Singapore Air Force 165
83
34
40 Morocco Royal Moroccan Air Force 186
61
48
41 Peru Peruvian Air Force 158
88
28
42 Kazakhstan Kazakh Air Defense Forces 164
75
60
43 Argentina Argentine Air Force 141
87
18
44 South Africa South African Air Force 135
91
0
45 Vietnam Vietnam People's Air Force 124
99
18
46 Sweden Swedish Air Force 152
53
81
47 Bangladesh Bangladesh Air Force 139
65
17
48 Qatar Qatar Emiri Air Force 138
60
161
49 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces 98
99
5
50 Belarus Belarusian Air Force 131
60
12
51 Sudan Sudanese Air Force 119
72
0
52 Philippines Philippine Air Force 80
102
56
53 Yemen Yemeni Air Force 116
61
32
54 Finland Finnish Air Force 146
20
64
55 Kenya Kenya Air Force 69
87
16
56 Tunisia Tunisian Air Force 55
101
15
57 Switzerland Swiss Air Force 107
41
36
58 Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Air Force 62
86
0
59 Malaysia Royal Malaysian Air Force 104
43
10
60 Romania Romanian Air Force 85
61
60
61 Nigeria Nigerian Air Force 92
52
44
62 Netherlands Royal Netherlands Air Force 72
64
34
63 Oman Royal Air Force of Oman 97
31
0
64 Libya Libyan Air Force 95
32
2
65 Ecuador Ecuadorian Air Force 75
43
0
66 Serbia Serbian Air Force and Air Defence 66
51
5
67 Bahrain Royal Bahraini Air Force 57
59
22
68 Denmark Royal Danish Air Force 81
34
23
69 Kuwait Kuwait Air Force 51
63
75
70 Austria Austrian Air Force 44
63
33
71 Belgium Belgian Air Component 86
20
35
72 Czech Republic Czech Air Force 57
44
46
73 Norway Royal Norwegian Air Force 62
38
27
74 Zambia Zambian Air Force 71
27
0
75 Zimbabwe Air Force of Zimbabwe 62
28
0
76 Ethiopia Ethiopian Air Force 58
31
0
77 Turkmenistan Turkmen Air Force 60
26
8
78 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Air Force 31
55
0
79 Croatia Croatian Air Force and Air Defense 38
42
14
80 Cuba Cuban Revolutionary Air Force 66
14
0
81 Lebanon Lebanese Air Force 18
60
0
82 Portugal Portuguese Air Force 54
18
6
83 Bulgaria Bulgarian Air Force 44
22
18
84 Georgia Georgian Air Force 24
42
0
85 Armenia Armenian Air Force 28
36
0
86 Bolivia Bolivian Air Force 36
28
0
87 Dominican Republic Dominican Air Force 31
32
0
88 Slovakia Slovak Air Force 38
22
3
89 Hungary Hungarian Air Force 22
35
30
90 Uruguay Uruguayan Air Force 40
12
4
91 Uganda Uganda Air Force 25
25
0
92 Botswana Botswanan Air Force 30
16
0
93 🇨🇩 Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 14
32
0
94 El Salvador Air Force of El Salvador 18
28
0
95 New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force 23
22
9
96 Honduras Honduran Air Force 35
8
1
97 Panama Panamanian National Aeronaval Service 19
22
0
98 Tanzania Tanzania Air Force Command 28
12
1
99 Mali Malian Air Force 27
12
1
100 Paraguay Paraguayan Air Force 25
14
0
101 Slovenia Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence 25
12
1
102 🇱🇦 Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force 7
27
6
103 Guatemala Guatemalan Air Force 17
17
0
104 Chad Chadian Air Force 18
16
0
105 Eritrea Eritrean Air Force 20
13
0
106 Namibia Namibian Air Force 25
7
0
107 Cameroon Cameroonian Air Force 14
17
0
108 Senegal Senegalese Air Force 14
13
8
109 Tajikistan Tajik Air Force 5
20
0
110 Cambodia Royal Cambodian Air Force 4
20
0
111 Rwanda Rwandan Air Force 4
20
0
112 Ireland Irish Air Corps 15
8
2
113 Gabon Gabonese Air Force 8
15
0
114 Mauritania Mauritania Islamic Air Force 19
4
0
115 Ghana Ghanaian Air Force 9
11
13
116 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Air Force 10
10
2
117 Jamaica Jamaica Defence Force 9
11
2
118 Brunei Royal Brunei Air Force 7
13
0
119 North Macedonia Air Force of North Macedonia 10
10
0
120 Albania Albanian Air Force 0
19
0
121 Mozambique Mozambique Air Force 11
8
0
122 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea Air Force 9
9
0
123 🇸🇸 South Sudan Air Force 2
16
0
124 Burundi Burundian Air Force 5
12
0
125 Togo Togolese Air Force 15
2
0
126 Niger National Squadron of Niger 9
7
2
127 Nicaragua Nicaraguan Army Air Force 6
10
0
128 Nepal Nepalese Army Air Service 5
10
2
129 Congo Air Force of the Republic of Congo 5
8
0
130 Djibouti Djibouti Air Force 3
10
0
131 Malawi Malawian Air Force 4
8
0
132 🇲🇪 Montenegrin Air Force 0
11
0
133 Mongolia Mongolian Air Force 5
6
0
134 Lithuania Lithuanian Air Force 5
5
6
135 Guinea Guinean Air Force 3
7
0
136 Malta Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta 4
6
0
137 Lesotho Lesotho Defence Force – Air Squadron 3
6
0
138 Guyana Guyana Defence Force Air Command 5
3
4
139 Cyprus Air Command of Cyprus 0
7
12
140 Ivory Coast Ivorian Air Force 5
1
1
141 Estonia Estonian Air Force 6
0
0
142 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Air Force 0
6
0
143 🇸🇿 Military of Eswatini Air Wing 0
5
0
144 Latvia Latvian Air Force 0
4
4
145 Madagascar Malagasy Air Force 0
4
0
146 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Defence Force Air Force 0
4
0
147 Bahamas Royal Bahamas Defence Force Air Wing 3
0
0
148 Central African Republic Central African Republic Air Force 2
1
0
149 Moldova Moldovan Air Force 1
2
0
150 🇲🇻 Coast Guard Aviation Squadron 1
2
0
151 Suriname Surinamese Air Force 0
3
0
152 Seychelles Seychelles People's Defence Force Air Wing 3
0
0
153 🇧🇿 Belize Defence Force Air Wing 1
1
0
154 🇧🇹 Bhutanese Air Force 0
2
0
155 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Air Guard 2
0
0
156 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Air Wing 1
0
3
157 Afghanistan Afghan Air Force 0
1
0
158 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda Air Force 1
0
0
159 Benin Beninese Air Force 1
0
0
160 🇬🇲 Gambian Air Force 1
0
0
161 Luxembourg Luxembourg Army Aviation 1
0
0

Top aircrafts currently in active service

Aircraft Active
UH-60 Black Hawk 3966
F-16 Fighting Falcon 2822
Mi-8 Hip 2039
UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" 1920
AH-64 Apache 1262
F-15E Strike Eagle 1066
T-6 Texan II 1000
C-130 Hercules 982
CH-47 Chinook 934
Mi-24 Hind 923
MiG-29 Fulcrum 863
J-7 Fishcan 809
206 JetRanger 795
Mi-17 Hip-H 765
F-35 Lightning II 729
F/A-18 Hornet 703
King Air 90 623
MD-500 616
AH-1 Cobra 577
L-39 Albatros 575
T-38 Talon 575
F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet 571
H145M / EC645 559
Su-27 Flanker 539
H125M / AS550 Fennec 531
Typhoon 522
Su-25 Frogfoot 489
EMB 312 Tucano 482
Su-30 Flanker-C 480
MFI-15 Safari 477