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FOREWORD
Budgetary pressures have influenced nations around the world
over the last year in how they operate their existing military air-
craft and seek to acquire more capable and cost-effective re-
placements.
While some have chosen to defer their replacement decisions,
others have taken more drastic action, by wielding the spending
axe on what had previously been viewed as essential assets.
The highest-profile examples have come in the UK, with the
early retirement of the nation’s BAE Systems Harrier GR9
ground-attack aircraft and the cancellation of the long-delayed
BAE Nimrod MRA4 project. The latter decision leaves the Royal
Air Force with no dedicated maritime patrol aircraft – a dramatic
choice for a nation at the top table of NATO.
Elsewhere, the cost and complexity of operating aged equipment
has seen several other types leave use. Most recently, the Royal
Australian Air Force stood down the world’s last General Dynam-
ics F-111s, with their duties assumed by its now-operational Boe-
ing F/A-18F Super Hornets.
Australia will have received all 24 of its new type by October 2011,
as it moves closer to firming up an expected 100-aircraft commit-
ment to Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Joint Strike Fighter. Despite a
tough year, the US-led programme remains the dominant force in
the long-term combat aircraft sector, and accounts for over 3,000
of the 6,700-plus pending orders listed here.
In total, this year’s World Air Forces directory includes almost
54,000 military aircraft in the active inventories of 161 nations,
plus confirmed orders for over 5,200 more. Combat aircraft ac-
count for 33% of the current total, just a fraction below the 34%
stake for combat helicopters. The remainder is divided between
training aircraft and helicopters (20%), transport aircraft and tank-
ers (10%) and special mission aircraft (3%). As expected, the US
armed forces have the largest number of aircraft in all catego-
ries.
The directory has more than 4,000 fewer aircraft listed than 12
months ago, with this reduction in part due to improved data with
regard to the operational status of Soviet-era types. Also exclud-
ed are almost 900 aircraft listed by Flightglobal’s MiliCAS and
HeliCAS databases as being dedicated to VIP transport tasks.
For nations around the world, replacing obsolete equipment is
both an operational and an industrial imperative. India is looking
to work with Russia on a development of the latter’s PAK-FA, one
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of the most exciting types to have achieved flight status during
2010. An agreement on their proposed joint fifth-generation fight-
er aircraft could come soon. The coming months could also pro-
vide developments in the Indian air force’s medium multi-role
combat aircraft competition, and also on a possible deal with Boe-
ing for 10 C-17 strategic transports.
The promise of meaningful workshare and technology transfer for
local companies will remain a key driver in future type selections
in many countries. Embraer enjoyed a remarkable run in 2010
linked to its KC-390 tanker/transport, being developed for an ini-
tially 28-aircraft Brazilian air force requirement. If its design proves
a success, at least 32 more could be ordered for prospective part-
ners Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Czech Republic and Portu-
gal.
As the battle for international orders becomes harder fought,
these factors are likely to become ever more important.
CRAIG HOYLE: DEFENCE EDITOR, FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Flightglobal’s World Air Forces directory uses fleet data compiled for its MiliCAS
and HeliCAS databases by Nick Fulleylove, Sandra Lewis-Rice, Martin Smith
and Jon Underdown, and abridged by Craig Hoyle. Published as premium
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Fleet information is divided into these categories:
Active: Aircraft in day-to-day use. For Soviet-era types where only summary
information is available, this also includes some non-operational platforms.
Ordered: Aircraft on firm order. Others which are pending purchase approval or
contract signature are marked with an asterisk. This category includes current
planned order totals, which may be subject to future revision.
Abbreviations
AEW airborne early warning; Comms communications; ELINT electronic
intelligence; EW electronic warfare; MPA maritime patrol aircraft; Recce
reconnaissance; SAR search and rescue; SIGINT signals intelligence
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ANALYSIS
Worldwide active fleet by region 7
Worldwide top 10 active aircraft types 7
Worldwide active fleet share by role 8

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ANALYSIS
Worldwide active fleet by region
RUSSIA & THE CIS

EUROPE Combat aircraft: 2,782

NORTH AMERICA Transports/Tankers: 621
Combat aircraft: 2,594
Combat aircraft: 3,035 Combat helicopters: 1,945
Transports/Tankers: 817
Transports/Tankers: 1,897
Combat helicopters: 3,383
Combat helicopters: 5,250

MIDDLE EAST
Combat aircraft: 1,614
Transports/Tankers: 284
Combat helicopters: 1,165

AFRICA
ASIA-PACIFIC
Combat aircraft: 1,209
SOUTH AMERICA Combat aircraft: 5,862
Transports/Tankers: 455
Combat aircraft: 665 Transports/Tankers: 866
Combat helicopters: 1,357
Transports/Tankers: 500 Combat helicopters: 4,110
Combat helicopters: 1,185

Worldwide top 10 active aircraft types

COMBAT AIRCRAFT TRANSPORTS/TANKERS COMBAT HELICOPTERS
Aircraft type Active fleet share Aircraft type Active fleet share Aircraft type Active fleet share
1 F-16 2,327 13% 1 C-130/L-100 1,191 22% 1 S-70/SH/UH-60 2,774 15%
2 F-18 1,114 6% 2 KC-135/707 475 7% 2 Mi-8/17/171/172 2,454 13%
3 MiG-29 935 5% 3 An-24/26 342 6% 3 UH-1 1,483 8%
4 Su-27/30 933 5% 4 Il-76/78 316 6% 4 Mi-24/25/35 1,131 6%
5 F-15 875 5% 5 King Air 261 5% 5 AH-64 968 5%
6 MiG-21 838 5% 6 C-17 221 4% 6 OH-58 766 4%
7 Su-24 797 4% 7 An-12 203 3% 7 CH-47 754 4%
8 F-5 613 3% 8 An-32 161 3% 8 AH-1 535 3%
9 Q-5 600 3% 9 C-160 152 3% 9 Mi-2 497 3%
10 Su-25 577 3% 10 CN-235 140 3% 10 SA341/342 487 3%
Other 8,281 47% Other 1,775 38% Other 6,546 36%
TOTAL 17,761 100% TOTAL 5,440 100% TOTAL 18,395 100%

Source: MiliCAS & HeliCAS (1st December 2010)

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Worldwide active fleet share by role

GLOBAL MILITARY FLEET COMBAT AIRCRAFT SPECIAL MISSION
Country Active fleet share Country Active fleet share Country Active fleet share
1 USA 13,348 25% 1 USA 2,970 17% 1 USA 678 42%
2 China 3,400 6% 2 China 2,344 13% 2 Japan 176 11%
3 Russia 3,279 6% 3 Russia 1,509 8% 3 Russia 76 5%
4 Japan 1,699 3% 4 India 676 4% 4 Brazil 46 3%
5 India 1,695 3% 5 North Korea 664 4% 5 France 44 3%
6 South Korea 1,425 3% 6 Ukraine 579 3% 6 Spain 42 3%
7 France 1,358 3% 7 Syria 483 3% 7 UK 33 2%
8 Egypt 1,159 2% 8 Egypt 458 3% 8 India 31 2%
9 Turkey 1,126 2% 9 Pakistan 423 2% 9 Taiwan 29 2%
10 UK 1,091 2% 10 South Korea 406 2% 10 Argentina 26 2%
Other 24,339 45% Other 7,249 41% Other 436 27%
TOTAL 53,919 100% TOTAL 17,761 100% TOTAL 1,617 100%

TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS COMBAT HELICOPTERS TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS

Country Active fleet share Country Active fleet share Country Active fleet share
1 USA 1,845 34% 1 USA 5,114 28% 1 USA 2,741 26%
2 Russia 495 9% 2 Russia 1,167 6% 2 China 445 4%
3 India 236 4% 3 Japan 710 4% 3 Japan 440 4%
4 Brazil 150 3% 4 South Korea 704 4% 4 Egypt 403 4%
5 France 150 3% 5 China 488 3% 5 UK 391 4%
6 China 116 2% 6 India 484 3% 6 Israel 341 3%
7 Iran 111 2% 7 France 482 3% 7 Turkey 335 3%
8 Ukraine 100 2% 8 UK 427 2% 8 France 324 3%
9 Indonesia 96 2% 9 Italy 386 2% 9 India 268 3%
10 Germany 89 2% 10 Turkey 372 2% 10 South Korea 260 2%
Other 2,052 38% Other 8,061 44% Other 4,758 44%
TOTAL 5,440 100% TOTAL 18,395 100% TOTAL 10,706 100%

Source: MiliCAS & HeliCAS (1st December 2010)

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AFGHANISTAN L-29 6 ARGENTINIAN NAVY

AFGHAN AIR FORCE PC-7 22 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered PC-9 4 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
TRANSPORT ANGOLAN PEOPLE’S ARMY Super Etendard 11
An-26 2 Type Active Ordered SPECIAL MISSION
An-32 5 COMBAT HELICOPTER King Air 200 (MPA) 4
C-27A (G222) 8 10 AS565 6 King Air 200 (Recce) 2
COMBAT HELICOPTER ARGENTINA P-3B (MPA) 3
Mi-8/17 33 15+58* ARGENTINIAN AIR FORCE S-2 (AEW) 3
Mi-35 9 Type Active Ordered TRANSPORT
UH-1H 9 COMBAT AIRCRAFT F28 2
ALBANIA A-4 23 PC-6 1
ALBANIAN AIR BRIGADE IA-58 31 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Type Active Ordered Mirage IIIEA 6 AS555 4
COMBAT HELICOPTER Mirage 5 5 H-3/S-61 8
AB205 3 Nesher 10 SA316 4
AB206 7 SPECIAL MISSION TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
AS532 5 Learjet 35 (Calibration) 2 T-34 10
AW109 1 Learjet 35 (Recce) 2 ARMENIA
BO105 6 TANKER ARMENIAN AIR FORCE
ALGERIA KC-130H 2 Type Active Ordered
ALGERIAN AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Type Active Ordered C-130B/H/L-100 6 MiG-25 1
COMBAT AIRCRAFT DHC-6 7 Su-25 14
MiG-25 14 F27 5 TRANSPORT
MiG-29 35 F28 5 Il-76 1
Su-24 22 KC-390 6* COMBAT HELICOPTER
Su-27/30 38 16 Saab 340 4 Mi-2 9
SPECIAL MISSION COMBAT HELICOPTER Mi-8 16
Beech 1900 (Recce) 6 Bell 212 5 Mi-9 2
King Air 200 (MPA) 2 MD500 12 Mi-24 16
TANKER Mi-17 2 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Il-78 5 SA315 2 L-39 4
TRANSPORT TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS AUSTRALIA
Beech 1900 6 AT/IA-63 19 10 ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
C-130H 17 EMB-312 26 Type Active Ordered
C-295 6 Mirage IIIDA 2 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Il-76 13 T-A4 4 F/A-18A 55
King Air 90/200/350 14 ARGENTINIAN ARMY F/A-18F 14 10
COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered F-35A 14*+86*
AS355 9 SPECIAL MISSION SPECIAL MISSION
AW101 6 Citation I (Recce) 1 737 (AEW) 3 3
Bell 412 3 OV-1 (Recce) 9 AP-3C (MPA) 19
Ka-32 5 TRANSPORT TANKER
Mi-2 2 C-212 1 A330/KC-30A 5
Mi-8/17 115 DHC-6 2 TRANSPORT
Mi-24 36 Merlin IV 2 C-17 4
Super Lynx 300 4 COMBAT HELICOPTER C-130H 9
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS AS332 3 C-130J 12
L-39 32 SA315 4 King Air 200/350 9
Yak-130 16 UH-1H 43 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
ANGOLA TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS F/A-18B 16
ANGOLAN PEOPLE’S AIR FORCE Bell 206 5 Hawk 127 33
Type Active Ordered UH-12 1 King Air 350 8
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COMBAT AIRCRAFT
MiG-21 24
MiG-23 22
Su-22 15
Su-25 15
Su-27 7
TRANSPORT
An-12 7
An-24/26 21
An-32 10
An-72/74 5
BN-2 12
C-212 5
Dornier 28 1
EMB-120 1
F27 1
Il-76 7
King Air 200 1
Australian Department of Defence

COMBAT HELICOPTER
Bell 212 5
Mi-8/17 78
Mi-25/35 15
SA/IAR316 20
SA342 2
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
EMB-312 14 Now operational, the Royal Australian Air Force’s F/A-18Fs have replaced its aged F-111s

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gg PC-9/9A 64 COMBAT HELICOPTER AW109 4

AUSTRALIAN ARMY AVIATION CORPS BO105 2 AS350 1
Type Active Ordered BANGLADESH BHUTAN
COMBAT HELICOPTER BANGLADESH AIR FORCE ROYAL BHUTAN ARMY
CH-47D/F 6 7 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
NH90 (MRH90) 8 33 COMBAT AIRCRAFT COMBAT HELICOPTER
OH-58 14 A-5 8 Mi-8 2
S-70A 34 F-7 23 BOLIVIA
Tiger 16 6 MiG-29 8 BOLIVIAN AIR FORCE
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS TRANSPORT Type Active Ordered
AS350 1 An-32 3 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
OH-58 12 C-130B 4 K-8 6
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY COMBAT HELICOPTER SPECIAL MISSION
Type Active Ordered Bell 206 4 Learjet 25 (Recce) 2
COMBAT HELICOPTER Bell 212 16 TRANSPORT
NH90 (MRH90) 5 Mi-17/171/172 25 Arava 201 3
S-70B 16 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Beech 1900 1
Sea King 50 6 FT-6 9 C-130B 3
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS FT-7 12 C-212 1
AS350 13 L-39 8 F27 1
AW109 2 T-37 11 King Air 90/200 3
AUSTRIA BANGLADESH ARMY Turbo Commander 1
AUSTRIAN AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER
Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER AS332 1
COMBAT AIRCRAFT Bell 206 2 AS350 2
Eurofighter 15 BANGLADESH NAVY Mi-17 5*
TRANSPORT Type Active Ordered SA316 1
C-130K 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER UH-1H 11
PC-6 13 AW109 2 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
COMBAT HELICOPTER BELARUS DA40 9
Bell/AB212 23 BELARUS AIR FORCE PC-7 11
OH-58 11 Type Active Ordered T-33 14
S-70A 9 COMBAT AIRCRAFT BOLIVIAN ARMY
SA316 24 MiG-29 38 Type Active Ordered
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Su-24 35 TRANSPORT
PC-7 16 Su-25 70 C-212 1
Saab 105 28 Su-27 22 King Air 90 1
AZERBAIJAN TRANSPORT BOSNIA-HERZIGOVINA
AZERBAIJAN AIR FORCE An-26 6 BIH ARMED FORCES
Type Active Ordered Il-76 6 Type Active Ordered
COMBAT AIRCRAFT COMBAT HELICOPTER COMBAT AIRCRAFT
MiG-21 5 Mi-6 2 G4 1
MiG-25 5 Mi-8/172 108 J-1 10
MiG-29 13 Mi-24 67 J-22 7
Su-24 11 Mi-26 13 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Su-25 12 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Mi-8/17 11
TRANSPORT L-39 10 SA341/342 19
Tu-134 1 BELGIUM UH-1H 11
COMBAT HELICOPTER BELGIAN AIR COMPONENT BOTSWANA
Mi-8/17/171 23 Type Active Ordered BOTSWANA DEFENCE FORCE
Mi-24 35 COMBAT AIRCRAFT Type Active Ordered
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS F-16A 56 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
L-39 12 TRANSPORT F-5 10
BAHAMAS A330 1 TRANSPORT
BAHAMAS DEFENCE FORCE A400M 7 BN-2 10
Type Active Ordered C-130H 11 C-130B 3
SPECIAL MISSION EMB-135/145 4 C-212 2
Cessna 208 (MPA) 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER CN-235 2
King Air 350 (Recce) 1 AW109 24 King Air 200 1
BAHRAIN NH90 8+2* COMBAT HELICOPTER
ROYAL BAHRAINI AIR FORCE SA316 3 AS350 10
Type Active Ordered Sea King 48A 3 Bell 412 6
COMBAT AIRCRAFT TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
F-5E 8 Alpha Jet 29 F-5 3
F-16C 17 F-16B 13 PC-7 5
SPECIAL MISSION SF-260 32 BRAZIL
Cessna 208 (MPA) 1 BELIZE BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE
King Air 350 (Recce) 1 BELIZE DEFENCE FORCE Type Active Ordered
COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT
AB212 11 TRANSPORT AMX-A/T 52
AH-1 22 BN-2 1 EMB-314 27 19
UH-60L/M 10 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS F-5E/EM 46
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS T67M260 Firefly 1 Mirage 2000C 10
BO105 4 BENIN SPECIAL MISSION
F-5F 4 BENIN PEOPLE’S ARMED FORCES Beech 125 (Calibration) 4
F-16D 4 Type Active Ordered C-130E/M (SAR) 3
Hawk 129 6 TRANSPORT C-295 (SAR) 2
T67M260 Firefly 3 Dornier 128 2 EMB-110 (EW) 3
ROYAL BAHRAINI NAVY HS 748 1 EMB-110 (MPA) 11
Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER EMB-110 (Recce) 5

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EMB-110 (SAR) 5 SPECIAL MISSION TRANSPORT

EMB-120 (Recce) 1 An-30 (Recce) 1 A310 3
EMB-145 (AEW) 5 TRANSPORT C-17 4
EMB-145 (Recce) 3 An-26 3 C-130E/H 16
Learjet 35 (Recce) 4 C-27J 2 3 C-130J 5 12
P-3AM (MPA) 9 L-410 3 DHC-5 6
TANKER COMBAT HELICOPTER DHC-6 4
KC-130H 2 AS532 12 1 King Air 200 2
KC-137 (707) 4 Mi-8/17 8 COMBAT HELICOPTER
TRANSPORT TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS AW101 14
C-130E/H 18 Bell 206 6 Bell 412 88
C-212 50* PC-9 6 CH-47D/F 5 15+6*
C-295 10 BULGARIAN NAVY H-3 25
Cessna 208 24 Type Active Ordered Mi-17 (leased) 4
EMB-110 72 COMBAT HELICOPTER S-92 28
EMB-120 14 Mi-14 4 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
EMB-145 7 BURKINA FASO Bell 206 (Allied Wings) 13
KC-390 28* BURKINA FASO AIR FORCE Bell 412 (Allied Wings) 9
COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered CT-114 Tutor 27
AS332 8 TRANSPORT DHC-8 4
AS355 6 AT-802 1 F/A-18B 26
Bell 205 3 CN-235 1 G120 (Allied Wings) 13
Bell 206 1 HS 748 1 Hawk 115 (NFTC) 17
EC725 16 King Air 200 3 King Air 90 (Allied Wings) 7
Mi-35 3 9 Nord 262 1 T-6A (NFTC) 26
UH-1H 33 COMBAT HELICOPTER CAPE VERDE
UH-60L 6 10+2* Mi-17 3 CAPE VERDEAN ARMED FORCES
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Mi-35 1 Type Active Ordered
AMX-T 8 SA316 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER
AS350 31 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Z-9 2
EMB-312 110 SF-260 4 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
EMB-314 50 1 BURUNDI CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AIR FORCE
F-5F/FM 5 BURUNDI NATIONAL ARMY Type Active Ordered
Mirage 2000B 2 Type Active Ordered TRANSPORT
BRAZILIAN ARMY COMBAT AIRCRAFT BN-2 2
Type Active Ordered SF-260 5 COMBAT HELICOPTER
COMBAT HELICOPTER COMBAT HELICOPTER AS350 1
AS350 15 AS350 1 CHAD
AS532 8 Mi-24 2 CHAD NATIONAL FLIGHT
AS550 19 SA316 4 Type Active Ordered
AS565 34 SA342 4 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
EC725 16 CAMBODIA SF-260 1
S-70A 4 6 ROYAL CAMBODIAN AIR FORCE Su-25 6
BRAZILIAN NAVY Type Active Ordered TRANSPORT
Type Active Ordered TRANSPORT An-26 1
COMBAT AIRCRAFT An-24 1 C-130H 1
A-4 11 COMBAT HELICOPTER PC-6 1
COMBAT HELICOPTER AS355 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER
AS332/532 7 Mi-17 3 AS550 6
AS350 18 CAMEROON Mi-17/171 4
AS355 8 CAMEROON AIR FORCE Mi-24/35 7
Bell 206 5 Type Active Ordered SA330 3
EC725 1 15 COMBAT AIRCRAFT TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Lynx 21 12 Impala 5 PC-7 1
S-70B 4 Magister 6 PC-9 1
SH-3D/S-61 12 TRANSPORT CHILE
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS C-130H 3 CHILEAN AIR FORCE
Bell 206 13 DHC-5 4 Type Active Ordered
TA-4 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER COMBAT AIRCRAFT
BRUNEI Bell 206 1 C-101CC 18
ROYAL BRUNEI AIR FORCE Bell 412 1 F-5E 9
Type Active Ordered SA319 1 F-16A/C 23
SPECIAL MISSION SA330 2 SPECIAL MISSION
CN-235 (MPA) 3* TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS 707 (AEW) 1
TRANSPORT Alpha Jet 5 King Air 100 (Recce) 1
CN-235 1 CAMEROON ARMY Learjet 35 (Recce) 2
COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered TANKER
Bell 206 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER 707/KC-135 2 2
Bell 212/214 11 SA342 4 TRANSPORT
BO105 6 CANADA 737 1
S-70A 4 CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 767 1
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Type Active Ordered Beech 99 5
PC-7 Mk II 4 COMBAT AIRCRAFT C-130B/H 3
BULGARIA F/A-18A 65 C-212 4
BULGARIAN AIR FORCE F-35A 65-80* DHC-6 11
Type Active Ordered SPECIAL MISSION KC-390 6*
COMBAT AIRCRAFT P-3 (MPA) 20 COMBAT HELICOPTER
MiG-21 6 TANKER AS350 1
MiG-29 16 A310 2 Bell 206 1
Su-25 14 KC-130H 5 Bell 412 12
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Mi-17 10* Z-10 6 EMB-110 2
SA315 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS KC-390 12*
UH-1H 14 AS350 1 King Air 90/350 5
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS HC120 22 6+128* Turbo Commander 1
Bell 206 2 Z-11 50 COMBAT HELICOPTER
EMB-314 12 CHINESE NAVY Bell 205 3
F-5F 2 Type Active Ordered Bell 212/412 12
F-16B/D 11 COMBAT AIRCRAFT MD500/530 6
T-35 24 H-5 150 OH-6B 4
CHILEAN ARMY H-6 30 UH-1H 43
Type Active Ordered J-7 30 S-70A/UH-60A/L 32
TRANSPORT JH-7 35 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
C-212 5 J-8 124 Bell 206 12
Cessna 208 3 Q-5 100 EMB-312 14
CN-235 3 Su-30/33 23 50* Lancair Synergy 25
COMBAT HELICOPTER TRANSPORT T-37 17
AS332/532 8 2 Yak-42 1 COLOMBIAN ARMY
AS350 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered
AS355 1 AS565 3 SPECIAL MISSION
Bell 206 1 Ka-28 12 King Air 200/350 (EW) 4
MD530 9 Mi-8 8 TRANSPORT
SA315 1 SA365 3 An-32 2
SA330 4 Z-8 7 C-212 2
UH-1H 1 Z-9 21 Cessna 208 4
CHILEAN NAVY TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Convair 580 1
Type Active Ordered JJ-6 14 King Air 90/200 2
SPECIAL MISSION COLOMBIA Turbo Commander 2
C-295 (MPA) 1 2 COLOMBIAN AIR FORCE COMBAT HELICOPTER
EMB-110 (MPA) 5 Type Active Ordered Mi-17 23
P-3 (MPA) 3 COMBAT AIRCRAFT UH-1H/N 60
TRANSPORT A-37 8 UH-60L 45 4*
C-212 3 BT-67 6 COLOMBIAN NAVY
COMBAT HELICOPTER EMB-314 25 Type Active Ordered
AS/SA365 9 Kfir 18 SPECIAL MISSION
AS532 5 OV-10 9 CN-235 (MPA) 3
Bell 206 3 SPECIAL MISSION TRANSPORT
BO105 5 Cessna 208 (Recce) 5 C-212 1
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Citation Ultra (Recce) 5 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Bell 206 2 King Air 300/350 (EW) 2 AS555 2
PC-7 7 Metro 23 (Recce) 1 Bell 412 1
CHINA Turbo Commander (Recce) 3 BK117 1
CHINESE AIR FORCE TANKER BO105 2
Type Active Ordered 707 1 UH-1N 6
COMBAT AIRCRAFT 767 1 CONGO
H-5 250 TRANSPORT CONGOLESE AIR FORCE
H-6 120 727 1 Type Active Ordered
J-6 4 Arava 201 1 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
J-7 390 C-130B/H 7 MiG-15 1
J-8 96 C-212 3 MiG-17 8
J-10 200 C-295 4 MiG-21 12
J-11 (Su-27/30) 273 71 Cessna 208 7 Su-25 8
JH-7 19 Citation II 1 TRANSPORT
gg
Q-5 500
SPECIAL MISSION
737 (Comms) 2
Il-76/KJ2000 (AEW) 5
TANKER
Il-78 8*
TRANSPORT
An-12 5
An-26 83
An-30 9
Il-76 10 30*
MA60 4
Tu-154 4
COMBAT HELICOPTER
Mi-6 3
Mi-17/171 269
Z-8/SA321 27
Z-9 1
Z-11 1
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
JJ-6 149
Israel Aerospace Industries

JJ-7 39
JL-8 (K-8) 170
CHINESE ARMY
Type Active Ordered
COMBAT HELICOPTER
Z-8 9 Colombia is the first nation to field IAI’s converted 767 multi-mission tanker/transport

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gg 727 2 Mi-35 10 Citation II (Recce) 1

An-24 3 W-3 9 TRANSPORT
COMBAT HELICOPTER TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Arava 201 5
Mi-8/17 5 Gripen D 2 C-212 2
Mi-14 2 L-39 9 CN-235 2
Mi-26 1 L-159T 4 DHC-5 1
Mi-35 6 DENMARK PC-6 1
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC) ROYAL DANISH AIR FORCE COMBAT HELICOPTER
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered AS332 4
Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT AS350 2
COMBAT AIRCRAFT F-16A 37 Mi-17 2
MB-326 13 F-35A 30-48* SA315 7
MiG-23 2 SPECIAL MISSION SA342 20
Mirage 5 6 Challenger 604 (MPA) 3 ECUADORIAN NAVY
Su-25 2 TRANSPORT Type Active Ordered
TRANSPORT C-130J 4 SPECIAL MISSION
An-12 4 COMBAT HELICOPTER CN-235 (MPA) 1
DHC-5 2 AS550 12 King Air 200 (MPA) 4
COMBAT HELICOPTER AW101 14 TRANSPORT
Mi-35 6 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS CN-235 1
SA330 6 F-16B 13 King Air 300/350 2
SA316/SE3160 2 ROYAL DANISH NAVY COMBAT HELICOPTER
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Type Active Ordered Bell 206 3
SF-260 5 COMBAT HELICOPTER Bell 230 1
CROATIA Lynx 90 8 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
CROATIAN AIR FORCE DJIBOUTI Bell 206 5
Type Active Ordered DJIBOUTI AIR FORCE T-34 2
COMBAT AIRCRAFT Type Active Ordered T-35 4
MiG-21 6 TRANSPORT EGYPT
TRANSPORT Cessna 208 1 EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE
An-32 2 L-410 2 Type Active Ordered
AT-802 6 M-28 1 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Bombardier 215 6 COMBAT HELICOPTER Alpha Jet MS2 15
COMBAT HELICOPTER AS355 1 F-4E 34
Bell 206 8 Mi-8 3 F-6 45
Mi-8/171 23 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC F-7 60
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS DOMINICAN AIR FORCE F-16A/C 154 16
PC-9 20 Type Active Ordered MiG-21 59
CUBA COMBAT AIRCRAFT Mirage 5E2/SDE/SDR 76
CUBAN AIR FORCE EMB-314 8 Mirage 2000EM 15
Type Active Ordered TRANSPORT SPECIAL MISSION
COMBAT AIRCRAFT C-212 3 Beech 1900 (Calibration) 2
MiG-21 12 Turbo Commander 1 Beech 1900 (MPA) 2
MiG-23 24 COMBAT HELICOPTER Beech 1900 (Recce) 4
MiG-29 3 OH-58 13 E-2C (AEW) 7
TRANSPORT UH-1H 9 TRANSPORT
An-26 4 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS An-74 2
COMBAT HELICOPTER Schweizer 333 2 C-130H 24
Mi-8/17 40 T-35 5 C-295 3
Mi-24/35 16 DOMINICAN NATIONAL ARMY DHC-5 9
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER
L-39 25 COMBAT HELICOPTER AB212 1
CUBAN NAVY OH-58 7 AH-64D 36 9
Type Active Ordered TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS CH-47C/D 16 6*
COMBAT HELICOPTER R44 2 Mi-8/17 72 21
Mi-14 1 ECUADOR S-70A/UH-60M 4 4*
CYPRUS ECUADORIAN AIR FORCE SA342 88
CYPRUS AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered Sea King 23
Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT SH-2G(E) 9
TRANSPORT A-37 21 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
BN-2 1 Kfir 8 Alpha Jet MS1 30
COMBAT HELICOPTER Mirage 50EV 3 EMB-312 54
Mi-35 11 Mirage F1JA 11 F-16B/D 47 4
SA342 4 TRANSPORT G115 74
UH-1H 2 727 2 K-8E 120
CZECH REPUBLIC C-130B/H 3 L-39 10
CZECH REPUBLIC AIR FORCE DHC-6 3 L-59 39
Type Active Ordered HS 748 3 Mirage 5SDD 6
COMBAT AIRCRAFT COMBAT HELICOPTER Mirage 2000BM 4
Gripen C 12 Dhruv ALH 6 UH-12E 19
L-159A 20 SA316 2 EL SALVADOR
SPECIAL MISSION TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS SALVADORIAN AIR FORCE
L-410 (Recce) 2 Bell 206 8 Type Active Ordered
TRANSPORT EMB-314 12 12 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
An-26 4 Mirage 50DV 3 A-37 9
C-295 2 2 Mirage F1JE 1 TRANSPORT
KC-390 2* T-34 13 Arava 202 3
L-410 6 ECUADORIAN ARMY BT-67 1
COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER
Mi-17/171 32 SPECIAL MISSION Bell 412 4

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MD500 4 COMBAT AIRCRAFT C-130H 1

UH-1H/M 12 Mirage 2000C 52 CN-235 1
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Mirage 2000D 76 EMB-110 1
T-35 5 Mirage 2000N 62 COMBAT HELICOPTER
EQUATORIAL GUINEA Mirage 2000-5 31 AS350 1
EQUATORIAL GUINEA AIR FORCE Mirage F1CR/CT 58 SA319 1
Type Active Ordered Rafale B/C 55 23+152* SA330 8
COMBAT AIRCRAFT SPECIAL MISSION SA342 8
Su-25 4 C160 Gabriel (ELINT) 2 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
SPECIAL MISSION E-3F (AEW) 4 Magister 4
An-72 (MPA) 1 TANKER Mirage 5DG 2
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS C/KC-135 14 T-34 4
L-39 2 TRANSPORT GAMBIA
ERITREA A310 3 GAMBIAN AIR FORCE
ERITREAN AIR FORCE A340 2 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered A400M 50 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
COMBAT AIRCRAFT C160 51 Su-25 1
MiG-29 5 C-130H 14 GEORGIA
Su-27 6 CN-235 20 8 GEORGIAN AIR FORCE
COMBAT HELICOPTER DHC-6 4 Type Active Ordered
Bell 412 1 TBM700 15 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Mi-8/17 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER Su-25 11
Mi-24 1 AS332/532 10 COMBAT HELICOPTER
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS AS355 1 Mi-2 7
M-290TP 8 AS555 40 Mi-8 18
MB-339 5 EC725 6 3 Mi-24 12
ESTONIA SA330 31 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
ESTONIAN AIR FORCE TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS L-29 4
Type Active Ordered Alpha Jet 120 L-39 4
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS AS350 1 GEORGIAN ARMY
R44 2 EMB-121 28 Type Active Ordered
ETHIOPIA G120 (EADS) 18 COMBAT HELICOPTER
ETHIOPIAN AIR FORCE Mirage 2000B 15 UH-1H 3
Type Active Ordered Mirage F1B 8 GERMANY
COMBAT AIRCRAFT TB30 46 GERMAN AIR FORCE
MiG-21 15 FRENCH ARMY Type Active Ordered
MiG-23 10 Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Su-25 8 TRANSPORT Eurofighter 35 66
Su-27 14 PC-6 5 F-4F 48
TRANSPORT TBM700 11 Tornado ECR 32
An-12 14 COMBAT HELICOPTER Tornado IDS 145
An-32 1 AS532 19 TANKER
C-130B 1 EC725 8 A310 4
DHC-6 4 NH90 34 TRANSPORT
COMBAT HELICOPTER SA/IAR330 93 A310 1
Mi-8/17 24 SA341/342 204 A400M 53
Mi-24/35 15 Tiger 24 56 C160 84
SA/IAR316/SE3160 5 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS COMBAT HELICOPTER
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS AS555 18 NH90 1 41
L-39 6 FRENCH NAVY UH-1D 54
SF-260 4 Type Active Ordered TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
ETHIOPIAN ARMY AVIATION COMBAT AIRCRAFT Eurofighter 14 18
Type Active Ordered Rafale M 17 8+22* Tornado IDS 9
COMBAT HELICOPTER Super Etendard 41 GERMAN ARMY
UH-1H 12 SPECIAL MISSION Type Active Ordered
FINLAND ATL-2 (MPA) 25 COMBAT HELICOPTER
FINNISH AIR FORCE E-2C (AEW) 3 BO105 50
Type Active Ordered Falcon 20 (MPA) 5 CH-53 92
COMBAT AIRCRAFT Falcon 50 (MPA) 5 NH90 11 72
F-18C 55 TRANSPORT Tiger 6 69
TRANSPORT EMB-121 11 UH-1D 70
C-295 2 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
F27 2 AS365 2 BO105 111
Learjet 35 3 AS565 17 EC135 14
PC-12NG 6 EC225/725 2 2 GERMAN NAVY
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Lynx HAS4 26 Type Active Ordered
F-18D 7 NH90 1 26 SPECIAL MISSION
Hawk 51/A 39 SA316/319/SE3160 17 Dornier 228 (MPA) 1
M-290TP 9 SA365 9 Dornier 228 (Recce) 2
FINNISH ARMY TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS P-3C (MPA) 8
Type Active Ordered Falcon 10 6 COMBAT HELICOPTER
COMBAT HELICOPTER GABON Lynx 88 22
MD500 2 GABONESE AIR FORCE Sea King 41 20
Mi-8 2 Type Active Ordered GHANA
NH90 7 13 COMBAT AIRCRAFT GHANA AIR FORCE
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Mirage 5G 3 Type Active Ordered
MD500 5 Mirage F1 4 TRANSPORT
FRANCE SPECIAL MISSION BN-2 1
FRENCH AIR FORCE EMB-110 (MPA) 1 F27 4
Type Active Ordered TRANSPORT COMBAT HELICOPTER
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gg AB412 1 Mi-8 1 SA316 65

Mi-17 2 Mi-24 2 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
SA316 2 SA342 1 Hawk 132 33 72
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS GUINEA-BISSAU HJT-16 Kiran 162
K-8 4 2 GUINEA-BISSAU AIR FORCE HJT-36 16
GREECE Type Active Ordered Jaguar T 31
HELLENIC AIR FORCE COMBAT AIRCRAFT Mirage 2000TH 12
Type Active Ordered MiG-15 1 Tejas LCA 20*
COMBAT AIRCRAFT COMBAT HELICOPTER INDIAN ARMY
A-7E 26 SE3130 1 Type Active Ordered
F/RF-4E 52 GUYANA COMBAT HELICOPTER
F-16C 109 8 GUYANA DEFENCE FORCE Dhruv ALH 39 99
Mirage 2000EG 15 Type Active Ordered SA315 20 10
Mirage 2000-5/Mk II 25 TRANSPORT SA316 80
SPECIAL MISSION Skyvan 3M 1 INDIAN NAVY
C-130H (EW) 2 HONDURAS Type Active Ordered
EMB-145 (AEW) 4 HONDURAN AIR FORCE COMBAT AIRCRAFT
P-3B (MPA) 6 Type Active Ordered MiG-29/K 4 39
YS-11 (Calibration) 1 COMBAT AIRCRAFT Sea Harrier FRS51 8
TRANSPORT A-37 9 Tejas LCA 6*
Bombardier 215/415 21 F-5E 9 Tu-142 8
C-27J 8 4 TRANSPORT SPECIAL MISSION
C-130B/H 12 Arava 201 1 Dornier 228 (MPA) 22
COMBAT HELICOPTER C-130A 1 Il-38 (MPA) 4
AB205 12 Turbo Commander 1 P-8I (737) (MPA) 8
AS332/532 10 2+10* COMBAT HELICOPTER TRANSPORT
UH-1H 4 Bell 412 7 BN-2 12
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS MD500 1 Dornier 228 4
F-16D 41 UH-1H 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Mirage 2000BG 3 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Dhruv ALH 5
T-2 42 EMB-312 8 Ka-25 16
T-6A 38 F-5F 2 Ka-28 12
TA-7C 15 HUNGARY Ka-31 9
HELLENIC ARMY AVIATION HUNGARIAN AIR FORCE SA316/319 32
Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Sea King 42 23
TRANSPORT COMBAT AIRCRAFT TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
King Air 200 1 Gripen C 12 Harrier T4/60 3
COMBAT HELICOPTER MiG-29 5 Hawk 132 17
AB205 26 TRANSPORT HJT-16 Kiran 20
AB206 15 An-26 5 MiG-29KUB 2
AH-64A/D 30 COMBAT HELICOPTER INDIAN ARMED FORCES
CH-47DG/SD 14 Mi-8/17 19 Type Active Ordered
NH90 20 Mi-24 17 COMBAT HELICOPTER
UH-1H 66 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Dhruv ALH 159
HELLENIC NAVAL AVIATION Gripen D 2 INDONESIA
Type Active Ordered L-159B 1 INDONESIAN AIR FORCE
COMBAT HELICOPTER R44 2 Type Active Ordered
AB212 8 INDIA COMBAT AIRCRAFT
S-70B 11 INDIAN AIR FORCE EMB-314 8+8*
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Type Active Ordered F-16A 7
SA319 2 COMBAT AIRCRAFT Hawk 209 25
GUATEMALA Jaguar M/S 118 12 OV-10 2
GUATEMALAN AIR FORCE MiG-21 157 Su-27/30 10
Type Active Ordered MiG-23 14 SPECIAL MISSION
COMBAT AIRCRAFT MiG-27 122 737 (MPA) 3
A-37 3 MiG-29 69 CN-235 (MPA) 1 2
PC-7 2 Mirage 2000H 45 TANKER
TRANSPORT Su-30/MKI 130 60+40* KC-130B 2
Arava 201 3 Tejas LCA 20* TRANSPORT
BT-67 4 SPECIAL MISSION C-130B/H/L-100 15
Cessna 208 1 1125 Astra (Recce) 1 C-212 12
F27 1 EMB-145 (AEW) 3 CN-235 5 2
King Air 90 2 Gulfstream III (EW) 1 F27 4
COMBAT HELICOPTER Il-76 (AEW) 2 4 PC-6 2
AB205 1 TANKER COMBAT HELICOPTER
Bell 212 1 Il-78 7 AS332 20
UH-1H 6 TRANSPORT Bell 412 4
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS 1125 Astra 1 EC725 2
Bell 206 1 An-32 110 SA330 10
T-35 4 C-17 10* TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
GUINEA C-130J 6 EC120B 11
GUINEA AIR FORCE Dornier 228 28 12 F-16B 3
Type Active Ordered HS 748 57 Hawk 53/109 13
COMBAT AIRCRAFT Il-76 17 KT-1 11
MiG-15 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER SF-260 18
MiG-17 4 Dhruv ALH 37 40 T-34 16
MiG-21 3 Mi-8/17 112 80+59* INDONESIAN ARMY
COMBAT HELICOPTER Mi-26 4 Type Active Ordered
AS350 1 Mi-35 20 TRANSPORT
IAR330 1 SA315 10 BN-2 1
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gg C-212 3
DHC-5 2
Turbo Commander 1
COMBAT HELICOPTER
Bell 205 10
Bell 210 18*
Bell 412 31
BO105 19
Mi-17 16
Mi-35 8 6
SA316 7
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
BO105 1
INDONESIAN NAVY
Type Active Ordered
SPECIAL MISSION
C-212 (MPA) 3

Dudu Grunshpan/Israel Sun/Rex Features

CN-235 (MPA) 3
Nomad 22 (MPA) 5
TRANSPORT
C-212 13
DHC-5 2
Nomad 22/24 34
COMBAT HELICOPTER
AS332 4
Bell 412 8 1
The Israeli air force temporarily grounded its F-16I strike aircraft after a fatal accident
BO105 4
EC120B 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered
Mi-2 8 AB212 4 SPECIAL MISSION
IRAN ASH-3D 2 CN-235 (MPA) 2
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN AIR FORCE CH-53 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Type Active Ordered IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD AW139 6
COMBAT AIRCRAFT Type Active Ordered TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
F-4D/E/RF-4E 64 COMBAT AIRCRAFT EC135 2
F-5E/RF-5A 33 Su-25 13 PC-9 7
F-6 18 TRANSPORT ISRAEL
F-7 17 An-74 9 ISRAELI AIR FORCE
F-14 25 Falcon 20 1 Type Active Ordered
MiG-29 16 Il-76 3 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Mirage F1 4 COMBAT HELICOPTER F-15A/C 42
Su-24 28 AB206 8 F-15I 25
SPECIAL MISSION AH-1J 8 F-16C 76
707 (EW) 1 Bell 214 5 F-16I 100
C-130E (EW) 1 Mi-17/171 27 F-35A 19-75*
P-3F (MPA) 5 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS SPECIAL MISSION
TANKER EMB-312 13 1123/1124 Westwind (MPA) 3
707 1 IRAQ G550 (AEW) 4
747 2 IRAQI AIR FORCE G550 (SIGINT) 3
TRANSPORT Type Active Ordered King Air RC-12 (Recce) 7
707 5 COMBAT AIRCRAFT TANKER
747 4 Cessna AC-208 4 707 6
C-130E/H 46 SPECIAL MISSION KC-130H 5
F27 13 CH2000 (Recce) 8 TRANSPORT
Falcon 20 2 King Air 350/ER (Recce) 4 6 707 2
Il-76 2 SB7L-360 (Recce) 2 C-130E/H 11
PC-6 10 TRANSPORT C-130J 1
Turbo Commander 2 An-32 7 King Air 200 20
COMBAT HELICOPTER C-130E 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Bell 214 25 C-130J 6 AH-1E/F/S 43
CH-47C 4 Cessna 208 6 AH-64A/D 47
Mi-17/171 53 King Air 350 1 1 AS565 6
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS COMBAT HELICOPTER CH-53 23
F-5F 20 Mi-171 8 14 S-70A/UH-60A 48
FT-7 4 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
PC-7 35 Lasta 3 6 14 A4-N/TA-4H/J 119
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN ARMY T-6A 15 F-15B/D 16
Type Active Ordered IRAQI ARMY AIR CORPS F-16A/B/D 149
TRANSPORT Type Active Ordered G120 (Elbit Systems) 17
Turbo Commander 7 COMBAT HELICOPTER King Air 200 2
COMBAT HELICOPTER Mi-17 41 5 OH-58 18
AB206 2 Bell/AB206 5 T-6A 20
AH-1J 6 Bell 407 3 27 ITALY
Bell 214 25 EC635 24 ITALIAN AIR FORCE
CH-47C 4 SA342 6 Type Active Ordered
Mi-8/171 49 UH-1H 16 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN NAVY TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS AMX 54
Type Active Ordered Bell 206 5 Eurofighter 38 43+25*
TRANSPORT OH-58 7 F-16A 14
F27 3 IRELAND F-35A/B 131*
Turbo Commander 1 IRISH AIR CORPS Tornado ECR 16

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Tornado IDS 50 BAe 125 (Calibration) 3 AS332 8

SPECIAL MISSION C-1 (EW) 1 EC635 9
ATL-1 (MPA) 7 E-2C (AEW) 13 Ka-226 6
ATR 72 (MPA) 4 YS-11 (Calibration) 3 MD530 9
G222 (EW) 1 YS-11 (EW) 4 S-70C/UH-60L 9
TANKER TANKER UH-1H 38
KC-130J 2 KC-130H 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
KC-767 4 KC-767 4 AS350 7
TRANSPORT TRANSPORT C-101 10
C-27J 12 BAe 125 27 F-5F 9
C-130J 18 C-1 26 F-16B 15
G222 2 C-130H 15 T67M260 Firefly 14
P180 15 Gulfstream IV 5 KAZAKHSTAN
COMBAT HELICOPTER YS-11 3 KAZAKHSTAN AIR FORCE
AB212 33 COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered
HH-3F 23 CH-47J 22 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
NH500 2 UH-60J 37 MiG-23 3
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS MiG-27 12
767 1 Beechjet 400 13 MiG-29 39
AMX-T 19 F-2B 31 MiG-31 30
Eurofighter 10 5 F-15DJ 45 Su-24 40
F-16B 2 T/XT-4 206 Su-25 16
M-346 6+9* T-7 47 Su-27 30
MB-339 82 YS-11 3 TRANSPORT
NH500 44 JAPAN GROUND SELF-DEFENCE FORCE An-12 3
SF-260 30 Type Active Ordered An-24/26 5
Tornado IDS 7 SPECIAL MISSION COMBAT HELICOPTER
ITALIAN ARMY King Air 350 (Recce) 6 EC145 45*
Type Active Ordered TRANSPORT Mi-17 14
TRANSPORT MU-2 9 Mi-24 35
Dornier 228 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER Mi-26 22
P180 3 AH-1S 75 UH-1H 2
COMBAT HELICOPTER AH-64D 9 2+2* TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
AB205 63 CH-47J/JA 54 L-39 20
AB206 57 OH-1 14 KENYA
AB212/412 35 OH-6D 144 KENYA AIR FORCE
AW109 13 UH-1H/J 170 Type Active Ordered
AW129 50 UH-60 28 1 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
CH-47C/F 23 16 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS F-5E 17
NH90 6 53 EN480 1 TRANSPORT
ITALIAN NAVY OH-1 13 DHC-5 8
Type Active Ordered JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENCE FORCE DHC-8 3
COMBAT AIRCRAFT Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER
AV-8B 14 SPECIAL MISSION MD500 40
SPECIAL MISSION EP-3 (EW) 5 SA/IAR330 12
AW101 (AEW) 4 P/OP-3C (MPA) 99 Z-9 8
TRANSPORT US-1 (SAR) 8 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
P180 3 YS-11 (SAR) 4 Bulldog 10
COMBAT HELICOPTER XP-1 (MPA) 10* F-5F 4
AB212 48 TRANSPORT Hawk 52 2
ASH/SH-3D 15 King Air 90 5 Tucano 51 12
AW101 18 Learjet 36 4 KUWAIT
NH90 56 UP-3C 4 KUWAIT AIR FORCE
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered
TAV-8B 2 AW101 (CH/MCH101) 4 10 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
IVORY COAST MH-53E 10 F/A-18C 27
IVORY COAST AIR FORCE SH/UH-60J/K 143 6 TRANSPORT
Type Active Ordered TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS C-17 1*
COMBAT HELICOPTER EC135 2 L-100 3
SA316/319 2 King Air 90 30 TANKER
SA365 2 OH-6D 5 KC-130J 3
Mi-24 1 T-5 39 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS YS-11 6 AB205 1
Alpha Jet 7 JORDAN AH-64D 16
JAMAICA ROYAL JORDANIAN AIR FORCE AS332 3
JAMAICA DEFENCE FORCE Type Active Ordered SA330 5
Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT SA342 13
TRANSPORT F-5E 38 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
BN-2 1 F-16A 35 F/A-18D 7
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS SPECIAL MISSION Hawk 64 10
DA40 2 Cessna 208 (Recce) 5 Tucano 52 12
JAPAN TRANSPORT KYRGYZSTAN
JAPAN AIR SELF DEFENCE FORCE An-32 3 KYRGYZ AIR FORCE
Type Active Ordered C-130H 4 Type Active Ordered
COMBAT AIRCRAFT C-212 1 TRANSPORT
F-2A 53 10 C-295 2 An-12 1
F/EF/RF-4EJ 92 Il-76 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER
F-15J 152 COMBAT HELICOPTER Mi-8 8
SPECIAL MISSION AH-1F/S 24 Mi-24 6
767 (AEW) 4 AH-6I 18* TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
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MADAGASCAN ARMY
Type Active Ordered
COMBAT HELICOPTER
Mi-8 2
MALAWI
MALAWI ARMY AIR WING
Type Active Ordered
TRANSPORT
Dornier 228 1
COMBAT HELICOPTER
AS350 1
AS355 1
AS532 1
SA330 2
MALAYSIA
ROYAL MALAYSIAN AIR FORCE
Type Active Ordered
COMBAT AIRCRAFT
F/RF-5E 10
F/A-18D 8
Hawk 208 14

Australian Defence Force

MiG-29 10 2*
Su-30MKM 18
SPECIAL MISSION
King Air 200 (MPA) 4
TANKER
Budget constraints could prompt Malaysia to upgrade half of its S-61 “Nuri” transports C-130H/T 4
TRANSPORT

gg L-39 3 MiG-23 50 A400M 4
LAOS Mirage F1ED 1 C-130H 10
LAOS AIR FORCE Su-22 80 CN-235 6
Type Active Ordered Su-24 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER
COMBAT AIRCRAFT TRANSPORT EC725 12
MiG-21 25 An-26 9 Mi-171 4
TRANSPORT An-72 1 Rooivalk 8*
An-26 1 C-130H/L-100 3 S-61 25
COMBAT HELICOPTER L-410 14 SA316 16
Ka-32 6 COMBAT HELICOPTER TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Mi-8/17 18 AB205 4 F-5F 2
UH-1H 4 CH-47C 5 Hawk 108 6
Z-9 4 Mi-8/17 37 MB-339 8
LATVIA Mi-14 10 PC-7/Mk II 48 12*
LATVIAN AIR FORCE Mi-24/25/35 39 MALAYSIAN ARMY AIR CORPS
Type Active Ordered TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Type Active Ordered
TRANSPORT G-2 80 COMBAT HELICOPTER
L-410 1 L-39 9 AW109 11
COMBAT HELICOPTER Mirage F1BD 1 SA316 3
Mi-17 4 SF-260 12 ROYAL MALAYSIAN NAVY
LEBANON Yak-130 6 Type Active Ordered
LEBANESE AIR FORCE LIBYAN ARMY COMBAT HELICOPTER
Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered AS555 6
COMBAT AIRCRAFT TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Super Lynx 300 6
Cessna AC-208 1 AW109 2 MALDIVES
Hunter 70 3 LITHUANIA MALDIVIAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE
COMBAT HELICOPTER LITHUANIAN AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered
IAR330 7 Type Active Ordered SPECIAL MISSION
S-61 3 COMBAT AIRCRAFT Dhruv ALH (MPA) 1
UH-1H 18 L-39 2 MALI
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS TRANSPORT MALI AIR FORCE
Hunter 66 1 C-27J 3 Type Active Ordered
R44 4 L-410 2 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
LESOTHO COMBAT HELICOPTER MiG-21 9
LESOTHO DEFENCE FORCE Mi-8 4 TRANSPORT
Type Active Ordered LUXEMBOURG An-26 2
TRANSPORT LUXEMBOURG AIR FORCE BN-2 2
C-212 2 Type Active Ordered BT-67 1
COMBAT HELICOPTER TRANSPORT COMBAT HELICOPTER
Bell 206 1 A400M 1 AS350 1
Bell/AB412 3 MACEDONIA Mi-8 1
BO105 2 MACEDONIAN AIR FORCE Mi-24 2
LIBERIA Type Active Ordered Z-9 2
LIBERIAN ARMY COMBAT HELICOPTER TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Type Active Ordered Mi-8/17 5 L-29 6
TRANSPORT Mi-24 4 MALTA
Arava 101 1 UH-1H 2 ARMED FORCES OF MALTA
LIBYA MADAGASCAR Type Active Ordered
LIBYAN ARAB AIR FORCE MADAGASCAN AIR FORCE SPECIAL MISSION
Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered BN-2 (MPA) 2
COMBAT AIRCRAFT COMBAT HELICOPTER C-212 (MPA) 1
MiG-21 20 Mi-8 3 King Air 200 (MPA) 1

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COMBAT HELICOPTER An-26 1 Dhruv ALH 1*

NH500 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER Mi-2 15
SA316 2 Mi-8 5 Mi-17 11
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS MONGOLIA Mi-24 2 50
Bulldog 4 MONGOLIAN AIR FORCE SA316/SE3160 9
MAURITANIA Type Active Ordered W-3 6
MAURITANIAN AIR FORCE TRANSPORT TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Type Active Ordered An-26 3 FT-7 6
TRANSPORT COMBAT HELICOPTER K-8 12 50*
BN-2 3 Mi-8 25 PC-7 16
BT-67 1 Mi-24 25 PC-9 10
COMBAT HELICOPTER MONTENEGRO NAMIBIA
Z-9 2 ARMY OF MONTENEGRO NAMIBIAN AIR FORCE
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
EMB-312 2 COMBAT AIRCRAFT COMBAT AIRCRAFT
SF-260 5 G4 4 F-7/NG 6 8
MEXICO COMBAT HELICOPTER TRANSPORT
MEXICAN AIR FORCE SA341/342 4 An-26 1
Type Active Ordered MOROCCO COMBAT HELICOPTER
COMBAT AIRCRAFT ROYAL MOROCCAN AIR FORCE Mi-17 2
F-5E 8 Type Active Ordered Mi-25 2
PC-7 37 COMBAT AIRCRAFT SA315 1
SPECIAL MISSION F-5E 22 SA316 2
EMB-145 (AEW) 1 F-16C 18 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
EMB-145 (Recce) 2 Mirage F1CH/EH 50 FT-7 2
Metro III (Recce) 4 SPECIAL MISSION K-8 12
TRANSPORT C-130H (EW) 3 NATO
727 6 Falcon 20 (EW) 2 Type Active Ordered
An-32 2 TANKER SPECIAL MISSION
Arava 101/102/201 10 KC-130H 2 E-3A (AEW) 17
C-130E/K/L-100 7 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT
C-295 2 3 C-27J 1 3 707 2
DC-9 1 C-130H 12 C-17 (SAC) 3
King Air 90 5 CN-235 6 NEPAL
PC-6 4 Dornier 28 2 NEPAL ARMY
Turbo Commander 4 COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered
COMBAT HELICOPTER AB205 47 TRANSPORT
AS532 2 AB206 5 BN-2 2
Bell 206 8 Bell/AB212 5 M-28 2
Bell 212/412 28 1 CH-47C/D 9 3* MA60 1
CH-53 4 EC725 12 COMBAT HELICOPTER
EC725 12 SA315 1 AS350 2
MD530 18 SA330 33 Dhruv ALH 2
Mi-8/17 27 SA342 22 Mi-14 4
Mi-26 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Mi-17 9
S-70A 4 AB205 17 Mi-24 2
SA330 1 Alpha Jet 24 SA/IAR316/SA319 6
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS F-5B/F 8 SA330 1
F-5F 2 F-16D 6 NETHERLANDS
PC-7 28 King Air 100 6 ROYAL NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE
PC-9 2 T-6C 24 Type Active Ordered
SF-260 26 T-34 12 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
MEXICAN NAVY T-37 14 F-16A 88
Type Active Ordered ROYAL MOROCCAN NAVY F-35A 1+84*
SPECIAL MISSION Type Active Ordered TANKER
C-212 (MPA) 7 COMBAT HELICOPTER KDC-10 2
CN-235 (MPA) 2 AS565 3 TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT MOZAMBIQUE C-130H 4
An-32 6 MOZAMBIQUE AIR FORCE DC-10 1
C-295 2 Type Active Ordered F50 2
F27 1 TRANSPORT TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Learjet 25 1 An-12 2 F-16B 11
Sabreliner 60 1 An-26 8 PC-7 13
Turbo Commander 4 COMBAT HELICOPTER NETHERLANDS DEFENCE HELICOPTER COMMAND
COMBAT HELICOPTER Mi-8 2 Type Active Ordered
AS555 1 Mi-24 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER
AS565 3 2 MYANMAR AB412 3
BO105 11 MYANMAR AIR FORCE AH-64D 27
MD902 4 Type Active Ordered AS532 17
Mi-8 23 COMBAT AIRCRAFT CH-47D/F 11 6
UH-60M 3 A-5 21 Lynx SH-14D 10
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS F-6 1 NH90 2 18
Lancair IVP/Super ES 3 F-7 24 SA316 4
Lancair Legacy 2 G4 4 NEW ZEALAND
M-290TP 7 MiG-29 12 20* ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
MD500 4 TRANSPORT Type Active Ordered
MOLDOVA F27 6 SPECIAL MISSION
MOLDOVAN AIR FORCE PC-6 5 P-3K (MPA) 6
Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT Bell 205 6 757 2
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COMBAT HELICOPTER NORWAY K-8 38
NH90 9 ROYAL NORWEGIAN AIR FORCE Mirage IIIBE/BL/D/DP 19
UH-1H 13 Type Active Ordered Mirage 5DPA 2
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS COMBAT AIRCRAFT SA316 10
AW109 5 F-16A 47 Saab 2000 1
King Air 200 5 F-35A 48-56* T-37 18
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY SPECIAL MISSION PAKISTAN ARMY
Type Active Ordered Falcon 20 (EW) 2 Type Active Ordered
COMBAT HELICOPTER P-3C/N (MPA) 6 COMBAT HELICOPTER
SH-2G 5 TRANSPORT AH-1F 35
NICARAGUA C-130J 4 AH-1Z 20*
NICARAGUAN AIR FORCE COMBAT HELICOPTER AS550 10
Type Active Ordered Bell 412 18 Bell 206 8
TRANSPORT Lynx 86 6 Bell 412 24 2+10*
An-26 2 NH90 6 Mi-17/172 93
King Air 200 1 Sea King 43 12 SA315 1
COMBAT HELICOPTER TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS SA316 16
MD500 3 F-16B 10 SA330 30
Mi-8/17/171 22 ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
OH-6B 1 Type Active Ordered Bell 206 9
NIGER COMBAT HELICOPTER PAKISTAN NAVY
NIGER NATIONAL FLIGHT NH90 6 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered OMAN SPECIAL MISSION
SPECIAL MISSION ROYAL AIR FORCE OF OMAN ATL-1 (MPA) 6
DA42 (Recce) 2 Type Active Ordered F27 (MPA) 4
TRANSPORT COMBAT AIRCRAFT P-3C (MPA) 6 2
C-130H 1 F-16C 8 TRANSPORT
Dornier 28 1 Hawk 203 10 F27 2
Dornier 228 1 Jaguar S 11 COMBAT HELICOPTER
COMBAT HELICOPTER SPECIAL MISSION SA316 5
Mi-8/17 3 Skyvan 3M (MPA) 3 Sea King 45 6
NIGERIA TRANSPORT Z-9 3 3+6*
NIGERIAN AIR FORCE C-130H 3 PANAMA
Type Active Ordered C-130J 3 NATIONAL AERONAVAL SERVICE OF PANAMA
COMBAT AIRCRAFT Skyvan 3M 5 Type Active Ordered
F-7 12 COMBAT HELICOPTER TRANSPORT
SPECIAL MISSION AB205 12 BN-2 2
ATR 42 (MPA) 2 AS332 3 C-212 5
TRANSPORT Bell 205 1 SPECIAL MISSION
C-130H 1 Bell 206 3 Cessna 208 (MPA) 1
Dornier 128 8 NH90 4 16 TRANSPORT
Dornier 228 6 SA330 1 Cessna 208 1
G222 1 Super Lynx 120 15 COMBAT HELICOPTER
COMBAT HELICOPTER TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS AW139 4 1
AS332 3 F-16D 4 Bell 205 1
AW109 2 9 Hawk 103/A 5 Bell 212/412 2 1
AW139 2 Jaguar B/T2 4 EC145 1
Mi-24/35 9 PC-9 12 UH-1H 2
Mi-34 5 PAKISTAN TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Mi-171 3 PAKISTAN AIR FORCE T-35 6
SA330 5 Type Active Ordered PAPUA NEW GUINEA
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS COMBAT AIRCRAFT PAPUA NEW GUINEA DEFENCE FORCE
Alpha Jet 14 A-5 39 Type Active Ordered
FT-7 3 F-5 30 TRANSPORT
L-39 18 F-7 144 Arava 201 3
MB-339 12 F-16A/C 32 4 CN-235 2
NIGERIAN NAVAL AVIATION J-10 (FC-20) 36* Nomad 22 1
Type Active Ordered JF-17 11 139 COMBAT HELICOPTER
COMBAT HELICOPTER Mirage IIIEL/EP/OF/RP 80 UH-1H 4
AW109 4 Mirage 5EF/F/PA 85 PARAGUAY
NORTH KOREA SPECIAL MISSION PARAGUAYAN AIR FORCE
KOREAN PEOPLE’S ARMY AIR FORCE Falcon 20 (EW) 2 Type Active Ordered
Type Active Ordered Saab 2000 (AEW) 2 2 TRANSPORT
COMBAT AIRCRAFT ZDK-03 (AEW) 4 C-212 5
F-5 120 TANKER King Air 90 1
F-6 98 Il-76/78 1 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER
F-7 180 TRANSPORT AS350 3
H-5 80 C-130B/E/L-100 16 UH-1H 8
MiG-21 26 CN-235 3 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
MiG-23 56 F27 1 EMB-312 6
MiG-29 40 COMBAT HELICOPTER T-35 11
Su-7 30 AB205 5 PARAGUAYAN NAVY
Su-25 34 IAR316 4 Type Active Ordered
COMBAT HELICOPTER Mi-171 6 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Mi-2 70 Mi-35 10 AS350 2
Mi-8/17 43 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS PERU
Mi-24 20 F-16B/D 26 1 PERUVIAN AIR FORCE
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS FT-5 25 Type Active Ordered
FT-2 30 FT-6 9 COMBAT AIRCRAFT

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A-37 24 BN-2 (MPA) 6 Mirage 2000-5EDA 9

MiG-29 19 COMBAT HELICOPTER TRANSPORT
Mirage 2000P 10 BO105 3 C-17 2 2*
Su-22 17 POLAND C-130J 4
Su-25 18 POLISH AIR FORCE COMBAT HELICOPTER
SPECIAL MISSION Type Active Ordered AW139 5 13
Learjet 36 (Recce) 1 COMBAT AIRCRAFT SA342 14
Metro 23 (Recce) 3 F-16C 36 Sea King 11
TRANSPORT MiG-29 32 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
737 4 Su-22 42 Alpha Jet 6
An-32 7 TRANSPORT Mirage 2000-5DDA 4
An-72 2 An-28 2 ROMANIA
C-130A/L-100 4 C-130E 3 ROMANIAN AIR FORCE
DHC-6 6 12 C-295 11 Type Active Ordered
King Air 300 1 M-28 15 8 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
PC-6 1 Yak-40 4 MiG-21 36
Turbo Commander 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER SPECIAL MISSION
COMBAT HELICOPTER Mi-2 28 An-30 (Recce) 1
Bell 206 7 Mi-8/17 11 TRANSPORT
Bell 212/214/412 9 W-3 16 An-26 4
BO105 7 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS C-27J 2 5
Mi-17/171 14 12 F-16D 12 C-130B/H 4
Mi-25/35 16 4 PZL-130TC-I/II 21 COMBAT HELICOPTER
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS SW-4 25 22* Mi-8/17 5
EMB-312 13 TS-11 52 SA/IAR330 70
MB-339 7 POLISH LAND FORCES TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Mirage 2000DP 2 Type Active Ordered IAR-99 20
PERUVIAN ARMY COMBAT HELICOPTER ROMANIAN ARMY
Type Active Ordered Mi-2 56 Type Active Ordered
TRANSPORT Mi-8/17/171 33 5 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
An-28 2 Mi-24 25 IAR316 8
An-32 1 W-3 39 ROMANIAN NAVY
Cessna 208 1 POLISH NAVY Type Active Ordered
COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER
Bell 412 1 SPECIAL MISSION IAR330 2
Mi-17 22 M-28 (MPA) 8 RUSSIA
Mi-26 2 M-28 (Recce) 2 RUSSIAN AIR FORCE
SA318 4 TRANSPORT Type Active Ordered
PERUVIAN NAVY M-28 2 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER MiG-25 39
SPECIAL MISSION Mi-2 1 MiG-29 190
F50 (MPA) 2 Mi-8/17 6 MiG-31 147
King Air 200 (MPA) 3 Mi-14 13 Su-24 315
TRANSPORT SH-2G 3 Su-25 192
An-32 2 W-3 7 Su-27/30/35 195 48
F27 1 PORTUGAL Su-34 15 27+26*
COMBAT HELICOPTER PORTUGUESE AIR FORCE Tu-22 93
AB212 2 Type Active Ordered Tu-95 64
ASH-3D 3 COMBAT AIRCRAFT Tu-160 16
Bell 206 2 F-16A 28 SPECIAL MISSION
Mi-8 3 SPECIAL MISSION An-30 (MPA) 1
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS C-212 (MPA) 3 An-30 (Recce) 8
T-34 2 C-295 (MPA) 5 An-72 (MPA) 1
PHILIPPINES P-3C/P (MPA) 6 Il-76 (AEW) 26
PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE TRANSPORT Il-76 (Comms) 1
Type Active Ordered C-130H 6 Il-86 (Comms) 4
COMBAT AIRCRAFT C-212 5 TANKER
OV-10 2 C-295 7 Il-76/78 20
SPECIAL MISSION KC-390 6* TRANSPORT
F-27 (MPA) 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER An-12 140
TRANSPORT AW101 12 An-22 6
C-130H 2 SA316 12 An-24/26 76
F27 1 SA330 2 An-30 2
Turbo Commander 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS An-72/74 39
COMBAT HELICOPTER Alpha Jet 19 An-124 2
Bell 205 8 EC120 12* An-140 1
Bell 212/214 2 F-16B 6 Il-62 3
MD520 25 TB30 16 Il-76 175 2
S-76 10 PORTUGUESE ARMY L-410 7
UH-1H/V 83 Type Active Ordered Tu-134 11
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS COMBAT HELICOPTER Tu-154 4
S-211 6 NH90 10 Yak-40 1
SF-260/F 29 14 PORTUGUESE NAVY COMBAT HELICOPTER
PHILIPPINE ARMY Type Active Ordered Ka-28 2
Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER Ka-29 21
COMBAT HELICOPTER Lynx 95 5 Ka-50 15
UH-60A 1 QATAR Ka-52 10 12
PHILIPPINE NAVY AVIATION QATAR EMIRI AIR FORCE Ka-60 5
Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Mi-2 280
SPECIAL MISSION COMBAT AIRCRAFT Mi-6 6
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Mi-9 11 PC-9 47 TA-4SU 15
Mi-24/35 365 ROYAL SAUDI LAND FORCES REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE NAVY
Mi-26 30 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
Mi-28 50 COMBAT HELICOPTER COMBAT HELICOPTER
Mi-34 1 AH-6I 36* SH-60B 6
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS AH-64A/D 11 70* SLOVAKIA
Ansat 40* AS550 30* SLOVAKIAN AIR FORCE
F480 1 MD530 12* Type Active Ordered
L-39 27 OH-58 15 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Tu-134 3 S-70A/UH-60L/M 14 48+72* MiG-29 12
Yak-130 3 70+76* ROYAL SAUDI NAVY SPECIAL MISSION
RUSSIAN NAVY Type Active Ordered L-410 (Recce) 1
Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER TRANSPORT
COMBAT AIRCRAFT AS532 13 An-26 2
MiG-29K 24* AS565 4 C-27J 2*
Su-24 94 NH90 52* L-410 4
Su-25 43 SA365 21 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Su-33 30 SENEGAL Mi-2 4
Tu-22 58 SENEGAL AIR FORCE Mi-8/17 14
Tu-142 15 Type Active Ordered Mi-24 6
SPECIAL MISSION SPECIAL MISSION TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
An-26 (Calibration) 1 C-212 (MPA) 1 L-39 9
An-72 (MPA) 2 TRANSPORT SLOVENIA
Be-12 (SAR) 4 F27 3 SLOVENIAN AIR FORCE
Il-38 (MPA) 28 COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered
TRANSPORT AS355 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER
An-12 3 Mi-2 2 Bell 206 1
An-26 2 Mi-17/171 3 SLOVENIAN ARMY
An-72 2 Mi-35 2 Type Active Ordered
Il-114 1 SA341 1 TRANSPORT
Tu-154 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS L-410 1
COMBAT HELICOPTER TB30 2 PC-6 2
Ansat 1 SERBIA COMBAT HELICOPTER
Ka-27 96 SERBIAN AIR FORCE AS532 4
Ka-29 28 Type Active Ordered Bell 412 5
Mi-6 5 COMBAT AIRCRAFT TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Mi-8 30 G2 1 Bell 206 3
Mi-14 9 G4 18 PC-9 11
Mi-24 20 J22 31
RWANDA MiG-21 10 SOUTH AFRICA
RWANDAN AIR FORCE MiG-29 3 SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE
Type Active Ordered TRANSPORT Type Active Ordered
COMBAT HELICOPTER An-26 2 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Mi-8 2 Yak-40 2 Gripen C 6 11
Mi-24 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER SPECIAL MISSION
SAUDI ARABIA Mi-8/17 21 DC-3 (EW) 1
ROYAL SAUDI AIR FORCE SA341/342 59 Oryx (ELINT) 2
Type Active Ordered SIERRA LEONE TRANSPORT
COMBAT AIRCRAFT SIERRA LEONE DEFENCE FORCE C-130B 8
Eurofighter Typhoon 10 50 Type Active Ordered C-212 4
F/RF-5E 68 COMBAT HELICOPTER Cessna 208 11
F-15C/S 130 Mi-24 1 CN-235 1
F-15SA 84* SINGAPORE DC-3 11
Tornado ADV 20 REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE AIR FORCE King Air 200/300 4
Tornado IDS 82 Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER
SPECIAL MISSION COMBAT AIRCRAFT AW109 29
707 (Recce) 1 A-4SU 7 BK117 7
E-3A (AEW) 5 F-5S 26 Oryx 45
RE-3A (EW) 1 F-15SG 18 6 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Saab 2000 (AEW) 1 F-16C/D 60 Gripen D 9
TANKER SPECIAL MISSION Hawk 120 24
A330 6 E-2C (AEW) 4 PC-7 Mk II 54
KC-130H 6 F50 (MPA) 5 SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY
KE-3A 7 G550 (AEW) 2 2 Type Active Ordered
TRANSPORT TANKER COMBAT HELICOPTER
C-130E/H 40 KC-130B/H 5 Super Lynx 300 4
CN-235 2 KC-135R 4 SOUTH KOREA
Jetstream 31 1 TRANSPORT REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE
COMBAT HELICOPTER C-130H 5 Type Active Ordered
AB205 5 F50 4 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
AS332/532 14 COMBAT HELICOPTER F-4E/RF-4C 86
Bell/AB412/AB212 38 AH-64D 19 F-5E 159
EC725 12* AS332/532 31 F-15K 46 15
Mi-17 120* Bell 412 1 F-16C 118
Mi-35 30* CH-47D/SD 16 TA-50 22
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS SPECIAL MISSION
Eurofighter Typhoon 6 6 EC120 5 737 (AEW) 4
F-5B/F 41 F-5T 9 BAe 125 (Recce) 8
F-15D 21 M-346 12 TRANSPORT

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C-130H 12
C-130J 4
CN-235 18
COMBAT HELICOPTER
AS332 2
Bell 412 3
BO105 12
CH-47D 6
Ka-32 8
UH/HH-60P 43
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
F-5F 36
F-16D 51
Hawk 67 17
KT-1 106
T-50 50 10
REPUBLIC OF KOREA ARMY
Type Active Ordered
TRANSPORT
King Air U-21 1

Frans Dely/Gripen International

COMBAT HELICOPTER
AH-1J/S 77
CH/HH-47D 39
MD500 281
UH-1H 98
UH-60P 93
REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY South Africa used its Gripens for air policing duties during the 2010 World Cup
Type Active Ordered
SPECIAL MISSION SPANISH ARMY Type Active Ordered
P-3C (MPA) 11 Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT
TRANSPORT COMBAT HELICOPTER A-5 3
F406 5 AB212 4 F-5S 5
COMBAT HELICOPTER AS332/532 27 1 F-6 8
Bell 206 1 BO105 21 F-7 20
Lynx 99/A 24 CH-47D 17 1 MiG-21 4
SA319 7 EC135 9 MiG-23 3
UH-1H 4 NH90 45 MiG-29 11
UH-60P/MH-60S 6 8* OH-58 3 Su-25 11
SPAIN Tiger 5 19 TRANSPORT
SPANISH AIR FORCE UH-1H 31 An-12 4
Type Active Ordered TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS An-24/26 7
COMBAT AIRCRAFT EC135 6 6 An-30 1
EF-18A/M 74 SPANISH NAVY C-130H 3
Eurofighter 20 39+13* Type Active Ordered DHC-5 3
Mirage F1M 34 COMBAT AIRCRAFT COMBAT HELICOPTER
SPECIAL MISSION EAV-8B/+ 16 AB212 3
707 (EW) 1 SPECIAL MISSION IAR330 4
C-212 (EW) 1 ASH-3H (AEW) 3 Mi-8/17/171/172 16 11
C-212 (Recce) 4 TRANSPORT Mi-24/35 8
Citation V (Recce) 3 Citation II/VII 4 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
CN-235 (Recce) 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER K-8 12
F27 (MPA) 3 AB212 9 SURINAM
Falcon 20 (Calibration) 2 MD500 2 SURINAM DEFENCE FORCE
Falcon 20 (EW) 2 SH-3H 6 Type Active Ordered
King Air 90 (Recce) 4 SH-60B 12 6* COMBAT HELICOPTER
P-3A/B/M (MPA) 7 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Dhruv ALH 3
TANKER TAV-8B 1 SWEDEN
KC-130H 5 SRI LANKA SWEDISH AIR FORCE
KC-137 (707) 2 SRI LANKAN AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered
TRANSPORT Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT
707 1 COMBAT AIRCRAFT Gripen A/C 150
A400M 27 F-7 9 SPECIAL MISSION
Bombardier 215 17 Kfir 11 Gulfstream IV (EW) 2
C-130H 7 MiG-23 1 Saab 340 (AEW) 3
C-212 21 MiG-27 7 TRANSPORT
C-295 12 2 SPECIAL MISSION C-130H 7
CN-235 18 King Air 200/1300 (Recce) 2 Saab 340 2
COMBAT HELICOPTER TRANSPORT Sabreliner 40 1
AS332 11 An-32 7 TANKER
S-76 2 C-130K 2 KC-130H 1
SA330 6 COMBAT HELICOPTER TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Bell 206 4 Gripen B/D 25
C-101 73 Bell 212/412 9 Saab 105 106
EC120 15 Mi-17 9 4* SWEDISH DEFENCE FORCES HELICOPTER WING
EF-18B 12 Mi-24/35 14 Type Active Ordered
Eurofighter 7 6+1* TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS COMBAT HELICOPTER
F-5M 20 FT-7 1 AS332 9
Mirage F1BM 3 K-8 5 2* BO105 14
S-76 6 SUDAN NH90 4 14
T-35 35 SUDANESE AIR FORCE TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
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SWITZERLAND TAJIKISTAN Super Lynx 110/300 2 2*
SWISS AIR FORCE TAJIKISTAN AIR FORCE UH-1H 2
Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered TOGO
COMBAT AIRCRAFT COMBAT HELICOPTER TOGOLESE AIR FORCE
F-5E 44 Mi-8 8 Type Active Ordered
F/A-18C 26 Mi-24 4 TRANSPORT
SPECIAL MISSION TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS King Air 200 1
DHC-6 (Recce) 1 L-39 4 COMBAT HELICOPTER
King Air 350 (Recce) 1 TANZANIA SA315 2
TRANSPORT TANZANIAN PEOPLE’S DEFENCE FORCE SA316 1
Beech 1900 1 Type Active Ordered SA365 1
PC-6 15 COMBAT AIRCRAFT TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
COMBAT HELICOPTER F-6 3 Alpha Jet 4
AS332/532 26 F-7 11 EMB-326 4
EC635 18 COMBAT HELICOPTER TB30 3
SA316 2 AB205 1 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS AB412 2 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO AIR GUARD
F-5F 12 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Type Active Ordered
F/A-18D 7 FT-6 1 SPECIAL MISSION
PC-7 32 THAILAND Metro III (Recce) 2
PC-9 11 ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE COMBAT HELICOPTER
PC-21 6 2* Type Active Ordered AW139 4
SYRIA COMBAT AIRCRAFT TUNISIA
SYRIAN AIR FORCE Alpha Jet 19 TUNISIAN AIR FORCE
Type Active Ordered F-5A/E 45 Type Active Ordered
COMBAT AIRCRAFT F-16A 41 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
MiG-21 219 Gripen C 10 F-5E 12
MiG-23 146 SPECIAL MISSION TRANSPORT
MiG-29 48 Learjet 35 (EW) 1 C-130B/H 9
Su-22 50 Saab 340 (AEW) 2 L-410 5
Su-24 20 TRANSPORT COMBAT HELICOPTER
COMBAT HELICOPTER A310 1 AS350 6
Mi-2 15 Arava 201 2 Bell/AB205 22
Mi-8/17 101 BT-67 8 S-61 15
Mi-25 40 C-130H 12 SE313 8
SA342 17 CN-235 6 SA316 7
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS HS 748 5 UH-1H/N 8
L-39 70 King Air 90 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
TAIWAN Merlin IV 1 F-5F 4
REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE Nomad 22 15 L-59 9
Type Active Ordered PC-6 17 MB-326 16
COMBAT AIRCRAFT COMBAT HELICOPTER SF-260 18
F/RF-5E 30 Bell 212/412 12 TURKEY
F-16A 117 UH-1H 25 TURKISH AIR FORCE
F-CK-1A 101 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Type Active Ordered
Mirage 2000-5EI 47 DA42 6 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
SPECIAL MISSION F-5B/F 8 F/RF-4E 157
Beech 1900 (Calibration) 2 F-16B 15 F-16C 172 14
E-2K/T (AEW) 6 Gripen D 2 F-35A 100*
TRANSPORT L-39 32 SPECIAL MISSION
C-130H 20 PC-9 22 737 (AEW) 4
COMBAT HELICOPTER Saab 340 1 CN-235 (EW) 1
EC225 3 ROYAL THAI ARMY CN-235 (Recce) 1
S-70C 13 45* Type Active Ordered G550 (Comms) 2
S-92 3* TRANSPORT TANKER
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS C-212 1 KC-135 7
AT-3 52 King Air 200 2 TRANSPORT
F-CK-1B 23 COMBAT HELICOPTER A400M 10
F-5F 33 AB412 1 C160 17
F-16B 28 AH-1F 3 C-130B/E 13
Mirage 2000-5DI 10 Bell 206 2 CN-235 41
T-34 38 Bell 212 54 COMBAT HELICOPTER
REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARMY EN480 16 AS532 19
Type Active Ordered Mi-17 16 UH-1H 62
COMBAT HELICOPTER S-70A/UH-60L 7 3* TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
AH-1W 61 UH-1H/V 89 F/NF-5A/B 86
AH-64D 30 ROYAL THAI NAVY F-16D 41 16
CH-47SD 8 Type Active Ordered KT-1 40
OH-58 38 SPECIAL MISSION SF-260 37
UH-1H 32 F27 (MPA) 1 T-37 59
UH-60M 60* P-3T (MPA) 1 T-38 66
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS TRANSPORT TURKISH ARMY
Bell 206 29 Bombardier 215 1 Type Active Ordered
REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY Dornier 228 7 SPECIAL MISSION
Type Active Ordered F27 2 King Air 200 (Recce) 2
SPECIAL MISSION Nomad 24 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER
S-2 (AEW) 21 COMBAT HELICOPTER AB204 5
COMBAT HELICOPTER Bell 212/214 7 AB205 69
MD500 8 S-70B/MH-60S 6 2 AB206 3

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AH-1P/S/W 25 2 TANKER AB412 2

AS532 26 Il-78 1 AH-64D 30 30*
CH-47F 14* SPECIAL MISSION AS332 2
OH-58 3 An-30 (Recce) 4 AS550 6
S-70A 56 An-72 (MPA) 1 AS565 2
T129 60 TRANSPORT AW139 5
UH-1H 85 An-12 15 Bell 214 1
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS An-24/26 36 CH-47C/F 11 12
AB204 10 An-72/74 2 UH-60M 10 14+40*
AB206 36 Il-76 46 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
TURKISH NAVY COMBAT HELICOPTER AS350 1
Type Active Ordered Mi-8/17 98 F-16F 25
SPECIAL MISSION TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS G115 12
ATR 72 (MPA) 10 L-39 3 Hawk 61/63/102 32
CN-235 (MPA) 6 UKRAINE ARMY M-346 48*
COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered MB-339 6 4
AB204 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER Mirage 2000DAD 2
AB212 10 Mi-6 4 Mirage 2000-9DAD 13
S-70B 7 12 Mi-8 56 PC-7 31
TURKMENISTAN Mi-24 42 PC-21 25
TURKMENISTAN AIR FORCE UKRAINE NAVY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES NAVY
Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered
COMBAT AIRCRAFT SPECIAL MISSION COMBAT HELICOPTER
MiG-21 3 Be-12 (SAR) 10 AS332 8
MiG-23 58 COMBAT HELICOPTER AS565 7
MiG-25 24 Ka-25 18 UNITED KINGDOM
MiG-29 24 Ka-27 14 ROYAL AIR FORCE
Su-7 3 Ka-29 4 Type Active Ordered
Su-17 65 Mi-8 8 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Su-25 2 Mi-14 6 Eurofighter Typhoon 47 83+35*
COMBAT HELICOPTER UNITED ARAB EMIRATES F-35B/C 3+135*
Mi-8 10 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AIR FORCE Tornado F3 15
Mi-24 10 Type Active Ordered Tornado GR4 105
UGANDA COMBAT AIRCRAFT SPECIAL MISSION
UGANDA PEOPLE’S DEFENCE FORCES AT-802U 10 BN-2 (Recce) 3
Type Active Ordered F-16E 53 E-3D (AEW) 6
COMBAT AIRCRAFT Mirage 2000EAD/RAD 20 Global Express/Sentinel R1 (Recce) 5
MiG-21 7 Mirage 2000-9/EAD/RAD 30 King Air 350ER/Shadow R1 (Recce) 4
COMBAT HELICOPTER SPECIAL MISSION Nimrod R1 (ELINT) 2
Bell/AB412 3 Saab 340 (AEW) 2 RC-135 (ELINT) 3
Mi-17 2 TANKER TANKER
Mi-24 1 A330 3 A330 (AirTanker) 14
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS TRANSPORT TriStar 6
SF-260 4 An-32 5 VC10 13
UKRAINE Beech 1900 1 TRANSPORT
UKRAINE AIR FORCE Cessna 208 8 A400M 22
Type Active Ordered C-17 6 BAe 125 6
COMBAT AIRCRAFT C-130H/L-100 6 BAe 146 2
MiG-29 220 C-130J 12* C-17 7
Su-17 1 CN-235 7 C-130J 24
Su-24 230 DHC-6 1 C-130K 12
Su-25 63 P180 1 1 TriStar 3
Su-27 65 COMBAT HELICOPTER COMBAT HELICOPTER
AW109 3
AW101 Merlin HC3/3A 25
Bell 412 4
CH-47 Chinook HC2/2A/3 46 14
SA330/Puma HC1 30
Sea King HAR3/3A 22
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
BAe 125 8
Eurofighter Typhoon 16 7+13*
G115 (VT) 120
Hawk T1 74
Hawk T2 18 3
King Air 200 10
Tornado GR4 18
Tucano T1 54
ARMY AIR CORPS
Type Active Ordered
SPECIAL MISSION
BN-2 (Recce) 12
COMBAT HELICOPTER
Apache AH1 58
AS365 4
Bell 212 7
Lynx AH7/9/9A 73
Lynx Wildcat 34
Pilatus

SA341 28
Pilatus will deliver the United Arab Emirates’ first PC-21 turboprop trainers in early 2011 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
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Type Active Ordered
SPECIAL MISSION
Sea King ASaC7 (AEW) 11
COMBAT HELICOPTER
AW101 Merlin HM1 32
Lynx HAS3/HMA8 48
Lynx Wildcat 28
Sea King HC4+/HU5 47
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Hawk T1 15
Jetstream 31 8
King Air 350ER 4
DEFENCE HELICOPTER FLYING SCHOOL
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TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
AW109 (FB Heliservices) 2 2

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AS350 (FB Heliservices) 35
AW139 (FB Heliservices) 2
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
US AIR FORCE Learjet 35 (C-21) 54 OH-6 6
Type Active Ordered M-28 6 4 OH-58 2
COMBAT AIRCRAFT Metro III (C-26) 4 T-34 4
A-10A/C/OA-10 356 PC-12 (U-28) 35 US MARINE CORPS
AC-130H/U 25 COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Ordered
B-1B 65 CV-22B 11 5+24* COMBAT AIRCRAFT
B-2A 20 HH/MH-60G/L 100 120* AV-8B/+ 126
B-52H 77 UH/HH-1H/N 69 F-35B 42+50*
F-15A/C 243 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS F/A-18A/C/D 196
F-15E 222 Beechjet T-1A 179 SPECIAL MISSION
F-16C 883 DA20 (DOSS Aviation) 45 EA-6B (EW) 22
F-22 160 19 DA40 (DOSS Aviation) 20 TANKER
F-35A 47+1,716* F-15D 40 KC-130F/R/T 33
SPECIAL MISSION F-16D 166 KC-130J 37 10
DC-10 (Research) 1 T-6A 447 TRANSPORT
DHC-8 (Recce) 1 T/AT-38 504 Citation Encore/Ultra 12
E-3B/C (AEW) 31 TC-135 3 DC-9 2
E-4B (Comms) 4 TE-8A (707) 1 KC-130F 2
E-8C JSTARS (Recce) 18 TU-2S 4 King Air (UC-12) 16 6
EC-130H (EW) 15 UH-1H 37 COMBAT HELICOPTER
EC-130J (EW) 6 US ARMY AH-1W 148
Global Express (Recce) 1 Type Active Ordered AH-1Z 7 39+64*
HC-130J (SAR) 1 2+15* SPECIAL MISSION CH-46E 142
HC-130N/P (SAR) 34 DHC-6 (Research) 2 CH-53D/E 180
JE-3C (Research) 1 DHC-7 (EO-5B) (EW) 2 CH-53K 156
King Air MC-12W (Recce) 37 DHC-7 (RC-7) (Recce) 3 H-3 1
Learjet 35 (Calibration) 2 EH-60A (ELINT) 51 MV-22B 101 134+30*
Metro 23 (RC-26) (Recce) 11 King Air/300 (C/RC-12) (Recce) 63 UH/HH-1N 89
NC-135 (Research) 1 Metro 23 (RC-26) (Recce) 1 UH-1Y 26 79+27
OC-135 (Recce) 2 TRANSPORT TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
RC-135 (ELINT) 22 Beech 1900 3 F-5F/N 13
U-2S (Recce) 29 C-27J 5 7 F/A-18B/C/D 32
WC-130J (Weather recce) 10 C-212 3 T-34 3
WC-135 (Research) 2 Cessna 208 1 TAV-8B 16
YAL-1 (Airborne Laser) 1 6* Citation Encore/Ultra 27 US NAVY
TANKER DHC-7 6 Type Active Ordered
MC-130J 10+16* Gulfstream III/IV (C-20) 2 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
MC-130P 27 King Air/200 (C-12) 98 F-35C 11+577*
KC-135R/T 416 L-410 1 F/A-18A/C 268
KDC-10 59 Metro 23 (C-26) 10 F/A-18E/F 327 103
TRANSPORT PC-6 1 SPECIAL MISSION
737 (C-40) 3 2 Shorts 330/360 (C-23A/B/C) 47 E-2C/D (AEW) 64 6+12*
757 (C-32) 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER E-6B (Comms) 16
1125 Astra SPX 2 AH-64A/D 743 45 EA-6B (EW) 69
An-26 1 CH-47D/F 380 175 EA-18G (EW) 31 83
Beech 1900 4 EC145 (UH-72A) 124 58+182* EP-3E (ELINT) 16
C-5A/B/C/M 111 MH-6M/AH-6J 45 King Air (RC-12) (Recce) 1
C-17 201 9 MH-47D/E/G 69 16 NC-130H (Trials) 1
C-27J 1 8+8* MH-60K/L 49 P-3C (MPA) 154
C-130E/H 322 Mi-8/17/171 3 P-8A (737) (MPA) 5+117*
C-130J 71 31+19* Mi-24/25 5 S-3B (Recce) 3
C-212 2 OH-58A/C/D 662 TRANSPORT
Cessna 208 1 UH-1H/V 225 737 (C-40) 10 2
CN-235 3 UH/HH-60A/L/M 1,357 215+401* C-2A 33
DHC-6 3 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS C-130T 20
EC/LC/MC/WC-130E/H/W 61 Bell 206 (TH-67A) 178 6* DC-9 13
Gulfstream III/IV (C-20) 10 Bell 407 1 DHC-6 1
King Air 200/350ER/C-12 28 12 King Air 100/RC-12D 12 Gulfstream IV (C-20) 4
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Metro 23 (C-26) 8 707 1 Su-22 32
COMBAT HELICOPTER TRANSPORT TRANSPORT
AH-1W 1 C-130H 6 An-12 5
MH/CH-53E 34 Cessna 208 2 An-24/26 10
MH-60R/S 246 103+227* King Air 200 4 C-130H 2
Mi-17 21* Shorts 360 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER
SH/HH-60B/F 236 COMBAT HELICOPTER Ka-27 4
UH/HH-1N 11 AS332/532 14 Ka-28 2
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Bell 212 2 Mi-8/17/171/172 12
AV-8B 1 Mi-17 6 Mi-14 2
Bell 206 (TH-57) 110 Mi-28 4* Mi-24/25/35 9
F-5F/N 30 UH-1D/H 7 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
F-16A/B 14 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS F-5B 2
F/A-18A/B/C/D 137 EMB-312 19 L-39 17
F/A-18E/F 58 F-16B 2 ZAMBIA
King Air (T-44/TC-12) 79 K-8 17 12 ZAMBIAN AIR FORCE
Sabreliner 40/60 (T-39) 22 NF-5B/VF-5D 3 Type Active Ordered
T-6A/B 83 34+210* SF-260 12 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
T-34 280 VENEZUELAN ARMY F-6 8
T-38 9 Type Active Ordered J-1 2
T-45A/C 201 TRANSPORT MiG-21 15
T-2 3 Arava 102/201/202 4 TRANSPORT
TE-2C 4 M-28 11 Dornier 28 7
URUGUAY COMBAT HELICOPTER HS 748 1
URUGUAYAN AIR FORCE AW109 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Type Active Ordered Bell 205 1 AB205 14
COMBAT AIRCRAFT Bell 206 2 AS565 1
A-37 5 Bell 412 12 Mi-8 4
IA-58 5 Mi-17 21 Mi-24/35 8
SPECIAL MISSION Mi-26 3 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
C-212 (MPA) 2 Mi-35 12 K-8 8
TRANSPORT TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS MB-326 15
C-130B 2 Bell 206 2 SF-260 8
C-212 2 VENEZUELAN NAVY ZIMBABWE
EMB-110 3 Type Active Ordered ZIMBABWE AIR FORCE
COMBAT HELICOPTER SPECIAL MISSION Type Active Ordered
Bell 212 4 C-212 (MPA) 3 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
UH-1H 14 Turbo Commander (MPA) 1 F-7 7
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS TRANSPORT MiG-23 3
PC-7 5 C-212 4 TRANSPORT
SF-260 12 King Air 90/200 2 BN-2 5
URUGUAYAN NAVAL AVIATION COMBAT HELICOPTER C-212 11
Type Active Ordered AB212/Bell 412 5 COMBAT HELICOPTER
SPECIAL MISSION Bell 206 1 AB412 7
Jetstream 31 (MPA) 2 Mi-17 6 Mi-8 2
King Air 200 (MPA) 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Mi-24/35 9
COMBAT HELICOPTER Bell 206 1 SA316 13
AS355 3 VIETNAM TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
BO105 6 VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE Hawk 60/A 11
Wessex 1 Type Active Ordered K-8 11
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS COMBAT AIRCRAFT SF-260 29
T-34 2 MiG-21 144
UZBEKISTAN Su-22 38
UZBEKISTAN AIR FORCE Su-27/30 18 8+12*
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