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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun 2025 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Mi-26 | Mi-26 likely damaged beyond repair by a Ukrainian drone strike at Kirovske Air Base, Crimea. Detail → |
| 21 Jun 2025 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | -1 Su-30 | Su-30MKA crashed soon after take-off near Adrar during training. Detail → |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 🇫🇷 France | +2 GlobalEye | France announced intention to procure 2 GlobalEye, with an option for 2 additional. Detail → |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | +3 C-390 | Vilnius selected Embraer’s transport to replace its C-27J fleet, announced at Paris Air Show 2025. Detail → |
| 16 Jun 2025 | 🇮🇷 Iran | -2 F-14 | Two Tomcats were destroyed by Israeli drone strikes in June 2025 Detail → |
| 16 Jun 2025 | 🇵🇹 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 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | +12 Bell 412 | At Le Bourget, Bell announced Africa’s first 412EPX order: 12 multi-role helicopters for Tunisia. Detail → |
| 14 Jun 2025 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | -1 G120A | Grob G 120A trainer crashed during a low-level training hop near Ndavaya, Kwale County. Detail → |
| 13 Jun 2025 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | +2 Gripen E | The Brazilian Air Force took delivery of its 10th Gripen E Detail → |
| 13 Jun 2025 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Su-25 | Crashed near Soledar, Donetsk Oblast during a combat mission; pilot ejected and rescued. Detail → |
| 10 Jun 2025 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | -1 F-16D | F-16D failed to lift off on a Red Flag-Alaska departure, skidded off Eielson’s runway and burned. Detail → |
| 9 Jun 2025 | 🇧🇬 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 | 🇷🇺 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 | 🇷🇺 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 | 🇷🇺 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 → |
| 1 Jun 2025 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 An-12 | One An-12 Cub transport airplane destroyed on the ground at Olenya air base by drone attacks during Ukraine operation "Spiderweb" Detail → |
| 1 Jun 2025 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 A-50 | One A-50 Mainstay radar aircraft destroyed on the ground at Olenya air base by drone attacks during Ukraine operation "Spiderweb" Detail → |
| 28 May 2025 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | +24 F-16 | Last batch of the Dutch F-16s successfully delivered to Ukraine Detail → |
| 23 May 2025 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Mi-8 | Crashed in Uritsky District, Oryol Oblast, resulting in the death of three crew members. Detail → |
| 16 May 2025 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | -1 F-16 | Lost during an operational mission amid a Russian drone attack; the pilot ejected and survived. Detail → |
| 13 May 2025 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | -1 Mi-24/35 | Mi-24V bort 224 Black, formerly North Macedonian Army, of the 12th Army Aviation Brigade crashed in Lviv Oblast during a training flight. Detail → |
| 7 May 2025 | 🇮🇳 India | -1 Rafale DH/EH | One Rafale shot down by a Pakistanese J-10 figher during operation Sindoor. Detail → |
| 7 May 2025 | 🇮🇳 India | -1 MiG-29 | One MiG-29 Fulcrum claimed to be shot down by a Pakistanese J-10 figher during operation Sindoor. Detail → |
| 7 May 2025 | 🇮🇳 India | -1 Su-30 | One Su-30MKI claimed to be shot down by a Pakistanese J-10 figher during operation Sindoor. Detail → |
| 2 May 2025 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Su-27/30 | Su-30SM shot down by Ukrainian MAGURA V5 drones armed with R-73 missiles in the Black Sea. Detail → |
| 28 Apr 2025 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | -1 Su-27 | Lost during a mission repelling Russian drone attacks; the pilot ejected and survived. Detail → |
| 25 Apr 2025 | 🇮🇱 Israel | +3 F-35I | 3 × F-35I “Adir” ferried in from the US and accepted into 140 Sqn at Nevatim. Detail → |
| 13 Apr 2025 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | +1 F-16V | The first Bulgarian F-16V touched down at Graf Ignatievo, inaugurating Western fast-jet operations after 35 years. Detail → |
| 12 Apr 2025 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | -1 F-16AM | F-16AM shot down by a Russian missile during an operational mission. Detail → |
| 2 Apr 2025 | 🇮🇳 India | -1 Jaguar M/S | Jaguar hit technical trouble on a night mission out of Jamnagar. Detail → |
| 1 Apr 2025 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | +4 C-390 | Stockholm formally committed to four C-390s via the Dutch-led joint procurement pact. Detail → |
| 26 Mar 2025 | 🇫🇷 France | -2 Alpha Jet | 2 Alpha Jet trainers used by the aerobatic team "Patrouille de France" collided mid-display rehearsal near Saint-Dizier. Detail → |
| 23 Mar 2025 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -2 Ka-52 | Damaged by HIMARS barrages at a helicopter forward operating base in Ivnyansky District, Belgorod Oblast; one was repairable. Detail → |
| 23 Mar 2025 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Mi-28 | Mi-28N severely damaged by HIMARS barrages at a helicopter forward operating base in Ivnyansky District, Belgorod Oblast. Detail → |
| 23 Mar 2025 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Mi-8 | Mi-8MTV-5 sustained severe damage from HIMARS barrage at a forward operating base. Detail → |
| 22 Mar 2025 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Su-34 | Damaged after an emergency gear-up landing at Lipetsk Air Base. Detail → |
| 4 Mar 2025 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | -1 FA-50PH | FA-50PH disappeared on a night counter-insurgency flight and was found smashed on Mt Kalatungan. Detail → |
| 2 Mar 2025 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | -2 Su-25 | Wreckage, previously operational, recorded in a Ukrainian documentary. Detail → |
| 25 Feb 2025 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | -1 An-26 | An-26 crashed on take-off. Detail → |
| 22 Feb 2025 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | -1 Sea King | Sea King HU.5 crash landed near Mykolaiv due to mechanical issues, sustaining substantial damage. Detail → |
| 14 Feb 2025 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | -1 Mi-8 | Mi-8MT recorded crashed in Ukraine. Detail → |
| 8 Feb 2025 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Su-25 | Shot down by Ukrainian soldiers using Igla MANPADS near Toretsk; the pilot ejected and escaped. Detail → |
| 6 Feb 2025 | 🇮🇳 India | -1 Mirage 2000TH/TI | Mirage 2000 crashed during a routine sortie, due to system malfunction. Detail → |
| 6 Feb 2025 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | +6 Mirage 2000 | First batch of 6 Mirage 2000 received from France Detail → |
| 6 Feb 2025 | 🇫🇷 France | -6 Mirage 2000-5F | 6 Mirage 2000-5 sent to Ukraine Detail → |
| 2 Feb 2025 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | -1 Su-27 | Su-27P1M shot down near Pokrovsk by Russian aircraft. Detail → |
| 1 Feb 2025 | 🇷🇺 Russia | -1 Su-25 | Wreckage recorded outside the base of Gvardeyskoye in Crimea. Detail → |
| 29 Jan 2025 | 🇺🇸 United States | -1 F-35A | One F-35A crashed during an exercise in Alaska Detail → |
| 15 Jan 2025 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | -1 Mi-8 | Mi-17V-5 crashed under unknown circumstances in Ukraine and was heavily damaged. Detail → |
| 10 Jan 2025 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | +3 GlobalEye | The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration has signed a contract for the delivery of 3 GlobalEye, to be delivered in 2027 Detail → |