Air Forces comparison: Iran vs Pakistan

Pakistan's air force fields 1,513 active aircraft — 2.5:1 Iran's 603.

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

IranWorld #30 12.5

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Pakistan leads on 5 of 6 categories

PakistanWorld #16 20.9

250 Combat aircraftweight ×50 · generation 465
152 Helicoptersweight ×10 · era 354
80 Transportweight ×10 71
6 Special missionweight ×8 40
23 UAVsweight ×10 137
92 Trainersweight ×1 446

Iran Pakistan 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

	Iran	Pakistan	Ratio
Official name	Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force	Pakistan Air Force
Active aircraft	603	1,513	🇵🇰 2.5×
Aircraft on order	0	122	🇵🇰
Combat aircraft	250	465	🇵🇰 1.9×
Combat share of fleet	41.5 %	30.7 %	🇮🇷 1.3×
Aircraft types in service	36	51	🇵🇰 1.4×
Main supplier	United States · 51 %	Sweden · 25 %

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Helicopters	152	354	🇵🇰 2.3×
Transport aircraft	80	71	🇮🇷 1.1×
Special-mission aircraft	6	40	🇵🇰 6.7×
Trainers	92	446	🇵🇰 4.8×
UAVs	23	137	🇵🇰 6.0×