Air Forces comparison: United Arab Emirates vs Taiwan

United Arab Emirates operates 625 active military aircraft vs 730 for Taiwan.

AIRS (Air Inventory Rating of Strength) Index face-off Full ranking →

United Arab EmiratesWorld #19 18.5

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Taiwan leads on 3 of 6 categories

TaiwanWorld #14 22.5

175 Combat aircraftweight ×50 · generation 321
250 Helicoptersweight ×10 · era 239
58 Transportweight ×10 26
8 Special missionweight ×8 18
44 UAVsweight ×10 28
90 Trainersweight ×1 98

United Arab Emirates Taiwan Bars: weighted contribution to the AIRS Index (airframes × category weight; combat and bombers by generation tier, helicopters by era; the enabler, armament and availability multipliers apply on top) · figures: active airframes at each side's latest inventory year · Methodology

Key figures as of 2026

	United Arab Emirates	Taiwan	Ratio
Official name	United Arab Emirates Air Force	Republic of China Air Force
Active aircraft	625	730	🇹🇼 1.2×
Aircraft on order	170	66	🇦🇪 2.6×
Combat aircraft	175	321	🇹🇼 1.8×
Combat share of fleet	28.0 %	44.0 %	🇹🇼 1.6×
Aircraft types in service	38	22	🇦🇪 1.7×
Main supplier	United States · 57 %	United States · 62 %

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Helicopters	250	239	🇦🇪 ≈
Transport aircraft	58	26	🇦🇪 2.2×
Special-mission aircraft	8	18	🇹🇼 2.2×
Trainers	90	98	🇹🇼 1.1×
UAVs	44	28	🇦🇪 1.6×