Air Forces Inventory Updates
Overview
This page references all inventory updates applied to our World Air Forces database. We constantly track changes due to losses, crashes, deliveries and new contracts to air force inventories globally.
Air Forces inventory updates
| Date | Country | Aircraft | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Dec 2025 | ๐ท๐บ Russia | -1 Su-25 | Attack aircraft shot down by MANPADS near Kharkiv; pilot killed. Detail → |
| 23 Dec 2025 | ๐ฑ๐พ Libya | -1 Falcon 50 | VIP transport carrying Libyan Chief of Staff crashed near Ankara Turkey due to technical failure. Detail → |
| 18 Dec 2025 | ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria | +4 F-16V | Formal acceptance of final 4 units of the first contract batch of 8 aircraft. Detail → |
| 9 Dec 2025 | ๐ท๐บ Russia | -1 An-22 | Strategic heavy transport crashed during test flight in Ivanovo region; 7 crew killed. Detail → |
| 9 Dec 2025 | ๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan | -1 Il-76 | Crashed on approach to Port Sudan (Osman Digna AB) due to tech failure; crew killed. Detail → |
| 4 Dec 2025 | ๐ท๐บ Russia | -1 MiG-29 | Naval fighter destroyed by Ukrainian drone strike at Kacha airbase Crimea. Detail → |
| 28 Nov 2025 | ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia | +3 Rafale | First 3 aircraft formally accepted by TNI AU in France; ferry flight scheduled Jan 2026. Detail → |
| 21 Nov 2025 | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | -1 Tejas | An Indian Air Force Tejas crashed during an aerial display at the Dubai Airshow; the pilot was killed. Detail → |
| 21 Nov 2025 | ๐ญ๐บ Hungary | +1 C/KC-390 | Second aircraft delivered to Kecskemรฉt Air Base completing Hungary's initial fleet order. Detail → |
| 11 Nov 2025 | ๐น๐ท Turkey | -1 C-130B/E | In-flight breakup over Georgia/Azerbaijan border; 20 killed. Detail → |
| 27 Oct 2025 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | -1 S-70/MH-60R/S | A MH-60R Seahawk from USS Nimitz went down; crew was rescued. Detail → |
| 27 Oct 2025 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | -1 F/A-18E/F | A F/A-18 F Super Hornet from USS Nimitz crashed in the South China sea; crew was rescued. Detail → |
| 13 Oct 2025 | ๐ง๐ช Belgium | +4 F-35A | First four Belgian Fโ35As ferried from the US arrived at Florennes Air Base. Detail → |
| 10 Oct 2025 | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark | +16 F-35A | Denmark allocated funds to buy 16 additional Fโ35s, raising its planned fleet to 43 aircraft. Detail → |
| 9 Oct 2025 | ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt | +3 Rafale DM/EM | Second-batch Rafale delivery included two single-seat EM10/EM11 and dualโseat DM21 fighters. Detail → |
| 8 Oct 2025 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | +8 AW139 (MH-139) | USAF contracted Boeing for eight additional MH-139A helicopters, bringing total on order to 34. Detail → |
| 8 Oct 2025 | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany | +20 Eurofigher | German budget committee approved procurement of 20 additional Eurofighters for future delivery. Detail → |
| 7 Oct 2025 | ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland | +1 C295 | Irish Air Corps received its third and final C295 at Casement Aerodrome. Detail → |
| 6 Oct 2025 | ๐ธ๐ช Sweden | +4 C-390 | Sweden finalized purchase of four C-390 cargo jets under a joint procurement programme. Detail → |
| 3 Oct 2025 | ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | +2 AH-64E | Australian Army received its first two AH-64E attack helicopters at RAAF Townsville. Detail → |
| 3 Oct 2025 | ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria | +2 F-16V | Arrival of third and fourth units at Graf Ignatievo Air Base strengthening NATO eastern flank. Detail → |
| 1 Oct 2025 | ๐ฎ๐น Italy | -1 SF-260 | T-260B trainer crashed near Sabaudia during a training mission, killing two crew. Detail → |
| 26 Sep 2025 | ๐น๐ญ Thailand | +2 H225M | Royal Thai Air Force ordered two extra H225 helicopters for search and rescue and medical missions. Detail → |
| 24 Sep 2025 | ๐ท๐บ Russia | +2 Su-27/30/35 | New production batch delivered by UAC Komsomolsk-on-Amur plant to Russian Aerospace Forces. Detail → |
| 23 Sep 2025 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | +1 Global Express (E-11A) | Bombardier delivered the ninth Global/E-11A aircraft for the USAF's BACN communications fleet. Detail → |
| 17 Sep 2025 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | -1 S-70/EH/HH/MH/UH-60 | A UH-60 Black Hawk from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment crashed near Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Detail → |
| 12 Sep 2025 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | +1 B-21 | Second B-21 Raider test aircraft flown from Palmdale to Edwards AFB for test campaign. Detail → |
| 9 Sep 2025 | ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe | -1 SF-260 | SF-260 crashed after takeoff at Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base, killing instructor and trainee. Detail → |
| 28 Aug 2025 | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland | -1 F-16C | Polish F-16 crashed in rehearsal; pilot killed. Detail → |
| 28 Aug 2025 | ๐ท๐ด Romania | +3 F-16A | Romania received 3 more ex-Norwegian F-16 fighters. Detail → |
| 20 Aug 2025 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | -1 F/A-18E/F | US Navy pilot ejected safely after Super Hornet crashed at sea. Detail → |
| 6 Aug 2025 | ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana | -1 Z-9 | A Z-9 helicopter crashed in Ghana, killing eight, including two ministers. Detail → |
| 3 Aug 2025 | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany | +1 A400M | Germany received its 50th A400M tanker-configured transport. Detail → |
| 2 Aug 2025 | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | +1 C295 | India received the final of 16 C-295 transports from Spain. Detail → |
| 22 Jul 2025 | ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine | -1 Mirage 2000 | One French Mirage 2000-5 crashed due to equipment failure Detail → |
| 21 Jul 2025 | ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh | -1 F-7 | Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI crashed on a school in the capital Dhaka, killing 31 persons Detail → |
| 21 Jun 2025 | ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria | -1 Su-30 | Su-30MKA crashed soon after take-off near Adrar during training. Detail → |
| 18 Jun 2025 | ๐ซ๐ท France | +2 GlobalEye | France announced intention to procure 2 GlobalEye, with an option for 2 additional. Detail → |
| 18 Jun 2025 | ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania | +3 C-390 | Vilnius selected Embraerโs transport to replace its C-27J fleet, announced at Paris Air Show 2025. Detail → |
| 16 Jun 2025 | ๐ฎ๐ท Iran | -2 F-14 | Two Tomcats were destroyed by Israeli drone strikes in June 2025 Detail → |
| 16 Jun 2025 | ๐ต๐น Portugal | +6 KC-390 | Embraer announced at the Paris Air Show on 16 June 2025 that Portugal is ordering a sixth KC-390 Millennium airlifter. Detail → |
| 16 Jun 2025 | ๐น๐ณ Tunisia | +12 Bell 412 | At Le Bourget, Bell announced Africaโs first 412EPX order: 12 multi-role helicopters for Tunisia. Detail → |
| 14 Jun 2025 | ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya | -1 G120A | Grob G 120A trainer crashed during a low-level training hop near Ndavaya, Kwale County. Detail → |
| 13 Jun 2025 | ๐ง๐ท Brazil | +2 Gripen E | The Brazilian Air Force took delivery of its 10th Gripen E Detail → |
| 13 Jun 2025 | ๐ท๐บ Russia | -1 Su-25 | Crashed near Soledar, Donetsk Oblast during a combat mission; pilot ejected and rescued. Detail → |
| 10 Jun 2025 | ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea | -1 F-16D | F-16D failed to lift off on a Red Flag-Alaska departure, skidded off Eielsonโs runway and burned. Detail → |
| 9 Jun 2025 | ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria | +1 F-16V | Sofia welcomed its second brand-new Block 70, part of an eight-jet tranche due before year-end. Detail → |
| 7 Jun 2025 | ๐ท๐บ Russia | -1 Su-27/30/35 | Su-35S shot down by Ukrainian forces and crashed in Kursk Oblast; pilot ejected and rescued. Detail → |
| 1 Jun 2025 | ๐ท๐บ Russia | -8 Tu-95 | Four Tu-22M3 destroyed on the ground at Belaya air base by drone attacks during Ukraine operation "Spiderweb" Detail → |
| 1 Jun 2025 | ๐ท๐บ Russia | -4 Tu-22M | Four Tu-22M3 Backfire destroyed on the ground at Belaya, Olenya and Ukrainka air force bases by drone attacks during Ukraine operation "Spiderweb" Detail → |