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Umschlag World Air Forces 2018.indd Alle Seiten 16.11.17 14:23 WORLD AIR FORCES Directory Power players While the new US president’s confrontational style of international diplomacy stoked rivalries, the global military ﬂeet saw a modest rise in numbers: except in North America

CRAIG HOYLE LONDON ground-attack aircraft had been destroyed, DATA COMPILED BY DARIA GLAZUNOVA, MARK KWIATKOWSKI & SANDRA LEWIS-RICE Flight Fleets Analyzer shows the action as hav- DATA ANALYSIS BY ANTOINE FAFARD ing had limited materiel effect. It did, however, draw Russia’s ire, as a detachment of its own rinkmanship was the name of the of US Navy destroyers launched 59 Raytheon combat aircraft was using the same Syrian base. game for much of the 2017 calendar Tomahawk cruise missiles towards Syria’s Al- Another spike in rhetoric came in mid-June, year, with global tensions in no small Shayrat air base, targeting its runways and hard- when a Syrian Su-22 was shot down by a US part linked to the head-on approach ened aircraft shelters housing Sukhoi Su-22s. Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet after attack- B to diplomacy taken by US President Don- Despite initial claims from the Pentagon that ing opposition forces backed by Washington. ald Trump. about one-third of its more than 40 such Syria threatened to target US combat aircraft Largely continuing with the firebrand with advanced surface-to-air missile systems in soundbites which brought him to the Oval Of- Trump and Kim Jong-un the wake of the incident. fice, Trump swiftly placed his administration Trump’s standoff with North Korean leader on a collision course with Russian President traded personal insults World airKim forces Jong-un 2018 was of greater concern, with the Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s support for against a backdrop of pair trading personal insults against a backdrop orce F You count on availability. ir Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. potential nuclear conflict of potential nuclear conflict. After Pyongyang’s US A US Tensions peaked in early April, when a pair forces tested a nuclear device, flew interconti- We provide reliable solutions. contents Increased tensions with missile-touting Analysis 4 Pyongyang have led to South Korean Worldwide top 10 active aircraft types 5 F-15Ks making regular manoeuvres Worldwide active fleet per region 6-7 Fleet size for leading countries by role 8-9

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Combat aircraft Transport Combat helicopters Power players Type Active fleet Share Type Active fleet Share Type Active fleet Share 1 F-16 2,269 15% 1 C-130/L-100 889 21% 1 S-70/SH/UH-60 3,842 19% While the new US president’s confrontational style of international diplomacy stoked 2 F-18 1,118 8% 2 King Air 292 7% 2 Mi-8/17 2,860 14% 3 Su-27/30 967 7% 3 C295/CN235 274 7% 3 UH-1 1,413 7% rivalries, the global military fleet saw a modest rise in numbers: except in North America 4 F-15 901 6% 3 C-17 274 7% 4 AH-64 1,171 6% 5 MiG-29 820 6% 5 An-24/26 253 6% 5 Mi-24/35 926 5% 6 MiG-21 525 4% 6 Il-76 182 4% 6 CH-47 869 4% CRAIG HOYLE LONDON ground-attack aircraft had been destroyed, 7 Su-25 498 3% 7 An-30/32 143 3% 7 Bell 212/412 730 4% DATA COMPILED BY DARIA GLAZUNOVA, MARK KWIATKOWSKI & SANDRA LEWIS-RICE Flight Fleets Analyzer shows the action as hav- 8 F-7 447 3% 8 Cessna 208 137 3% 8 MD500/530 686 3% DATA ANALYSIS BY ANTOINE FAFARD ing had limited materiel effect. It did, however, 9 J-7 418 3% 9 C160 96 2% 9 AH-1 577 3% draw Russia’s ire, as a detachment of its own 10 F-5 403 3% 10 Y-8 90 2% 10 SA341/342 493 2% rinkmanship was the name of the of US Navy destroyers launched 59 Raytheon combat aircraft was using the same Syrian base. Other 6,340 43% Other 1,569 37% Other 6,664 33% game for much of the 2017 calendar Tomahawk cruise missiles towards Syria’s Al- Another spike in rhetoric came in mid-June, Total 14,706 100% Total 4,199 100% Total 20,231 100% year, with global tensions in no small Shayrat air base, targeting its runways and hard- when a Syrian Su-22 was shot down by a US part linked to the head-on approach ened aircraft shelters housing Sukhoi Su-22s. Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet after attack- nental ballistic missiles over Japan and threat- ters, which has also reduced the model’s global B to diplomacy taken by US President Don- Despite initial claims from the Pentagon that ing opposition forces backed by Washington. ened to pair the combination to target US mili- inventory from 502 to 139 aircraft, pushing it ald Trump. about one-third of its more than 40 such Syria threatened to target US combat aircraft tary personnel on Guam, the US president’s out of our Top 10 listing for combat helicopter Largely continuing with the firebrand with advanced surface-to-air missile systems in threat of assured annihilation for North Korea types. The US Marine Corps’ tanker/transport soundbites which brought him to the Oval Of- the wake of the incident. Trump and Kim Jong-un harked back to the height of the Cold War be- inventory also has been depleted, following fice, Trump swiftly placed his administration Trump’s standoff with North Korean leader tween Washington and Moscow. Thankfully, the removal of its remaining Lockheed Martin on a collision course with Russian President traded personal insults Kim Jong-un was of greater concern, with the their war of words has yet to escalate further. KC-130Ts after a fatal accident which left 16 Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s support for against a backdrop of pair trading personal insults against a backdrop

orce Despite the removal of Islamic State forces service personnel dead. F

ir ir Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. of potential nuclear conflict. After Pyongyang’s potential nuclear conflict from their remaining strongholds inside Iraq, Our improved data for the first time in-

US A US Tensions peaked in early April, when a pair forces tested a nuclear device, flew interconti- that part of the Middle East shows no sign of cludes the MFI-15/17/395 range of primary finding stability, as conflicts also are continu- trainers, with nine nations having a combined Increased tensions with missile-touting ing in Syria, and within Yemen, where a Saudi 467 examples, including in Pakistan Aeronau- Pyongyang have led to South Korean Arabian-led coalition is targeting insurgents. tical Complex’s Super Mushshak standard. F-15Ks making regular manoeuvres Further afield, Afghanistan also remains Also included are almost 4,800 aircraft that highly volatile, with NATO looking to increase are the subject of firm orders, plus more than orce F

the strength of its Resolute Support mission to ir 6,700 that are pending deals or covered by let-

train and advise government forces. Currently, A US ters of intent – including in excess of 2,800 the international community contributes about UH-60A is new arrival for Afghan air force Lockheed F-35s for the US military and multi- 13,000 personnel – more than half of which ple allied nations. are allocated by the USA – and this total is ex- types to significantly boost its fleet over the Following the OH-58’s retirement, the US pected to climb to 16,000. coming years. military’s share of the active global fleet has Efforts to build the Afghan military’s capa- The Afghan air force currently has 28 armed fallen by a single percentage point, to 25%. Its bilities continue apace, with recent develop- MD Helicopters MD530Fs, and Washington total strength of just over 13,400 aircraft puts it ments including a plan to equip its air force plans to provide it with another 154. The ser- in a league of its own, being almost three and a with a further six Embraer/Sierra Nevada A-29 vice’s first pilots for the Sikorsky UH-60A re- half times greater than second-ranking Russia. Super Tucano combat aircraft, for an eventual cently completed their conversion training, and It also exceeds the combined fleets assigned to total of 26. But Kabul’s rotorcraft renewal is on the first four ex-US Army Black Hawks from a Moscow’s armed forces, plus those of third- to a far more spectacular path, with US-sourced planned 159-strong fleet were transported to sixth-placed China, India, Japan and South Kabul in September 2017. The bulk of this fleet Korea. Global military fleet will serve in the utility role, but the US Depart- Our top-10 operator listing by nation shows ment of Defense indicates that at least 58 aircraft Pakistan as climbing to seventh spot, in the Country Active fleet Share will be in an armed configuration. process leapfrogging France, Egypt and Tur- 1 USA 13,407 25% Totalling more than 65,000 aircraft, our an- key, due to our including the 337 aircraft with- 2 Russia 3,906 7% nual overview of the global military aircraft in its MFI-17/395 trainer fleets. Its updated 3 China 3,036 6% inventory is powered by Flight Fleets Analyz- total of 1,285 in-service aircraft gives it 2% of 4 India 2,185 4% er, which holds premium-quality data on more the global fleet. 5 Japan 1,590 3% than 360,000 aircraft, also including airliners, While the overall fleet has grown by less 6 South Korea 1,560 3% rotorcraft and business jets. than 1%, our map of the worldwide active in- 7 Pakistan 1,285 2% This year’s directory details more than ventory shows only the North American re- 53,500 aircraft in active service with militaries gion as having declined in strength through 8 France 1,269 2% around the globe. The total represents an in- 2017, with a movement of -3%, against 358 9 Egypt 1,132 2% crease of just over 500 units – roughly 0.8% – fewer aircraft. The Asia-Pacific and Latin 10 Turkey 1,042 2% from our figure 12 months ago. America regions both saw 4% increases; Rus- Other 23,133 43% Notable shifts include the departure of the sia and its Commonwealth of Independent Total 53,545 100% US Army’s Bell OH-58 armed scout helicop- States partners 2%; and the Middle East 1%. ❯❯

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ﬂeet by region Russia & CIS % Year-on-year2 fleet change Middle East Europe % North America % Year-on-year1 fleet change % Year-on-year0 fleet change Year-on-year3 fleet change Asia-Pacific % Year-on-year4 fleet change Africa % Our data provides the regional split in Latin America active aircraft by type category, along Year-on-year0 % fleet change with the percentage shift per year in air power ﬂeets around the globe Year-on-year4 fleet change

North America Europe Latin America Russia & CIS Middle East Africa Asia-Paciﬁc Combat aircraft 2,891 Combat aircraft 2,072 Combat aircraft 518 Combat aircraft 1,895 Combat aircraft 1,312 Combat aircraft 987 Combat aircraft 5,031 Special mission 851 Special mission 247 Special mission 141 Special mission 124 Special mission 117 Special mission 66 Special mission 519 Tanker 518 Tanker 51 Tanker 11 Tanker 19 Tanker 49 Tanker 7 Tanker 37 Transport 991 Transport 649 Transport 493 Transport 433 Transport 275 Transport 410 Transport 948 Combat helicopter 5,573 Combat helicopter 3,412 Combat helicopter 1,315 Combat helicopter 1,774 Combat helicopter 1,419 Combat helicopter 1,509 Combat helicopter 5,229 Training aircraft/ Training aircraft/ Training aircraft/ Training aircraft/ Training aircraft/ Training aircraft/ Training aircraft/ 2,996 2,207 905 488 1,022 1,033 3,001 helicopters helicopters helicopters helicopters helicopters helicopters helicopters

Note: CIS countries include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer

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FLEET SIZE FOR LEADING COUNTRIES BY ROLE

Combat aircraft Special mission Tanker Transport Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters

Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share Country Active fleet Share 1 USA 2,831 19% 1 USA 827 40% 1 USA 512 74% 1 USA 953 23% 1 USA 5,427 27% 1 USA 2,857 25% 2 Russia 1,547 11% 2 Japan 145 7% 2 Saudi Arabia 23 3% 2 Russia 393 9% 2 Russia 1,414 7% 2 Pakistan 486 4% 3 China 1,527 10% 3 Russia 124 6% 3 Russia 19 3% 3 India 239 6% 3 China 884 4% 3 Japan 449 4% 4 India 804 5% 4 China 83 4% 4 France 14 2% 4 China 185 4% 4 South Korea 748 4% 4 Russia 409 4% 5 North Korea 572 4% 5 India 77 4% 5 Israel 13 2% 5 Brazil 128 3% 5 India 706 3% 5 Egypt 384 3% 6 South Korea 466 3% 6 France 44 2% 6 Singapore 9 1% 6 France 125 3% 6 Japan 637 3% 6 UK 360 3% 6 Pakistan 410 3% 7 Indonesia 42 2% 6 UK 9 1% 7 Iran 88 2% 7 France 535 3% 6 China 354 3% 8 Egypt 409 3% 8 Brazil 39 2% 8 India 7 1% 8 Turkey 83 2% 8 Turkey 442 2% 8 India 352 3% 9 France 299 2% 9 Germany 38 2% 8 Italy 7 1% 9 Germany 73 2% 9 Italy 387 2% 9 Turkey 287 2% 10 Japan 290 2% 9 Australia 38 2% 8 Turkey 7 1% 9 Colombia 71 2% 10 Germany 363 2% 10 South Korea 276 2% Other 5,551 38% Other 608 29% Other 72 10% Other 1,861 44% Other 8,688 43% Other 5,438 47% Total 14,706 100% Total 2,065 100% Total 692 100% Total 4,199 100% Total 20,231 100% Total 11,652 100%

❯❯ Totals for Africa and Europe show no buyers Australia, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Neth- China is reported to have success, with a European Defence Agency-led change over the 12-month review period. erlands, Norway and the UK. initiative which will deliver an initial two air- Across our six sector categories, only two The first F-35s to emerge from final assem- placed its first Chengdu J-20s craft for use by Luxembourg and the Nether- experienced a year-on-year reverse. Fleets An- bly and check-out facilities in Cameri, Italy, into service, but the likely lands increased by five units following the addi- alyzer shows 692 tankers as in use – 68 fewer and Nagoya, Japan, emerged in May and June, tion of Germany and Norway. Further than a year ago; and 4,199 transports: down by respectively, adding to deliveries from Fort fleet size remains uncertain signatories to the pooled fleet arrangement 76. Our updates have boosted the training air- Worth, Texas. Other highlights included F-35s could boost the future NATO-operated fleet to craft/helicopters category by 463 aircraft, to making debut appearances at the Avalon air 11 aircraft. A first MRTT for the French air force stand at more than 11,600. show in Australia, June’s Paris air show and Boeing F-15QAs and signed a memorandum of also made its debut flight in September, ahead An increase of 67 entries in the combat air- the Seoul ADEX event in South Korea. understanding with the UK which could lead of delivery in 2018. craft sector represents a movement of less than Threats made to the F-35 by Trump early in to a 24-aircraft deal for the Eurofighter Ty- Boeing, meanwhile, has made progress with half a percentage point. This category – with his presidency – including negotiation by phoon. BAE Systems delivered its first Ty- its 767-based KC-46A Pegasus for the USAF, 14,700 aircraft – accounts for 27% of all military Twitter and touting competition for orders phoons and new Hawk advanced jet trainers to and is due to deliver its first batch of 18 tankers aircraft: a share beaten only by combat helicop- with the Super Hornet – placed greater pres- Oman in 2017, while its industry partner to the service from 2018. The boom-equipped orce F

ters, at more than 20,200 units: almost 38%. sure on Lockheed to reduce unit costs as its Leonardo also handed over the Euroﬁghter type’s entry into operational use will be closely ir

Including test and evaluation-dedicated ex- production ramp-up continues. But despite programme’s 500th aircraft, to Italy. watched by prospective future operators, such A US amples excluded from our operational listing, high-profile attention given to the USAF’s China is reported to have placed its first pair as the Israeli air force, as it begins to replace its Despite facing flak from Donald Trump, the F-35 is gaining increased combat capability Lockheed has now handed over more than 250 OA-X low-cost close-air support experiment, of stealthy Chengdu J-20s into service, but the launch buyer’s Boeing 707-based KC-135s. F-35s. This total contains “combat-coded” air- the F-35 remains the US military’s backbone twin-engined type’s capabilities and intended Transport aircraft programme activity in Meanwhile, a decision on the USAF’s T-X ties, plus about 300 tasked with research and craft for the US Air Force and USMC, plus ini- for future acquisitions. role remain uncertain – along with the likely 2017 included the delivery of the 50th Airbus trainer requirement is now expected in early development or experimental activities. tial Lightning IIs for the USN and international Also in the fighter sector, Qatar ordered 36 fleet size being considered by Beijing. A400M, and the first flight of a C-130J for Atlas 2018, with the competition having narrowed Other exclusions include almost 5,100 air- Serbia’s air force received a boost in October operator the French air force. Testing of the markedly following the departure of BAE, craft recorded as currently in storage – also France’s first A330 tanker/transport 2017, with Russia donating the service six Embraer KC-390 transport/tanker remains on Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. This leaves counting those involved in or awaiting upgrade, is heading for service entry in 2018 RAC MiG-29s to bolster its air defences. And course to support the twinjet’s delivery to the the air force with a choice between the Boeing/ and Fleets Analyzer does not hold information in a significant milestone for the Swedish air Brazilian air force in 2018. Saab T-X, Leonardo DRS T-100 and the Lock- on the majority of piston-engined types in mili- force and launch export customer Brazil, Rotorcraft-sector developments included heed/Korea Aerospace Industries T-50A to re- tary use. Our directory also omits assets tasked Saab’s new Gripen E was flown for the first Airbus Helicopters gaining a first military se- place the bulk of its 501 Northrop T-38s. with support tasks such as calibration or map- time in June. lection for its H160, from France. Paris could Excluded from our listing are 678 fixed-wing ping, firefighting, satellite tracking, skydiving, Meanwhile, a potential Super Hornet sale to acquire approximately 160-190 of the aircraft, aircraft and helicopters recorded by Fleets Ana- surveying, target towing, weather reconnais- Canada fell victim to a bitter duel between Boe- to be delivered from about 2024. lyzer as being dedicated to VIP transport du- sance and use by military-operated airlines. ■ ing and Bombardier over Ottawa’s financial support for the CSeries regional airliner programme. Fleets Analyzer shows this has Explanatory notes trimmed the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G derivative FlightGlobal’s annual World Air Forces directory product, or to request a demonstration of its current planned order totals, which may be subject order backlog to just 38 aircraft; all for the USN. uses information compiled for Flight Fleets capabilities, go online at to future revision. Among the year’s highlights in the special Analyzer by Daria Glazunova, Mark Kwiatkowski flightglobal.com/products/fleets-analyzer mission category were two follow-on orders and Sandra Lewis-Rice, and abridged by editor Abbreviations for Saab: the first from Pakistan, for another Craig Hoyle for our listings format. 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AFGHANISTAN Afghan Air Force Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft EMB-314 (A-29) 12 6 Transport 727 1 C-130H 4 Cessna 208 24 Combat helicopter MD530F 28 154 Mi-8/17 40 Mi-25 4 S-70 (UH-60A) 4 155 SA315 3 UH-1H 10 Afghan Special Mission Wing Type Active Ordered 6JGOQUV Transport PC-12NG 18 Combat helicopter

Mi-8/17 56 Australia of Commonwealth ALBANIA Australia’s 22 examples are among a global ﬂeet of 150 Airbus Helicopters Tigers Albanian Air Force KPVGNNKIGPVXKGY Type Active Ordered Super Lynx 130/140 7 3 KC-390 6* Combat helicopter ANGOLA PA-31 2 AW109 1 Angolan People’s Air Force Combat helicopter Bell 205 3 Type Active Ordered Bell 212/412 9 4 Bell 206 5 Combat aircraft H125 12* BO105 8 EMB-314 6 Ka-226 3* H145 2 MiG-21 23 MD500 12 QHCXKCVKQP H215M/AS532 4 MiG-23 22 Mi-171 2 3* ALGERIA Su-22 14 SA315 6 Algerian Air Force Su-25 12 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered Su-27/30 1 12 AT/IA-63 18 18 Combat aircraft Special mission EMB-312 14 MiG-25 13 C212 (MPA) 4 G120TP 9 MiG-29 32 Citation I (MPA) 1 OA-4AR 3 Su-24 23 Transport P2002 8 Su-30 52 6 An-12 9 T-6C+ 4 Special mission An-26 1 Argentinian Army Beech 1900 (Recce) 6 An-32 8 Type Active Ordered King Air 200/350 (MPA) 3 An-72/74 6 Transport At FlightGlobal we help businesses Tanker C212 2 C212 3 Il-76 6 Cessna 208 3 Il-78 4 Combat helicopter Citation Bravo 1 across theglobe cut through Transport AW109 2 4 DHC-6 2 Beech 1900 6 industry complexity to reach their AW139 2 Combat helicopter full potential. Providing a complete C-130H 15 Bell 212 9 AW109 2 C295 4 Mi-8/17/171 66 Bell 206 20 view of the aviation industry with Il-76 14 Mi-24 15 H215/AS332 3 King Air 90/200/350 20 SA316/319 21 SA315 2 pioneering data, insight and PC-6 2 SA342 8 UH-1H 47 analytics for today, tomorrow Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters AS355 14 EMB-312 12 Bell 206 5 and beyond. AW139 11 L-29 6 Argentinian Navy Bell 412 3 L-39 3 Type Active Ordered Ka-32 3 PC-7 22 Special mission Ka-52 12* PC-9 4 King Air 200 (MPA) 4 Find out more at Mi-2 21 ARGENTINA S-2 (MPA) 2 Mi-8/17/171 140 Argentinian Air Force Transport HNKIJVINQDCNEQO Mi-24 34 Type Active Ordered King Air 200 1 Mi-26 10 6 Combat aircraft PC-6 1 Mi-28 12 30 A-4 24 Combat helicopter (NKIJV)NQDCN Training aircraft/helicopters IA-58 25 AS355 3 AW119 8 IA-63 22 S-61/H-3 5 L-39 38 Special mission Training aircraft/helicopters W-3 8 DA42 (Recce) 3 T-34 10 Yak-130 16 Learjet 35 (EW) 1 ARMENIA Algerian Navy Tanker Armenian Air Force Type Active Ordered KC-130H 2 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Transport Combat aircraft AW101 6 C-130H/L-100 4 Su-25 11 AW139 3 F28 2 Transport

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Il-76 3 S-70/UH-60M 9 3* Combat helicopter Combat helicopter KC-390 28 Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters AS365 2 H125M/AS350 2 Combat helicopter Bell 206 3 Mi-8/17/171 11 PC-7 13 Bell 206 2 H145 3 AS355 4 PC-7 Mk II 4 Mi-24 15 Saab 105 18 Mi-171 5 1 H215M/AS332 6 Bell 205 2 BULGARIA Training aircraft/helicopters AZERBAIJAN Bangladesh Navy SE3160 1 Bell 206 1 Bulgarian Air Force L-39 6 Azerbaijan Air Force Type Active Ordered UH-1H 15 H125M/AS350 26 Type Active Ordered Mi-2 6 Type Active Ordered Special mission Training aircraft/helicopters H215M/AS332 4 Combat aircraft Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army Air Force Combat aircraft Dornier 228NG (MPA) 2 2 DA40 9 H225M 10 6 MiG-29 20 Type Active Ordered MiG-21 5 Combat helicopter Foxtrot 4 1 Mi-35 12 Su-25 12 Combat aircraft MiG-29 13 AW109 2 K-8 6 S-70/UH-60L/M 16 3* Special mission Su-25 11 Z-9 2+1* PC-7 2 UH-1H 21 An-30 (Recce) 1 Su-25 2 Transport BELARUS R44 5 Training aircraft/helicopters Transport Combat helicopter Il-76 1 Belarus Air Force Zlin 242 2 7 AMX-T 8 An-26 1 Mi-8 5 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Bolivian Army EMB-312 103 C-27J 3 Mi-24 5 Ka-32 4 Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered EMB-314 61 PC-12 1 AUSTRALIA Mi-8/17 65 MiG-29 43 Transport F-5F/FM 2 Combat helicopter Royal Australian Air Force Mi-24 17 Su-25 68 F27 1 Gripen F 8 Bell 206 2 Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters Su-30 4+8* King Air 90 1 P-3AM 1 H215M/AS532 12 2* Combat aircraft L-39 12 Transport Combat helicopter Brazilian Army Mi-8/17 4 F/A-18A 54 MFI-395 10 An-26 3 Z-9 6 Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters F/A-18F 24 Mi-2 7 Il-76 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Transport Bell 206 4 F-35A 7+90* BAHAMAS Combat helicopter R44 1 Short 330 (C-23B+) 4* L-39 6 Special mission Royal Bahamas Defence Force Mi-8 36 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Combat helicopter PC-9 5 737 (P-8A) (MPA) 11 7 Type Active Ordered Mi-24 21 Air Force Brigade of Bosnia and Herzegovina AS365 33 Bulgarian Navy AP-3C (MPA) 15 Special mission Mi-26 5 Type Active Ordered CH-47F 8* Type Active Ordered EA-18G (EW) 12 King Air 350 (MPA) 1 Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter H125M/AS550 34 Combat helicopter G550 (SIGINT) 5* Transport L-39 10 Mi-8/17 6 H215M/AS532 9 AS565 2 Tanker Cessna 208 1 Mi-2 6 SA341/342 9 H225M 9 7 BURKINA FASO A330 (KC-30A) 6 1 BAHRAIN Yak-130 8 4* UH-1H 5 S-70/UH-60M 3 3* Burkina Faso Air Force Transport Royal Bahraini Air Force BELGIUM BOTSWANA Brazilian Navy Type Active Ordered A340 1 Type Active Ordered Belgian Air Component Botswana Defence Force Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft EMB-314 3 C-17 8 F-16C 17 Combat aircraft Combat aircraft A-4KU 3 Transport C-27J 7 3 Combat helicopter F-16A 45 F-5A 10 Tanker CN235 1 C-130J 12 AH-1E/F 22 Transport Transport C-1/KC-2 4 King Air 200 1 King Air 350 8 Bell 212/412 19 A321 (Hi Fly) 1 BN-2 1 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Combat helicopter S-70/UH-60M 8 A400M 7 C-130B 3 AS355 8 H125M/AS350 1 S-76 (SAR) (CHC) 6 Training aircraft/helicopters C-130H 11 C212 2 Bell 206 17 Mi-8/171 3 2 Training aircraft/helicopters AH-1P 8 ERJ-135/145 4 CN235 2 H125M/AS350 19 Mi-24 2 F/A-18B 15 BO105 4 Combat helicopter King Air 200 1 H215M/AS332/532 4 UH-1H 2 F-35A 2 1 F-5E/F 12 AW109 19 Combat helicopter H225M 7 9 Training aircraft/helicopters Hawk 127 33 F-16D 4 NH90 (NFH/TTH) 8 Bell 412 6 Lynx 21 10 SF-260 4 King Air 350 8 4 Hawk 129 6 SA316 3 H125M/AS350 10 S-70 6 2 BURUNDI PC-9 59 T67M260 3 Sea King 48 3 Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters Burundi National Army PC-21 10 39 Royal Bahrain Navy Training aircraft/helicopters F-5D 3 TA-4KU 1 Type Active Ordered Australian Army Aviation Type Active Ordered Alpha Jet 28 PC-7 Mk II 5 BRUNEI Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter F-16B 9 BRAZIL Royal Brunei Air Force Mi-24 3 Combat helicopter BO105 2 SF-260 33 Brazilian Air Force Type Active Ordered SA316 3 Bell 206 12 BANGLADESH BELIZE Type Active Ordered Transport SA324 6 CH-47D/F 10 Bangladesh Air Force Belize Defence Force Combat aircraft C-130J 1* Training aircraft/helicopters NH90 (TTH) 42 5 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered AMX-A/T 47 CN235 1 SF-260 5 S-70 34 Combat aircraft Transport EMB-314 (A-29) 31 Combat helicopter CAMBODIA Tiger 22 F-7 37 BN-2 1 F-5EM 43 Bell 214 1 Royal Cambodian Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters MiG-29 8 Combat helicopter Gripen E 28 BO105 6 Type Active Ordered Bell 206 6 Su-30 8+4* UH-1H 2 Mirage 2000C 1 S-70i 12 Transport H135 (HATS) 14 Transport Training aircraft/helicopters Special mission Royal Australian Navy An-32 3 T67M260 1 C-130E (SAR) 1 Type Active Ordered C-130B/E 3 4* BENIN C295 (SAR) 3 1 Brazilian air force F-5EMs will Combat helicopter L-410 3 Benin Air Force EMB-110 (MPA) 6 continue to defend the nation S-70/MH-60R 28 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered EMB-110 (Recce) 7 until 36 Gripen E/Fs arrive Training aircraft/helicopters AW139 2 Transport ERJ-145 (AEW) 5 Bell 429 4 Bell 212 14 DHC-6 1 ERJ-145 (Recce) 3 H125/AS350 6 Mi-17/171 31 5 HS 748 1 Learjet 35 (Recce) 6 AUSTRIA Training aircraft/helicopters BHUTAN P-3AM (MPA) 8 Austrian Air Force Bell 206 6 Royal Bhutan Army Tanker Type Active Ordered FT-6 9 Type Active Ordered 767 MMTT 3* Combat aircraft FT-7 11 Combat helicopter KC-130M 2 Euroﬁghter 15 K-8 9 Mi-8 2 Transport Transport L-39 7 BOLIVIA 767 1 C-130K 3 Yak-130 15 Bolivian Air Force C-130H/M 12 PC-6 8 Bangladesh Army Type Active Ordered C295 9 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Transport Cessna 208 31 SA316 24 Transport C-130B 3 EMB-110 49 Bell 212 23 C295 1 Jetstream 31 2 EMB-120 19 OH-58 11 Cessna 208 1 King Air 90/200/350 6 ERJ-145 6 force air Brazilian

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BN-2 1 Su-25 6 J-7 388 Combat helicopter MA60 2 Transport J-8 96 Mi-8/17 6 Y-12 2 An-26 3 J-10 236 Mi-24 1 Combat helicopter C-27J 2 J-11/Su-27/30/35 276 20 Congolese Navy AS355 1 C-130H 1 J-20 2 Type H125M/AS350 1 Combat helicopter JH-7 70 Combat helicopter Mi-8/17 6 SE3160 1 Q-5 118 Mi-14 1 Z-9 9 H125M/AS550 6 Special mission CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC) CAMEROON Mi-8/17/171 6 737 (MPA) 2 Democratic Republic of Congo Air Force Cameroon Air Force Mi-24 3 An-30 (EW) 3 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters Challenger 870 (Recce) 5 Combat aircraft Transport PC-7 2 Il-76 (A50I) (AEW) 1 MiG-23 2 Arava 1 PC-9 1 Il-76 (KJ-2000) (AEW) 4 Su-25 4 C-130H 3 SF-260 1 Tu-154 (EW) 7 Transport Cessna 208 1 CHILE Y-8 (KJ-200) (AEW) 7 727 1 CN235 1 Chilean Air Force Y-8 (EW) 17 An-12 3 MA60 1 Type Active Ordered Tanker An-26 3 Combat helicopter Combat aircraft Il-78 3 Combat helicopter Bell 206 2 F-5E 9 Transport Mi-2 2 Bell 412 1 F-16A/C 35 Il-76 22 Mi-8/17 4 Mi-8/17 5 Special mission MA60 9 Mi-24 8 SA318 1 707 (AEW) 1 Tu-154 2 Mi-26 1 SA330 2 Tanker Y-7 43 SA316 2

SA342 3 KC-130R 2 Y-8 60 hutterstock SA330 10

Z-9 3 KC-135E 3 Y-9 7 Following its Airshow China debut REX/S CROATIA Training aircraft/helicopters Transport Y-20 2 in late 2016, Beijing’s stealthy J-20 Croatian Air Force Alpha Jet 6 737 1 Combat helicopter has achieved service entry Type Active Ordered

CANADA BT-67 2* Mi-8/17/171 16 Imaginechina/ Combat aircraft Royal Canadian Air Force C-130B/H/R 4 Z-8 34 MiG-21 12 Type Active Ordered C212 3 Z-9 20 AS365/565 6 MD500/530F 6 Special mission Combat aircraft Citation CJ1 4 Training aircraft/helicopters Ka-27 1 S-70/AH/UH-60L 24 PC-9 (EW) 3 F/A-18A 60 DHC-6 11 JJ-7 35 Ka-28 17 UH-1H 48 Combat helicopter F-35A 65* KC-390 6* JL-8 170 Z-8 27 Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-8/17/171 23 Special mission O-2 5 L-15 2 Z-9 29 Bell 206 8 30 OH-58 16 C295 (SAR) 16* Combat helicopter Y-7 13 Z-18 2 EMB-312 14 Training aircraft/helicopters DHC-5 (SAR) 6 Bell 412 17 People's Liberation Army Ground Force Training aircraft/helicopters Lancair T90 25 Bell 206 8 P-3 (CP-140) (MPA) 18 S-70i 6 Type Active Ordered JJ-6 14 T-37 17 PC-9 11 Tanker UH-1H 15 Transport JL-8 11 Colombian Army CUBA A310 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Y-7 7 JL-9 2 Type Active Ordered Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defence Force KC-130H 4 Bell 206 4 Y-8 3 Mi-8 8 Special mission Type Active Ordered Transport EMB-314 12 Y-9 1 Y-7 5 King Air 200/350 (EW) 4 Combat aircraft A310 3 F-5F 2 Combat helicopter COLOMBIA Transport MiG-21 12 C-17 5 F-16B/D 11 Mi-8/17/171 239 Colombian Air Force An-32 2 MiG-23 24 C-130H 8 SR22 6 S-70 23 Type Active Ordered C212 2 MiG-29 3 C-130J 17 T-35 31 Z-8 51 Combat aircraft Cessna 208 8 Transport DHC-6 4 Chilean Army Z-9 92 A-37 14 King Air 90/200/350 4 An-26 1 King Air 350 1 Type Active Ordered Z-10 106 12 EMB-314 24 Turbo Commander 4 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Transport Z-11 46 Kﬁr 21 Combat helicopter Mi-8/17 10 AW101 (SAR) 14 C212 2 Z-19 175 11 Special mission Mi-8/17 20 Mi-35 4 Bell 412 88 Cessna 208 3 Training aircraft/helicopters BT-67 (Recce) 6 S-70i/UH-60L 55 Training aircraft/helicopters CH-47F 15 CN235 2 H120 93 57 Cessna 208 (Recce) 6 UH-1H/N 44 L-39 26 S-61/SH-3A 26 Combat helicopter H125/AS350 Citation Ultra (MPA) 5 Colombian Navy CYPRUS S-92 3 15 H125M/AS350 5 People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force CN235 (Recce) 1 Type Active Ordered Cyprus National Guard – Air Command Training aircraft/helicopters H215M/AS532 10 13* Type Active Ordered King Air 300/350 (EW) 3 Special mission Type Active Ordered Bell 206 (Allied Wings) 13 MD530F 9 Combat aircraft Merlin IV (Recce) 1 CN235 (MPA) 3 Transport Bell 412 (Allied Wings) 9 SA330 3 H-6 30 Turbo Commander (MPA) 2 Transport BN-2 1 CT-114 27 Chilean Navy J-7 30 Tanker ATR 42 1 Combat helicopter Dash 8 4 Type Active Ordered J-8 47 767 MMTT 1 C212 1 AW139 3 F/A-18B 25 Special mission J-10 25 Transport Cessna 208 3 Mi-24 11 G120A (Allied Wings/KF Aerospace) 14 C295 (MPA) 3 J-15/Su-30/33 25 50* 727 2 King Air 350 1 SA342 4 Hawk 115 (NFTC) 18 EMB-110 (MPA) 3 JH-7 34 737 2 Combat helicopter CZECH REPUBLIC King Air 90 (Allied Wings) 7 Transport Q-5 30 Arava 1 AS555 1 Czech Air Force T-6A (NFTC) 22 P68 7 Special mission C-130B/H 5 Bell 212/412 8 Type Active Ordered CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Combat helicopter Challenger 870 (Recce) 2 C212 4 BK117 1 Combat aircraft Central African Republic Air Force AS365 6 Ka-31 (AEW) 9 C295/CN235 7 BO105 2 Gripen C 12 Type Active Ordered BO105 4 SH-5 (SAR) 3 Cessna 208 10 Mi-8 1 L-159A 16 Transport H215M/AS332/532 8 Y-7 (SAR) 1 EMB-110 2 UH-1N 6 Transport BN-2 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Y-8 (KJ-200) (AEW) 8 KC-390 12* CONGO C295 4 Combat helicopter Bell 206 6 Y-8 (MPA) 5 King Air 90/350 8 Congolese Air Force KC-390 2* H125M/AS350 2 PC-7 7 Y-8 (Recce) 8 PA-31T 1 Type Active Ordered L-410 5 CHAD CHINA Z-18 (AEW) 1 Turbo Commander 1 Combat aircraft Combat helicopter Chad Air Force People's Liberation Army Air Force Transport Combat helicopter Mirage F1 2 Mi-2 2 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Y-7 17 Bell 205 2 Transport Mi-17/171 24 Combat aircraft Combat aircraft Y-8 12 Bell 206 37 An-32 2 Mi-24/35 17 MiG-29 2 H-6 120 Combat helicopter Bell 212 10 CN235 1 W-3 9

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Training aircraft/helicopters T-35 4 EGYPT Eritrean Air Force Mirage 2000D 71 Mirage F1 6 Gripen D 2 Dominican Republic Army Egyptian Air Force Type Active Ordered Mirage 2000N 29 Transport L-39 8 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft Mirage 2000-5 28 C-130H 1 L-159T 4 Combat helicopter Combat aircraft MiG-29 5 Rafale B/C 99 29 CN235 1 DENMARK OH-58 8 Alpha Jet 13 Su-27 2 Special mission Combat helicopter Royal Danish Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters AT-802 12 Transport 707 (E-3F) (AEW) 4 H120 2 Type Active Ordered R22 4 F-7 60 King Air 200 1 C160 (ELINT) 2 H125M/AS350 1 Combat aircraft R44 3 F-16A/C 168 Y-12 4 King Air 350 (Recce) 2 H135 2 F-16A 33 ECUADOR MiG-21 54 Combat helicopter Tanker H215M/AS332 1 F-35A 27* Ecuadorian Air Force MiG-29 1 45* Bell 412 1 A330 MRTT 9+3* SA319 2 Special mission Type Active Ordered Mirage 5E2/SDE/SDR 75 Mi-17/171 6 C/KC-135 14 SA330 5 Challenger 604 (MPA) 3 Combat aircraft Mirage 2000EM 15 Mi-24 6 KC-130J 2 SA342 3 Transport Cheetah 10 Rafale DM/EM 11 13 Training aircraft/helicopters Transport GAMBIA C-130J 4 Transport Special mission M-290TP 8 A310 3 Gambian Air Force Combat helicopter 727 1 Beech 1900 (EW) 4 MB-339 6 A400M 11 39 Type Active Ordered AW101 13 737 1 E-2C (AEW) 7 ESTONIA C-130H 14 Combat aircraft H125M/AS550 12 C-130B/H/L-100 3 Transport Estonian Air Force C-130J 2 Su-25 1 Lynx 90 6 C295 3 An-74 3 Type Active Ordered C160 21 GEORGIA S-70/MH-60R 4 5 DHC-6 3 Beech 1900 4 Transport CN235 27 Georgian Land Forces Training aircraft/helicopters King Air 350 1 C-130H 21 An-28 2 DHC-6 5 Type Active Ordered F-16B 11 Training aircraft/helicopters C295 23 Training aircraft/helicopters TBM 700 15 Transport MFI-17 27 Bell 206 8 DHC-5 8 L-39 2 Combat helicopter An-28 2 DJIBOUTI DA20 11 Combat helicopter R44 4 AS555 40 Combat helicopter Djibouti Air Force EMB-314 17 AH-64D 46 ETHIOPIA H125M/AS350 1 Mi-8/171 15 Type Active Ordered T-34 9 AW109 3 Ethiopian Air Force H215M/AS332 5 Mi-14 2 Transport Ecuadorian Army Aviation AW139 2 Type Active Ordered H225M 13 Mi-24 9 Cessna 208 1 Type Active Ordered CH-47D 19 6* Combat aircraft SA330 26 UH-1H 12 L-410 1 Transport H125M/AS350/550 3 MiG-23 10 Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters MA60 1 Arava 2 Ka-52 10 36 Su-27 14 Alpha Jet 102 L-29 4 Short 330 (C-23) 2* C212 1 Mi-8/17 62 Transport EMB-121 22 L-39 4 Y-12 2 CN235 2 S-70/UH-60M 2 4* 757 1 G120 (Airbus Defence & Space) 18 Abkhazian Air Force Combat helicopter King Air 200 1 SA342 89 An-12 3 H225/EC225 2 Type Active Ordered AS355 Combat helicopter Sea King 23 An-32 1 Mirage 2000B 6 Combat helicopter Mi-8 2 H125M/AS350 9 SH-2G 10 C-130B/E 2 PC-21 (Babcock France) 17 Mi-8 2 Mi-24 2 H215M/AS332 3 Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter SR20 (Airbus Defence & Space) 15 Mi-24 2 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Mi-171 8 Alpha Jet 27 Mi-8/17 14 SR22 (Airbus Defence & Space) 8 Training aircraft/helicopters Dominican Republic Air Force SA315 1 EMB-312 54 Mi-24 8 TB30 37 L-39 5 Type Active Ordered SA330 1 F-16B/D 50 SA316 3 French Army GERMANY Combat aircraft SA342 7 G115 74 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered German Air Force EMB-314 8 Ecuadorian Navy K-8 120 L-39 10 Transport Type Active Ordered Special mission Type Active Ordered L-39/59 49 SF-260 4 PC-6 5 Combat aircraft P2006 (MPA) 1 Special mission Mirage 5SDD 6 Ethiopian Army Aviation TBM 700 8 Eurofighter 94 8 Transport CN235 (MPA) 2 Mirage 2000BM 4 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Tornado IDS 87 C212 3 King Air 200/300 (MPA) 5 EL SALVADOR Transport H215M/AS532 25 Special mission PA-31 2 King Air 300 1 Salvadoran Air Force DHC-6 2 H225M 8 Tornado ECR (EW) 28 Turbo Commander 1 Transport Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter NH90 (TTH) 23 51 Tanker Combat helicopter King Air 350 2 Combat aircraft UH-1H 8 SA330 78 A310 4 Bell 412 2 Combat helicopter A-37 15 FINLAND SA341/342 173 Transport Bell 430 1 Bell 206 4 Transport Finnish Air Force Tiger 54 30 A310 1 OH-58 12 Bell 430 3 Arava 3 Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters A400M 14 39 UH-1H 13 Training aircraft/helicopters BT-67 1 Combat aircraft AS555 17 C-130J 4* Training aircraft/helicopters Bell 206 1 Combat helicopter F/A-18C 55 SA341/342 16 C160 61 Schweizer 333 2 T-35 3 Bell 412 4 Special mission French Navy Combat helicopter Hughes 269 5 C295 (EW) 1 Type Active Ordered CH-53G/GA/GS 81 France has 139 Rafales in active use, while MD500 8 F27 (EW) 1 Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters Egypt’s fleet now totals 11 UH-1H/M 13 4* Transport Rafale M 40 2 Eurofighter 24 2 Training aircraft/helicopters C295 2 Special mission Tornado IDS 7 T-35 3 Learjet 35 3 ATL-2 (MPA) 22 German Army EQUATORIAL GUINEA PC-12NG 6 E-2C (AEW) 3 Type Active Ordered Equatorial Guinea Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters Falcon 20/200 (MPA) 5 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered F/A-18D 7 Falcon 50 (MPA) 8 H145 (Kommando Spezialkrafte) 15 Combat aircraft G115 11 22 Transport NH90 (TTH) 52 20 Su-25 4 Hawk 51/66 43 EMB-121 10 SE313 1 Special mission Finnish Army Falcon 10/100 6 Tiger 58 1 C295 (MPA) 1 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter UH-1D 113 Transport Combat helicopter AS365/565 26 Training aircraft/helicopters An-72 1 MD500 2 Lynx HAS2/4 22 Bell 206 6 C295 1 NH90 (TTH) 20 NH90 (NFH) 19 8 H135 14 Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters SA316/319/SE3160 22 German Navy Ka-29 1 MD500 5 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered Mi-24 7 FRANCE Jetstream 41 2 Special mission Mi-26 1 French Air Force GABON Dornier 228/NG (MPA) 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered Gabon Air Force P-3C (MPA) 8

ir Force ir L-39 2 Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter

US A US ERITREA Mirage 2000C 32 Combat aircraft Lynx 88 22

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NH90 (NFH) 18 Greece plans to upgrade the bulk of its MiG-23 14 C295/CN235 15 1 H215M/AS332 1 Sea King 41 (SAR) 21 Mirage 2000TH/TI 12 Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters F-16 ﬂeet to an improved V-standard Training aircraft/helicopters PC-7 Mk II 75 AW101 1 H120 2 H135 1 Indian Army Aviation AW139 1 IRAN GHANA Type Active Ordered BO105 4 Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Ghana Air Force Combat helicopter H215M/AS332 9 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Dhruv (ALH) 140 124 H225M 6 10* Combat aircraft Special mission Ka-226 133* SA330 10 F-4D/E/RF-4E 47 DA42 (Recce) 3 Light Combat Helicopter 114 Training aircraft/helicopters F-5E/Saegheh 26 Transport SA315 30 16 F-5F 3 F-7 17 C295 3 SA316 4 F-16B/D 7 F-14 24 Y-12 1* Indian Navy G120TP 17 MiG-29 20 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered H120 10 Mirage F1EQ 9 AW109 2 Combat aircraft Hawk 109 7 Su-24 23 Bell 412 1 MiG-29K/KUB 33 12 KT-1/B 14 2 Special mission Mi-8/17/171 7 6 Tejas LCA 8 SF-260 18 707 (EW) 1 Mi-35 1+3* Special mission T-34 15 P-3F (MPA) 5 Z-9 4 737 (P-8I) (MPA) 8 4+12* T-50 15 Tanker Training aircraft/helicopters BN-2 (MPA) 11 Indonesian Army 707 4 EMB-314 9* forces defence Israel Dornier 228 (MPA) 25 12 Type Active Ordered 747 3 K-8 4 Il-38 (MPA) 5 Transport Transport GREECE UH-1H 8 H125M/AS350 2 Ka-31 (AEW) 14 BN-2 1 707 1 Hellenic Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-8/17 13 US-2 (SAR) 12* C212 6 747 6 Type Active Ordered T-35 4 Training aircraft/helicopters Transport Premier I 1 C-130E/H 29 GUINEA Gripen D 2 Combat aircraft BN-2 1 Turbo Commander 1 F27 9 Guinea Air Force Zlin 143 2 F-4E 34 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter Il-76 5 Type Active Ordered Zlin 242 2 F-16C 114 Dhruv ALH 8 33 AH-64E 8 PC-6 13 Combat aircraft INDIA Mirage 2000EG 16 Ka-28 14 4 AS355 5 1 Combat helicopter MiG-21 3 Indian Air Force Mirage 2000-5/Mk II 25 S-61/H/UH-3H 8 Bell 205 10 Bell 206 2 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Special mission S-70 16* Bell 412 56 Bell 212 2 H125M/AS350 1 Combat aircraft C-130H (EW) 2 SA316/319 34 7 BO105 20 CH-47C 2 Mi-17 2 Jaguar M/S 130 CL-415 (SAR) 1 Sea King 42 25 H125M/AS350 6 Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-24/25 3 MiG-21 244 ERJ-145 (AEW) 4 Training aircraft/helicopters Hughes 269 14 Bell 206 1 SA330 1 MiG-27 84 Transport Hawk 132 17 Mi-8/17 11 6 F-5B/F/Simorgh 22 SA342 1 MiG-29 66 C-27J 8 Kiran (HJT-16) 20 Mi-24 5 FT-7 3 GUYANA Mirage 2000H/I 45 C-130B/H 11 INDONESIA SA316 7 Mirage F1BQ Guyana Defence Force Rafale B/C 36 Combat helicopter Indonesian Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters PC-7 35 Type Active Ordered Su-30MKI 198 53 Bell 205 12 Type Active Ordered H120 2 Islamic Republic of Iran Army Transport T-50 (Sukhoi) 144* H215M/AS332 12 Combat aircraft Indonesian Navy Type Active Ordered Skyvan 1 Tejas LCA 4 116 Training aircraft/helicopters EMB-314 15 Type Active Ordered Transport Y-12 1 F-16D 40 Special mission F-5E 6 Special mission F27 2 Mirage 2000BG 2 Combat helicopter 707 (Recce) 1 Turbo Commander 2 F-16A/C 19 C212 (MPA) 6 T-2C/E 40 Bell 206 2 737 (Recce) 2 Combat helicopter Hawk 209 24 CN235 (MPA) 3 2+3* T-6A 45 Bell 412 1 A330 (AEW) 6* AH-1J 12 Su-27/30/35 16 6+4* Nomad (MPA) 28 Hellenic Army Aviation HONDURAS ERJ-145 (AEW) 1 1 Bell 206 3 Special mission Transport Type Active Ordered Honduran Air Force Gulfstream III (EW) 3 Bell 214 22 737 (MPA) 3 C212 8 1 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Global 5000 (ELINT) 2 CH-47C 38 CN235 (MPA) 2 Nomad 1 AH-64A/D 29 Combat aircraft Islamic Republic of Iran Navy G100/1125 Astra (Recce) 2 Transport Combat helicopter Bell 205 27 A-37 9 Type Active Ordered Il-76 (A50E) (AEW) 3 4 737 1 AS365 3 8 Bell 206 11 EMB-314 2* Special mission Tanker A400M 5* Bell 412 3 CH-47D/SD 21 4 F-5E 3 F27 (MPA) 1 Il-78 7 C-130B/H/L-100 20 BO105 8 NH90 (TTH) 11 9 Special mission Falcon 20 (MPA) 1 Transport C212/NC212i 9 4* H120 3 UH-1H 65 King Air 200 (Recce) 1 An-32 104 Transport Training aircraft/helicopters Transport C-17 10 F27 2 Hughes 269 19 Arava 1 C-130J 11 1* Combat helicopter Hellenic Navy C-130A 1 C295 56* Bell 212 8 Type Active Ordered Cessna 208 2 1 Dornier 228 40 14 Mi-171 5 L-410 2 1 Combat helicopter HS 748 57 RH-53D Bell 212 7 PA-31 1 S-61/ASH-3D 8 Il-76 16 S-70 11 Turbo Commander 2 Iranian Revolutionary Guard Combat helicopter GUATEMALA Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered AH-64E 22+6* Guatemalan Air Force Bell 412 4 Combat aircraft CH-47F 15 Type Active Ordered H125M/AS350 1 Su-22 7 Dhruv ALH 75 36 Combat aircraft UH-1H 5 Su-25 9 Ka-226 64* A-37 3 Training aircraft/helicopters Transport Light Combat Helicopter 65 PC-7 1 EMB-312 9 3* An-74 7 Mi-8/17 258 48* Transport F-5F 1 Falcon 20 2 Mi-24/25/35 15 Arava 1 HUNGARY Il-76 2 BT-67 3 Hungarian Air Force Mi-26 3 Y-12 8 Cessna 208 1 Type Active Ordered SA315 16 Combat helicopter King Air 90/200 2 Combat aircraft SA316/319 76 Mi-171 17 Combat helicopter Gripen C 12 Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters Bell 205 1 Transport Hawk 132 104 20* EMB-312 15

Bell 206 1 An-26 4 Jaguar T 30 Australia of Commonwealth MFI-17 25 Bell 212/412 3 Combat helicopter Kiran (HJT-16) 80 Iraqi army Mi-8/171 transports supported operations to drive out Islamic State militants IRAQ

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Adapted G550s will give Italy an airborne Special mission Special mission early warning capability ATR 72 (MPA) 2 CN235 (Recce) 2 C-27J (EW) 2 KAZAKHSTAN Gulfstream G550 (AEW) 1 1 Kazakhstan Air Force King Air 350 (Recce) 1 Type Active Ordered Tornado ECR (EW) 5 Combat aircraft Tanker MiG-23 3 KC-130J 3 MiG-27 12 KC-767 4 MiG-29 25 Transport MiG-31 21 C-27J 8 Su-24 13 C-130J 16 Su-25 14 P180 7 Su-27/30 18 19+11* Combat helicopter Transport AW101 6 6 An-12 1 AW139 15 An-24/26 5 Bell 212 32 An-72 1 MD500 2 C295 7 1 Training aircraft/helicopters Tu-154 1 AMX-T 5 Combat helicopter

Eurofighter 13 1 AirTeamImages H145 1 20* F-35A 4 Tokyo’s P-1 maritime patrol aircraft was scanning for export opportunities at Paris air show H225M 20* M-345 5 Mi-8/17 50 M-346 (T-346A) 13 4 Japan Air Self-Defence Force EP-3 (ELINT) 4 Mi-24/35 18 4 AirTeamImages MB-339 72 Type Active Ordered Learjet 36 (Recce) 4 Mi-26 2 MD500 38 Combat aircraft OP-3C (Recce) 4 UH-1H 4 4 Iraqi Air Force Special mission P180 6 F-2A 62 P-1 (MPA) 11 1+58* Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered BN-2 (Recce) 1 P2006T 3 F/RF-4E/J 73 P-3C (MPA) 66 L-39 17 Combat aircraft CN235 (MPA) 2 SF-260 30 F-15J 155 US-1 (SAR) 2 Yak-130 4 AT-6 24* Combat helicopter Tornado IDS 8 F-35A 6+32* US-2 (SAR) 5 Zlin 242 1 Cessna AC-208 2 AW139 6 Italian Army Special mission Transport KENYA F-16C/IQ 23 3 H135/EC135 2 Type Active Ordered 767 (AEW) 4 C-130R 6 Kenya Air Force L-159A 10 Training aircraft/helicopters Transport C-1 (EW) 1 King Air 90 5 Type Active Ordered Su-25 21 PC-9 8 Dornier 228 3 E-2C/D (AEW) 13 2+2* UP-3C/D 3 Combat aircraft Special mission ISRAEL P180 3 Hawker 800 (SAR) 27 Combat helicopter F-5E 17 Cessna 208 (Recce) 3 Israel Air and Space Force Combat helicopter YS-11 (EW) 4 AW101 12 Special mission CH2000 (Recce) 7 Type Active Ordered AW109 15 Tanker S-70/SH-60J/K/UH-60J 118 2 Cessna 208 (Recce) 1 King Air 350 (Recce) 6 Combat aircraft AW129 59 KC-130H 1 Training aircraft/helicopters Transport SBL7-360 (Recce) 2 F-15A/C/I 67 Bell 205 58 KC-767 4 H135 15 An-28 2 Transport F-16C/I 176 Bell 206 32 Transport King Air 90 16 Dash 8 3 An-32 6 F-35I 9 6+35* Bell 212/412 30 C-1 20 MD500 7 DHC-5 4 An-178 1+2* Special mission CH-47C/F 24 3 C-2 3 17 T-3 47 Y-12 11 C-130E 3 707 (AEW) 1 NH90 (TTH) 36 23 C-130H 14 JORDAN Combat helicopter C-130J 6 Gulfstream G550 (AEW) 2 1 Italian Navy Gulfstream IV 5 Royal Jordanian Air Force MD500/530F 40 12 DHC-6 3 Gulfstream G550 (SIGINT) 3 Type Active Ordered YS-11 1 Type Active Ordered Mi-171 2 King Air 350 1 King Air 200 (Recce) 25 Combat aircraft Combat helicopter Combat aircraft SA330 13 PC-12 5 Tanker AV-8B+ 14 CH-47J 17 AT-802U 6 UH-1H 8 Combat helicopter 707 9 F-35B 15* S-70/UH-60J 45 30* F-16A 36 8 Z-9 6 Bell 412 12* KC-130H 4 Special mission Training aircraft/helicopters Special mission Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-8 2 Transport AW101 (AEW) 4 Beechjet 400 13 M28 (EW) 1 Bulldog 11 SA342 6 C-130E/H 11 Transport F-2B 20 AT-802 (Recce) 4 F-5F 4 Training aircraft/helicopters C-130J 6 P180 3 F-15DJ Transport G120A 6 Bell 206 9 King Air 200 2 Combat helicopter F-35A 4 C-130E/H 7 Tucano T51 12 Cessna 208 4 Combat helicopter AW101 15 T-3 49 C295 2 2 KUWAIT F-16D/IQ AH-64A/D 48 Bell 212 32 T-4 201 Cessna 208 8 Kuwait Air Force L-159T 2 AS565 5 NH90 (NFH) 24 22 YS-11 2 M28 1 Type Active Ordered Lasta 95 19 Bell 206 5 S-61/ASH-3D/H 7 Japan Ground Self-Defence Force Combat helicopter Combat aircraft MFI-395 20 CH-53 23 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered AH-1E/F 47 Eurofighter Typhoon 22 T-50 6 18 S-70/UH-60A/SH-60F 48 8* TAV-8B 1 Transport H125M/AS350 7 F/A-18C 27 Iraqi Army Aviation Command Training aircraft/helicopters IVORY COAST King Air 350 7 H135/EC635 9 Tanker Type Active Ordered F-15B/D 17 Ivory Coast Air Force Combat helicopter H215M/AS332 10 KC-130J 3 5* Combat helicopter F-16D 48 Type Active Ordered AH-1S 71 MD530F/AH-6I 6 18* Transport Bell 407 24 G120 (Snunit Aviation) 17 Combat helicopter AH-64D 13 Mi-26 4 C-17 2 H135M/EC135 20 King Air 200 2 Mi-24 2 Bell 412 (UH-X) 150* S-70/UH-60A/L/M 20 10 Combat helicopter Mi-8/171 42 M-346 Lavi (TOR Systems) 30 JAMAICA CH-47J/JA 63 2 UH-1H 36 AH-64D 16 Mi-28 17 19* OH-58 18 Jamaica Defence Force MD500 94 Training aircraft/helicopters H215M/AS332 5 T-6A 20 Mi-35 15 8+12* Type Active Ordered MV-22 13+4* C-101 13 H225M 30 ITALY OH-58 8 Combat helicopter OH-1 112* F-16B 14 1 SA330 6 Italian Air Force UH-1H 15 Bell 206 2 S-70/UH-60JA 37 G120TP SA342 14 Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters Bell 407 3 UH-1J 130 Hawk 63 12 Training aircraft/helicopters Bell 407 3 Combat aircraft Bell 412 2 Training aircraft/helicopters PC-21 4 6 Eurofighter Typhoon 6 OH-58 1 AMX 34 Training aircraft/helicopters Enstrom 480 30 R44 8 F/A-18D 7 IRELAND Eurofighter 72 8 DA40 2 Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force T67M260 8 KYRGYZSTAN Irish Air Corps F-35A/B 4 3+65* DA42 1 Type Active Ordered Jordanian Special Operations Command Kyrgyz Air Force Type Active Ordered Tornado IDS 62 JAPAN Special mission Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered

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Combat helicopter Transport Combat helicopter C-130E/K/L-100 4 MOROCCO G120TP 20 Mi-8 4 C-130H 1 AW109 11 C-130J 2* Royal Moroccan Air Force K-8 12 50 Mi-24 2 LITHUANIA MD530 6 C295 8 2* Type Active Ordered PC-7 16 LAOS Lithuanian Air Force S-61 2 10 Citation I 1 Combat aircraft PC-9 10 Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force Type Active Ordered Royal Malaysian Navy King Air 90/300/350 8 F-5E 22 Yak-130 8 4 Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered PC-6 3 F-16C 15 United Wa State Army Transport L-39 1 Combat helicopter Turbo Commander 2 Mirage F1 19 Type Active Ordered An-26 1 Transport AS355 6 Combat helicopter Special mission Combat helicopter MA60 2 C-27J 3 Super Lynx 100 6 Bell 206 20 Falcon 20 (EW) 2 Mi-17 5 Combat helicopter L-410 1 MALDIVES Bell 212/412 26 Tanker NAMIBIA Ka-32 2 Combat helicopter Maldives National Defence Force Bell 407 18 KC-130H 2 Namibian Air Force Mi-17/172 17 AS365 3 Type Active Ordered H225M 11 6 Transport Type Active Ordered UH-1H 4 Mi-8 2 Combat helicopter MD530F 14 C-27J 4 Combat aircraft Z-9 4 Training aircraft/helicopters Dhruv ALH 2 Mi-8/17 26 C-130H 14 F-7 6 LATVIA L-39 1 MALI S-70/UH-60M 15 21 CN235 6 Transport Latvian Air Force LUXEMBOURG Mali Air Force UH-1H 1 King Air 200/300/350 7 An-26 1 Type Active Ordered Luxembourg Air Force Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter Y-12 2 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft Bell 206 9 Bell 205 47 Combat helicopter Mi-17 (SAR) 4 Transport MiG-21 9 F-5F 1 Bell 206 5 Mi-8 2 LEBANON A400M 1 Special mission G120TP 25 Bell 212/412 6 Mi-24 2 Lebanese Air Force MACEDONIA F406 Caravan II (MPA) 3* PC-7 31 CH-47D 3 SA315 1 Type Active Ordered Army of the Republic of Macedonia-Aviation Brigade Transport PC-9 1 SA330 26 SA316 3 Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered BN-2 1 SF-260 25 SA342 23 Training aircraft/helicopters Cessna AC208 3 Combat helicopter C295 1 T-6C+ 48 7 Training aircraft/helicopters FT-7 2 EMB-314 2 Mi-8/17 6 Y-12 2 Mexican Navy Alpha Jet 23 K-8 12 Combat helicopter Mi-24 4 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Bell 206 17 NATO S-61 3 Training aircraft/helicopters H215M/AS332/532 2 1 Special mission F-5F 4 NATO SA330 11 Bell 206 4 Mi-24/35 5 2 C212 (MPA) 8 F-16D 8 Type Active Ordered SA342 7 Zlin 143 1 Training aircraft/helicopters CN235 (MPA) 6 1* King Air 100 4 Special mission UH-1H 29 Zlin 242 5 EMB-314 2 King Air 350 (MPA) 1 Mirage F1B 2 707 (E-3A) (AEW) 16 Training aircraft/helicopters MADAGASCAR SF-260 1 Transport T-6C 24 Tanker Bulldog 3 Madagascar Air Force MALTA C295 6 Royal Moroccan Navy A330 MRTT 2+9* R44 4 Type Active Ordered Armed Forces of Malta Air Wing Dash 8 1 Type Active Ordered Transport LESOTHO Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered King Air 350 7 1 Combat helicopter C-17 (Strategic Airlift Capability) 3 Lesotho Defence Force SA318 2 Special mission Turbo Commander 4 AS565 3 NEPAL Type Active Ordered MALAWI BN-2 (MPA) 1 Combat helicopter MOZAMBIQUE Nepal Army Air Wing Transport Malawi Defence Force Air Wing King Air 200 (MPA) 3 AS555 2 Mozambique Air Force Type Active Ordered C212 2 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter AS565 9 4 Type Active Ordered Transport GA8 1 Transport AW139 (SAR) 3 BO105 5 Combat aircraft An-28/M28 1 3 Combat helicopter Dornier 228 3 SA316 3 H225M 3 MiG-21 8 BN-2 1 Bell 206 1 Combat helicopter MAURITANIA MD902 5 Transport CN235 1 Bell 412 3 AS355 1 Mauritanian Air Force Mi-8/17 25 An-26 1 HS 748 1 H125/AS350 1 H125M/AS350 2 Type Active Ordered S-70/UH-60M 9 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter LIBYA H215M/AS332 1 Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-8 3 Dhruv ALH 4 Libyan Air Force SA330 2 EMB-314 2 2 Hughes 269 4 Mi-25 2 H125M/AS350 1 Type Active Ordered SA341 2 Special mission Lancair Super ES 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-8/17 4 2* Combat aircraft MALAYSIA BN-2 (MPA) 3 M-290TP 5 L-39 1 SA315 2 MiG-21 12 Royal Malaysian Air Force Cessna 208 (MPA) 2 1 MD500 3 MYANMAR NETHERLANDS MiG-23 3 Type Active Ordered PA-31T (MPA) 2 R22 1 Myanmar Air Force Royal Netherlands Air Force Mirage F1 2 Combat aircraft Transport R44 1 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Su-22 1 F/A-18D 8 BT-67 1 Schweizer 333 10 Combat aircraft Combat aircraft Su-24 2 Hawk 208 13 Cessna 441 1 T-6C+ 11 A-5 21 Tanker MiG-29 10 PC-6 1 MOLDOVA F-6 1 Il-78 1 Su-30 18 Y-12 1 Moldovan Air Force F-7 24 Transport Special mission Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered JF-17 16 An-26 1 C-130H (MPA) 1 AW109 2 Transport MiG-29 31 An-32 1 King Air 200 (MPA) 3 Z-9 2 An-26 1 Special mission An-72 1 Tanker Training aircraft/helicopters Transnistrian Air Force BN-2 (MPA) 5 C-130H/L-100 2 KC-130H 4 EMB-312 5 Type Active Ordered Transport Combat helicopter Transport SF-260 4 Combat helicopter ATR 42 2 AW139 1 A400M 4 MEXICO Mi-2 1 Beech 1900 5 CH-47C 3 C-130H 8 Mexican Air Force Mi-8 1 F27 1 Mi-2 4 CN235 6 Type Active Ordered MONGOLIA PC-6 5 Mi-8/171 7 Combat helicopter Combat aircraft Mongolian Air Force Y-8 5 Mi-14 3 H225M 12 F-5E 2 Type Active Ordered Y-12 2 Mi-24/35 8 S-61 25 PC-7 34 Transport Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters S-70 4 Special mission An-26 3 Bell 205 14 G-2 14 Training aircraft/helicopters Citation I (Recce) 2 Combat helicopter Mi-2 21 L-39 10 H120 5 ERJ-145 (AEW) 1 Mi-8/171 6 Mi-8/17 12 MiG-23 1 Hawk 108 5 ERJ-145 (MPA) 2 MONTENEGRO Mi-24 9 SF-260 38 King Air 350 2 King Air 350 (Recce) 2 Montenegro Army SA316/SE3160 13 Libya Dawn MB-339 7 Merlin IV/Metro (Recce) 3 Type Active Ordered W-3 12 Type Active Ordered PC-7 Mk II 22 Transport Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters Combat aircraft Malaysian Army Air Corps 737 3 Bell 412 3* FT-7 6 MiG-25 2 Type Active Ordered C-27J 4 SA341/342 5 G-4 3

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F-16A 61 DA42 (Recce) 2 Combat aircraft K-8 38 F-35A 35* Transport F-16A 46 MFI-395 120 Tanker C-130H 1 1* F-35A 3 6+36* Mirage IIIBE/D/DP 18 KDC-10 2 Cessna 208 2 Special mission Mirage 5DPA2 2 Transport Dornier 228 1 Falcon 20 (EW) 2 SA316 8 C-130H 4 King Air 350 1 P-3C/N (MPA) 6 T-37 20 24 Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter Transport Pakistan Army F-16B 8 Mi-17 3 C-130J 4 1* Type Active Ordered F-35A 2 Mi-24 1 Combat helicopter Special mission PC-7 13 SA342 3 AW101 (SAR) 16+6* King Air 350 (Recce) 2 Netherlands Defence Helicopter Command NIGERIA Bell 412 18 Transport Type Active Ordered Nigerian Air Force NH90 (NFH) 6 8 Cessna 206 4 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Sea King 43 (SAR) 11 Cessna 208 7 AH-64D 28 Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters Challenger 605 1 CH-47D/F 17 14+3* Alpha Jet 12 F-16B 9 Citation Bravo 1 H215M/AS532 12 EMB-314 3 F-35A 7 King Air 350 5 NH90 (NFH) 18 F-7 9 MFI-15 16 Turbo Commander 2 NEW ZEALAND Special mission OMAN Y-12 4 Royal New Zealand Air Force ATR 42 (MPA) 2 Royal Air Force of Oman Combat helicopter

Type Active Ordered King Air 350 (Recce) 2 Type Active Ordered AH-1F 48 Copyright Crown Special mission Transport Combat aircraft AH-1Z 24 Romania’s Black Sea defences rely on aged MiG-21s, plus support from its NATO allies P-3K (MPA) 6 C-130H 3 Euroﬁghter Typhoon 3 6 AW139 5 Transport Dornier 128 11 F-16C 17 Bell 206 18 Type Active Ordered King Air 90/350 1 3* 757 2 Dornier 228 5 Hawk 203 10 Bell 412 34 Transport Combat helicopter C-130H 5 G222 2 Special mission H125M/AS550 30 Beechcraft Baron 1 AW109 2 Combat helicopter King Air 350 2 C295 (MPA) 4 Mi-8/17/171 46 C212 3 Mi-8/17/171 44 AW109 5 Combat helicopter Transport Mi-35 Cessna 208 2 Training aircraft/helicopters NH90 (TTH) 8 AW139 1 C-130H 3 SA315 18 Combat helicopter Enstrom 280 3 SH-2G 9 Bell 412 2 C-130J 2 SA316 13 H125M/AS350 1 Enstrom F-28 3 Training aircraft/helicopters H135 1 C295 4 SA330 44 UH-1H 8 R44 1 King Air 200 4 H215M/AS332 5 Combat helicopter UH-1H 1 Training aircraft/helicopters Peruvian Navy T-6C 11 Mi-17/171 5 6 Bell 206 4 Z-10 3 17* EMB-312 6 Type Active Ordered NICARAGUA Mi-24/35 11 10 H215M/AS332 2 Training aircraft/helicopters T-35 9 Special mission Nicaraguan Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters NH90 (TTH) 18 1 Enstrom 280 19 Paraguayan Navy Fokker 60 (MPA) 2 Type Active Ordered AW109 12 SA330 2 Hughes 269 15 Type Active Ordered King Air 200 (MPA) 3 Transport DA40 4 Super Lynx 120 15 MFI-17 217 Combat helicopter Transport An-26 3 FT-7 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Pakistan Navy H125M/AS350 1 An-32 1 King Air 90 1 L-39 17 Bell 429 5 Type Active Ordered PERU DHC-6 3 Combat helicopter MB-339 6 Euroﬁghter Typhoon 3 Special mission Peruvian Air Force F50 2 Bell 206 1 MFI-395 5 5 F-16D 6 F27 (MPA) 7 Type Active Ordered F60 2 MD500/OH-58 2 Mi-34 1 Hawk 103/166 10 2 Hawker 850 (Recce) 1 Combat aircraft Combat helicopter Mi-17/171 12 Nigerian Navy MFI-395 7 P-3C (MPA) 6 A-37 24 Bell 206 1 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered PC-9 12 Transport MiG-29 19 Bell 212/412 5 R44 1 Combat helicopter PAKISTAN ATR 72 1 Mirage 2000P 9 Mi-8/171 2 5* NIGER AW109 4 Pakistan Air Force Combat helicopter Su-25 18 S-61/ASH-3D/UH-3H 5 Niger Air Force NORTH KOREA Type Active Ordered Mi-14 2 Special mission Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered Korean People's Army Air Force Combat aircraft SA316/319 7 Learjet 36 (Recce) 1 Enstrom F-28 4 Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered F-7 136 Sea King 45 6 Merlin IV/Metro (Recce) 2 T-34 2 Su-25 2 Combat aircraft F-16A/C 45 Z-9 6 Transport PHILIPPINES Special mission F-5 (Shenyang) 106 JF-17 70 28+50* PANAMA 737 1 Philippine Air Force Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 F-6 97 Mirage IIIEP/OF/RP 69 National Aeronaval Service of Panama An-32 3 Type Active Ordered F-7 120 Mirage 5EF/F/PA 90 Type Active Ordered C-27J 3 1 Combat aircraft H-5 80 Special mission Transport DHC-6 14 EMB-314 6 Oman joined Typhoon operators club, MiG-21 26 Falcon 20 (EW) 2 C212 3 L-100 2 FA-50PH 12 and introduced new Hawk 166 trainers MiG-23 56 King Air 350 (Recce) 2 Cessna 208 3 Merlin IV/Metro 1 OV-10 8 MiG-29 35 Saab 2000 (AEW) 4 3 DHC-6 1 1 PC-6 1 Special mission Su-7 18 Y-8 (ZDK-03) (AEW) 4 PA-31 1 Combat helicopter Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 Su-25 34 Tanker Combat helicopter Bell 212/412 3 Transport Transport Il-78 3 AW109 1 BO105 2 BN-2 1 An-24 1 Transport AW139 5 2 Mi-8/17/171 11 8* C-130B/H/T 5 P-750 3 C-130B/E/L-100 16 Bell 205 1 Mi-24/25 16 C295 3 Combat helicopter CN235 3 Bell 212/412 6 Training aircraft/helicopters F27 1 MD500 84 Saab 2000 2 Bell 407 1 CH2000 6 F28 1 Mi-2 45 Y-12 3 MD500 1 EMB-312 17 NC212i 2 Mi-8 41 Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters Hughes 269 6 Nomad 1 Mi-14 8 AH-1F 1 T-35 4 KT-1P 20 Turbo Commander 1 Mi-24 20 Bell 205 5 PAPUA NEW GUINEA MB-339 5 Combat helicopter Mi-26 4 Bell 412 1 Papua New Guinea Defence Force Mirage 2000DP 2 AW109 8 Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-171 6 Type Active Ordered Peruvian Army Bell 205 8 FT-2 30 SA330 1 Transport Type Active Ordered Bell 212/412 7 FT-5 135 SE3160 10 Arava 3 Transport H125M/AS550 4 MiG-15 4 Training aircraft/helicopters CN235 1 An-32 3 MD500 25 NORWAY F-16B/D 31 P-750 4 Beech 1900 1 S-76 (SAR) 9 Royal Norwegian Air Force FT-6 9 PARAGUAY Cessna 208 1 UH-1H 28

BAE Systems BAE Type Active Ordered FT-7 8 Paraguayan Air Force Citation XLS 1 Training aircraft/helicopters

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S-211 3 Portuguese Navy Il-86 (Recce) 3 SF-260 21 Type Active Ordered Tu-134 (Recce) 1 Philippine Navy Aviation Combat helicopter Tu-204 (EW) 2 Type Active Ordered Lynx 95 5 Tanker Special mission QATAR Il-78 19 31* King Air 90 (MPA) 2 Qatar Emiri Air Force Transport Transport Type Active Ordered An-12 56 BN-2 6 Combat aircraft An-22 5 Combat helicopter Alpha Jet 6 An-26 116 AW109 5 Euroﬁghter Typhoon 24* An-72 27 (KPF[QWTPGZVFGCNYKVJ AW159 2 F-15QA 36* An-124 2 SE313 1 Mirage 2000-5EDA 9 An-140 3 1 POLAND Rafale EQ 18 An-148 10 5 VJGYQTNFoUOQUVEQORTGJGPUKXGƃGGVUFCVCDCUG Polish Air Force Special mission Il-18 2 Type Active Ordered 737 (AEW) 3* Il-76 99 36+9* Combat aircraft Tanker Il-96 10* F-16C 36 A330 MRTT 2* Il-112 35* MiG-29 31 Transport L-410 26 Su-22 32 C-17 8 Medium Transport Aircraft 100* Transport C-130J 4 Tu-134 5 C-130E 5 Combat helicopter Tu-154 2 C295 16 AH-64E 24 Combat helicopter M28 23 AW139 19 AS355 2 Combat helicopter Gazelle 13 H125M/AS350 3 Mi-2 15 NH90 (NFH/TTH) 22 Ka-27 6 Mi-8/17 12 Sea King 11 Ka-52 91 65+25* W-3 17 Training aircraft/helicopters Ka-62 16+84* Training aircraft/helicopters Hawk 6* Ka-226 36 Cabri G2 4 MFI-395 4 4 Mi-8/17 711 56 F-16D 12 Mirage 2000-5DDA 3 Mi-24/35 326 M-346 6 6 PC-21 24 Mi-26 43 15* PZL-130 16 Rafale DQ 6 Mi-28 83 11 SW-4 24 ROMANIA Mi-38 3* TS-11 36 Romanian Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters Polish Land Forces Type Active Ordered Ansat 43 7 Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft L-39 201 Combat helicopter F-16A 9 Mi-2 29 Mi-2 44 MiG-21 25 Mi-28 8 16+36* Mi-8/17 27 Special mission MiG-29 2 2 7,0 Mi-24 29 An-30 (Recce) 2 Tu-134 36 S-70 2 Transport Yak-130 90 20 W-3 38 An-26 2 Russian Naval Aviation Training aircraft/helicopters C-27J 7 Type Active Ordered Mi-2 2 C-130H 4 Combat aircraft Polish Naval Air Arm Combat helicopter MiG-29 13 10 Type Active Ordered SA330 59 Su-24 22 Special mission Training aircraft/helicopters Su-25 4 An-28/M28 (MPA) 9 F-16B 3 Su-30/33 44 4+22* Transport IAR-99 18 Special mission An-28/M28 5 SA316 6 An-12 (SAR) 3 Combat helicopter Romanian Navy Be-12 (SAR) 6 Mi-2 3 Type Active Ordered Be-200 (SAR) 4 Mi-8/17 2 Combat helicopter Il-20 (MPA) 1 Mi-14 9 SA330 3 Il-22 (EW) 2 SH-2G 4 RUSSIA Il-38 (MPA) 20 W-3 7 Russian Air Force Ka-31 (AEW) 3 PORTUGAL Type Active Ordered Tu-142 (MPA) 24 Portuguese Air Force Combat aircraft Transport Type Active Ordered MiG-29/35 249 12+37* An-12 2 Combat aircraft MiG-31 134 An-24/26 25 F-16A 24 Su-24 274 An-72 5 Special mission Su-25 197 An-140 4 C295 (MPA) 5 Su-27/30/35 378 64+42* Be-200 2+2* P-3C (MPA) 5 Su-34 109 23+16* Il-18 1 Transport T-50 (Sukhoi) 60* Tu-134 2 C-130H 4 Tu-22M 68 Tu-154 1 C295 7 Tu-95 42 Combat helicopter KC-390 6* Tu-160 16 50* Ka-27 89 Combat helicopter Special mission Ka-28 2 AW101 12 An-12 (SAR) 4 Ka-29 9 SA316 8 An-26 (Recce) 1 Ka-52 3 Training aircraft/helicopters An-30 (Recce) 14 Mi-8 10 Alpha Jet 6 Il-20/22 (Recce) 26 Training aircraft/helicopters F-16B 3 Il-76 (A50) (AEW) 13 Il-18 1 TB30 Epsilon 14 Il-76 (Recce) 1 Tu-134 4 Find out more and request your demo at ﬂightglobal.com 5-11 December 2017 | Flight International | 49 26 | FlightGlobal YYYƃKIJVINQDCNEQOƃGGVUCPCN[\GT FlightGlobal | 27

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Y-12 (MPA) 1 C-130B 6 King Air 90 1 Spanish Naval Aviation Transport C212 3 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Y-12 1 Cessna 208 7 AH-1J/S 76 Combat aircraft SIERRA LEONE DC-3 3 AH-64E 36 EAV-8B+ 12 Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces King Air 200/300 4 BO105 12 Transport Type Active Ordered PC-12 1 CH/HH-47D 37 Citation II/VII 4 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter MD530 250 Combat helicopter Mi-17 2 AW109 26 S-70/UH-60L/P 69 Bell 212 8 Mi-24 2 BK117 6 Surion KUH-1 65 27+153* S-61/SH-3H 8 SA319 1 Oryx 46 UH-1H 75 S-70/SH-60B/F 12 4 SINGAPORE Rooivalk 12 Republic of Korea Marine Corps Training aircraft/helicopters Republic of Singapore Air Force Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered TAV-8 1 Type Active Ordered Gripen D 9 Combat helicopter MD500 7 Combat aircraft Hawk 120 23 Surion KUH-1 30+10* SRI LANKA F-15SG 40 PC-7 Mk II 35 Republic of Korea Navy Sri Lankan Air Force F-16C/D 60 South African Navy Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Special mission Type Active Ordered Special mission Combat aircraft F50 (MPA) 5 Combat helicopter P-3C/CK (MPA) 16 JF-17 8* Igor Salinger Igor Gulfstream G550 (AEW) 4 Super Lynx 300 4 Transport Kfir 1 Serbia’s fleet of MiG-29 interceptors will be increased, following donations from Moscow Tanker SOUTH KOREA F406 5 Special mission A330 MRTT 6 Republic of Korea Air Force Combat helicopter King Air 200 (MPA) 2 Yak-130 5+5* Royal Saudi Navy KC-130B/H 5 Type Active Ordered AW159 8 Transport RWANDA Type Active Ordered KC-135R 4 Combat aircraft Lynx 99/A 24 An-32 4 Rwandan Air Force Combat helicopter Transport F-4E 71 S-70/MH-60R/UH-60P 8 10* C-130K 2 Type Active Ordered AS365/565 26 C-130H 5 F-5E 158 SA319 10 Y-12 9 Combat helicopter H215M/AS332/532 20 F50 4 F-15K 59 UH-1H 7 Combat helicopter Mi-8/17 12 S-70/MH-60R 10 Combat helicopter F-16C 118 SOUTH SUDAN Bell 206 4 Mi-24 5 Saudi Arabian National Guard AH-64D 17 F-35A 6+34* Sudan People's Air Force Bell 212/412 13 SA342 4 Type Active Ordered CH-47SD 16 FA-50 60 Type Active Ordered Mi-8/17/171 21 SAUDI ARABIA Combat helicopter H215M/AS332 32 Special mission Combat helicopter Mi-24/35 9 Royal Saudi Air Force AH-64E 12 24* H225M 16 737 (AEW) 4 Mi-8/17 9 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered MD530/AH-6I 12 12+12* S-70 8 Falcon 2000 (EW) 2 SPAIN FT-7 1 Combat aircraft S-70/UH-60M 24 40 Training aircraft/helicopters Hawker 800 (Recce) 8 Spanish Air Force K-8 5 2* Eurofighter Typhoon 54 SENEGAL H120 5 Tanker Type Active Ordered Sri Lankan Navy F-15C/S/SA 149 28 Senegal Air Force M-346 12 A330 MRTT 4 Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered Tornado IDS 81 Type Active Ordered PC-21 19 Transport EF-18M/F/A-18A 73 Combat helicopter Special mission Combat aircraft SLOVAKIA C-130H 12 Eurofighter 49 8 Mi-171 4 707 (E-3A) (AEW) 5 EMB-314 3 Slovak Air Force C-130J 4 Special mission SUDAN King Air 350 (EW) 2 3* Transport Type Active Ordered CN235 18 C212 (EW) 1 Sudan Air Force Saab 2000 (AEW) 2 CN235 1 Combat aircraft Combat helicopter C212 (MPA) 4 Type Active Ordered Tanker F27 1 MiG-29 18 Bell 412 3 CN235 (MPA) 8 Combat aircraft 707 (KE-3A) 8 Combat helicopter Special mission CH-47D 5 Falcon 20 (EW) 2 A-5 20 A330 MRTT 6 AS355 1 L-410 (Recce) 1 H215M/AS332 3 P-3M (MPA) 3 F-6 8 KC-130H 7 Bell 206 2 Transport Ka-32 7 Tanker F-7 20 KC-130J 2 3* Mi-2 2 C-27J 1 1 MD500 25 KC-130H 5 MiG-21 4 Transport Mi-8/17 2 L-410 5 S-70/HH/UH-60P 28 Transport MiG-23 3 An-132 6* Mi-24/35 3 Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters A400M 1 26 MiG-29 11 An-178 30* SE3160 1 Bell 429 9* F-5F 36 C-130H 5 Su-24 3 C-130H 33 Training aircraft/helicopters Mi-2 2 F-16D 51 C212 9 Su-25 15 C-130J 20* KT-1 4 Mi-17 13 KT-1 106 C295/CN235 21 Transport Citation Bravo 4 TB30 6 S-70/UH-60M 2 7 KT-100 2 21 Citation V 3 An-12 8 Gulfstream IV 1 SERBIA Training aircraft/helicopters T-50/B 59 King Air 90 3 An-26 6 Jetstream 31 1 Serbian Air Force L-39 7 TA-50 22 Combat helicopter An-30/32 5 King Air 350 10 Type Active Ordered SLOVENIA Republic of Korea Army H215M/AS332 10 2 C-130H 1 Combat helicopter Combat aircraft Slovenian Armed Forces Type Active Ordered S-76 2 DHC-5 1 Bell 212/412 36 J-22 17 Type Active Ordered Transport Training aircraft/helicopters Il-76 1 H215M/AS332/532 11 MiG-21 3 Transport C-101 64 Combat helicopter S-70/UH-60L 2 MiG-29 6 8* L-410 1 EF-18BM 12 Bell 205 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Transport PC-6 2 Eurofighter 12 Bell 212 3 Eurofighter Typhoon 18 An-26 1 Combat helicopter F-5M 19 Mi-2 1 F-15D 21 PA-34 1 Bell 412 8 H120 15 Mi-8/17/171 24 Hawk 65/A/165 66 23 Combat helicopter H215M/AS532 4 S-76 6 Mi-24/35 41 MFI-17/395 40 H145M 6 Training aircraft/helicopters T-35 35 Training aircraft/helicopters PC-21 55 Mi-8/17 10 Bell 206 4 Spanish Army JL-9 6 SR22 25 SA341/342 30 PC-9 9 Type Active Ordered K-8 6 Royal Saudi Land Forces Training aircraft/helicopters SOUTH AFRICA Combat helicopter SURINAME Type Active Ordered G-2 1 South African Air Force Bell 212 6 Suriname Air Force Combat helicopter G-4 21 Type Active Ordered BO105 13 Type Active Ordered AH-64A/D/E 22 25 Lasta 95 14 Combat aircraft CH-47D 17 Combat helicopter CH-47F 8+40* SEYCHELLES Gripen C 17 H215M/AS332/532 29 SA316 3 MD530F 12 Seychelles Air Force Special mission NH90 (TTH) 5 17 SWAZILAND OH-58 15 Type Active Ordered Cessna 208 (EW) 1 Tiger 16 2 Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force

S-70/I/UH-60L/M 43 8+198* Special mission DC-3 (EW) 1 Force Air US UH-1H 10 Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters DHC-6 (MPA) 1 DC-3 (MPA) 5 Seoul’s Hercules ﬂeet includes 12 H-model Training aircraft/helicopters Combat helicopter Schweizer 434 19 Dornier 228 (SAR) 1 Transport tactical transports (above) and four C-130Js H135 14 SA316 3

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SWEDEN E-2B/K (AEW) 6 An-28 1 Bell 206 20 Hurkus C 12 Training aircraft/helicopters Swedish Air Force P-3C (MPA) 12 Y-8 2 Bell 212 51 Special mission L-39 6 Type Active Ordered S-2 (MPA) 1 Y-12 2 H125M/AS550 8 737 (AEW) 4 SF-260 4 Combat aircraft Transport Combat helicopter H145 5 15* C160 (EW) 1 UKRAINE Gripen C 72 C-27J 6* Bell 412 2 Mi-8/17 6 4 CN235 (MPA) 2 Ukrainian Air Force Gripen E 60 C-130H 19 H155 1 S-70/UH-60L/M 10 4* Tanker Type Active Ordered Special mission Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters UH-1H 78 KC-135R 7 Combat aircraft Gulfstream IV (SIGINT) 2 H225M 3 FT-6 1 Training aircraft/helicopters Transport MiG-29 21 Saab 340 (AEW) 2 S-70 13 FT-7 2 Enstrom 480 16 A400M 5 5 Su-24 12 Tanker Training aircraft/helicopters K-8 5 Hughes 269 45 C-130B/E 16 Su-25 13 KC-130H 1 AT-3 49 THAILAND R44 1 C160 14 Su-27 18 Transport F-5F 29 Royal Thai Air Force Royal Thai Navy CN235 42 Special mission C-130H 5 F-16B 27 Type Active Ordered Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter An-30 (Recce) 3 Saab 340 1 F-CK-1B/D 25 Combat aircraft Special mission H215M/AS532 21 Transport Training aircraft/helicopters Mirage 2000-5DI 9 Alpha Jet 18 CL-215 (SAR) 1 S/T-70 6 An-24/26 23 Gripen D 23 T-34 37 F-5E 30 Dornier 228 (MPA) 7 UH-1H 59 An-70 1 3+2* Saab 105 48 Republic of China Army F-16A 38 F27 (MPA) 2 Training aircraft/helicopters Il-76 5 Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing Type Active Ordered Gripen C 7 P-3T (MPA) 1 F-16C/D 87 Tu-134 1 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Special mission Transport Hurkus B 15 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter AH-1W 62 DA42 (Recce) 5 F27 2 KT-1T 40 15* Mi-8/9 16 AW109 20 AH-64E 29 P180 (Recce) 1 Combat helicopter MFI-395 52 Training aircraft/helicopters NH90 (TTH) 17 1 CH-47SD 8 Saab 340 (AEW) 2 Bell 212 7 NF-5A/B 24 L-39 46 S-70/UH-60M 15 OH-58 38 Transport Bell 214 2 SF-260 35 Ukraine Army Aviation SWITZERLAND S-70/UH-60M 45 BT-67 7 H145M 5 1 T-38 68 Type Active Ordered Swiss Air Force UH-1H 90 C-130H 12 S-70/MH-60S 8 Turkish Army Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters King Air 90 1 S-76 4 Type Active Ordered Mi-8/9 36 Combat aircraft Bell 206 29 PC-6 16 Super Lynx 110 2 Special mission Mi-24 34 F/A-18C 25 Republic of China Navy Saab 340 4 TOGO King Air 350 (Recce) 3 Ukrainian Navy F-5E 29 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Togolese Air Force Transport Type Active Ordered Transport Combat helicopter Bell 412 8 Type Active Ordered King Air 200 4 Special mission Beech 1900 1 MD500 7 H225M 6 2 Transport Combat helicopter An-148 (MPA) 1 PC-6 15 S-70/MH-60R 18 10* UH-1H 16 King Air 200 2 AH-1P/S/W 54 Be-12 (SAR) 2 Combat helicopter TAJIKISTAN Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters Bell 205 69 Transport H135M/EC635 18 Tajikstan Air Force Alpha Jet 1 Alpha Jet 5 CH-47F 6 5 An-26 1 H215M/AS532 24 Type Active Ordered DA42 10 MB-326 6 H215M/AS532 27 Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters Transport F-5B/F 4 TB30 2 OH-58 3 Ka-27 4 F/A-18D 5 An-26 1 F-16B 15 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO S/T-70 57 31 Mi-14 4 F-5F 7 Combat helicopter Gripen D 4 Trinidad & Tobago Air Guard T129 23 36 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PC-7 27 Mi-8 14 L-39 35 Type Active Ordered UH-1H 86 United Arab Emirates Air Force PC-9 8 Mi-24 6 PC-9 23 Special mission Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered PC-21 8 Training aircraft/helicopters T-50 12 Merlin IV/Metro (MPA) 2 Bell 206 33 Combat aircraft SYRIA L-39 4 Royal Thai Army Combat helicopter Turkish Navy AT-802I 6 Syrian Air Force TANZANIA Type Active Ordered AW139 4 Type Active Ordered F-16E 55 Type Active Ordered Tanzanian Peoples Defence Force Transport TUNISIA Special mission Mirage 2000-9/EAD/RAD 42 Combat aircraft Type Active Ordered C212 2 Tunisian Air Force CN235 (MPA) 6 Special mission MiG-21 51 Combat aircraft C295 1 Type Active Ordered Transport Dash 8 (MPA) 2 MiG-23 87 F-6 3 King Air 200 2 Combat aircraft ATR 72 2 Global 6000 (AEW) 3 MiG-25 2 F-7 11 Combat helicopter F-5E 12 Combat helicopter Global 6000 (Recce) 1 1 MiG-29 20 12 Special mission AH-1F 7 Special mission Bell 212 13 S2R Archangel (Recce) 24 Su-22 41 SBL7-360 (Recce) 1 AW139 8 2 MX-7 (Recce) 9 3 S-70 24 Saab 340 (AEW) 2 Su-24 20 Transport AW149 2 Transport TURKMENISTAN Tanker Transport C-130B/H 7 Turkmenistan Air Force A330 MRTT 3 An-26 2 C-130J 2 Type Active Ordered Transport Il-76 1 L-410 4 Combat aircraft C-17 8 Combat helicopter Combat helicopter MiG-29 24 C-130H/L-100 8 Ka-28 2 Bell 205 20 Su-25 20 Cessna 208 1 Mi-2 13 Bell 412 3 Transport CN235/C295 6 5 Mi-8/17 51 H125M/AS350 6 An-26 1 King Air 350 2 Mi-14 11 OH-58 6 18 An-74 2 P180 2 Mi-25 28 S-61/CH/HH-3E 16 Combat helicopter P-750 1 SA342 62 S-70/UH-60M 1 15 Mi-8 15 Saab 340 1 Training aircraft/helicopters SA316 8 Mi-24 10 Combat helicopter L-39 63 SE313 8 UGANDA AW139 8 MFI-17 6 UH-1H/N 16 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Bell 407 1 Yak-130 36 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered Bell 412 4 TAIWAN F-5F 3 Combat aircraft Training aircraft/helicopters Republic of China Air Force L-59 9 MiG-21 5 Bell 407 13 Type Active Ordered SF-260 18 Su-30 5 F-16F 23 Combat aircraft TURKEY Transport G115 12 F/RF-5E 25 Turkish Air Force Cessna 208 2 GA8 1 F-16A 114 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter Hawk 61/63/102 31 F-CK-1A/C 101 Combat aircraft Bell 206 6 King Air 90 3 Mirage 2000-5EI 46 F-4E 49 Mi-8/17 10 MB-339 12

Special mission AirTeamImages F-16C 158 Mi-24 5 Mirage 2000-9DAD 14 C-130H (EW) 1 Switzerland is among eight nations operating a combined 1,118 F-18-series combat aircraft F-35A 2+98* UH-1H 5 PC-7 31

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PC-21 25 King Air 200/350 (C-12) 94 MH-53E 27 AS355 1 United Arab Emirates Joint Air Command Merlin IV/Metro 12 MV-22 1 13+35* BO105 1 Type Active Ordered Combat helicopter S-70/EH/HH/MH/SH/UH-60 507 27+41* Training aircraft/helicopters Special mission AH-64D/E 796 41 Training aircraft/helicopters T-34 1 Cessna 208 (Recce) 1 Bell 412 4 Bell 206 (TH-57) 113 T-35 4* DHC-6 (Recce) 3 CH-47D/F/MH-47G 483 28+12* DHC-3 1 UZBEKISTAN Transport H145 (UH-72A) 349 1 E-2C 2 Uzbekistan Air Force Cessna 208 7 MD500 (AH/MH-6/I) 47 74* F/A-18A/B/C/D 109 Type Active Ordered DHC-6 7 Mi-8/17 7 F/A-18E/F 137 Combat aircraft Combat helicopter S-70/EH/HH/MH/UH-60 2,251 300+203* F-5F/N 29 MiG-29 39 AH-64D/E 30 39* UH-1H 31 F-16A/B 14 Su-25 20 AS565 13 Training aircraft/helicopters F-35C 20 Su-27 30 AW139 6 Bell 206 116 Gulfstream G100 (C-38) 2 Transport AW609 (SAR) 3* DHC-7 1 H145 (UH-72A) 5 An-12 2 Bell 407 29 G120TP (CAE USA) 6 King Air 90/200 57 An-26 4 CH-47C+/F 19 5 H145 (UH-72A) 55 8+9* OH-58 3 C295 4 H125M/AS350/550 14 King Air 100/200 11 T-6A/B/C 294 29 Il-76 5 S-70/UH-60L/M 60 BN-2 1 PC-12 (U-28A/B) (Recce) 20 Mi-24 1 T-34 75 Combat helicopter Training aircraft/helicopters G115 (Babcock) 5 RC-135S/U/V/W (ELINT) 22 T-6D 4 T-38 10 H125M/AS550 6

H125M/AS350 1 Copyright Crown United States Marine Corps T-45A/C 196 H215M/AS532 2 6 United Arab Emirates Navy More than 50 A400Ms are now in operational service: the UK Royal Air Force has taken 18 Type Active Ordered URUGUAY Mi-8 40 Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft Uruguayan Air Force Mi-24/35 25 Combat helicopter H125/AS350 (Cobham) 12 U-2S (Recce) 27 AV-8B+ 108 Type Active Ordered Training aircraft/helicopters H215M/AS332 8 Royal Navy Tanker F/A-18A/C/D 259 Combat aircraft L-39 2 UNITED KINGDOM Type Active Ordered 767 (KC-46A) 38+141* F-35B/C 24 13+360* A-37 8 VENEZUELA Royal Air Force Special mission DC-10 (KC-10) 58 Special mission Special mission Venezuelan Military Aviation Type Active Ordered Sea King ASaC7 (AEW) 8 KC-135R/T 397 EA-6B (EW) 15 C212 (MPA) 4 Type Active Ordered Combat aircraft Combat helicopter MC-130H/P 21 Tanker Transport Combat aircraft Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 94 17 AW101 43 MC-130J 39 30+13* KC-130J 53 8+1* Beechcraft Baron 2 F-16A 16 F-35B 9 4+121* AW159 31 Transport Transport C-130B 2 Su-30 23 Tornado GR4 40 Training aircraft/helicopters Beech 1900 (C-12J) 3 Citation Encore/Sovereign/Ultra 12 2 C212 1 Special mission Special mission AS365 (British International Helicopters) 2 C-5M 45 Gulfstream IV 1 EMB-110 1 Falcon 20 (EW) 1 707 (E-3D) (AEW) 6 G115 (Babcock) 6 C-17 222 King Air 200/350 (UC-12) 13 2 EMB-120 1 Merlin IV/Metro (EW) 1 737 (P-8A) (MPA) 2+7* Hawk T1 14 C/LC-130H 204 Combat helicopter Y-12 2 Tanker Global Express (Sentinel R1) (Recce) 4 King Air 350 (Ascent) 4 C-130J 115 35+27* AH-1W 105 Combat helicopter 707 1 King Air 350 (Shadow R1) (Recce) 5 Defence Helicopter Flying School Cessna 208 2 AH-1Z 72 110+19* AS355 1 Transport RC-135W (ELINT) 3 Type Active Ordered DHC-6 1 CH-53E 142 AS365 2 C-130H 5 Tanker Training aircraft/helicopters Dornier 328 20 CH-53K 6+194* Bell 212 4 Cessna 208 4 A330 MRTT (AirTanker) 9 AW139 (Cobham) 1 Gulfstream IV 1 UH-1N 5 UH-1H 3 Citation II 1 Transport H125/AS350 (Cobham) 22 King Air 200 (C-12) 26 UH-1Y 138 33 Training aircraft/helicopters Dornier 228/NG 3 7 A400M 18 4 H135 (Airbus Helicopters UK) 19 12 Learjet 35 (C-21A) 23 MV-22 253 35+36* PC-7 5 King Air 200/350 6 10* BAe 146 2 H145 (Airbus Helicopters UK) 3 M28 (C-146A) 5 Training aircraft/helicopters SF-260 10 Merlin IV/Metro 1 C-17 8 UNITED STATES PC-12 (U-28A/B) 15 F/A-18A/C 18 Uruguayan Naval Aviation Short 360 2 C-130J 18 United States Air Force Combat helicopter F-5F/N 13 Type Active Ordered Y-8 8 Combat helicopter Type Active Ordered CV-22 44 1+5* F-35B/C 36 Special mission Combat helicopter AW109 1 Combat aircraft Mi-8 1 T-34 3 King Air 200 (MPA) 1 H215M/AS332/532 10 Bell 412 (Cobham) (SAR) 3 A-10C 287 S-70/HH-60G/U/W/MH-60G 100 9+103* TAV-8 16 Transport Mi-8/17 6 CH-47 Chinook HC3/4/5/6 44 AC-130J 7 UH-1N 64 United States Navy King Air 200 1 Mi-28 10* SA330 Puma HC2 22 AC-130U/W 28 Training aircraft/helicopters Type Active Ordered O-2 3* Training aircraft/helicopters Training aircraft/helicopters B-1 60 707 (E-8C) 1 Combat aircraft Combat helicopter DA40 24 AW109 (Cobham) 1 B-2 20 Beechjet T1A 157 F/A-18A/C 158 Bell 412 (Cobham) 10 B-21 100* C-135 3 F/A-18E/F 375 22 Eurofighter Typhoon T3 15 B-52 75 DA40 (T-52A) (DOSS Aviation) 54 F-35C 1 2+237* F-35B 4 F-15C/E 431 EMB-314 11 7 Special mission G115 (Babcock) 97 F-16C 791 F-15D 26 707 (E-6B) (Comms) 16 G120TP (Affinity) 15 8 F-22 178 F-16D 150 737 (P-8A) (MPA) 69 23+7* Hawk T1 38 F-35A 28 48+1,589 F-35A 92 4 E-2C/D (AEW) 79 21+24* Hawk T2 (Ascent) 25 Special mission SR20 25 EA-18G (EW) 139 16 King Air 200/350 8 707 (E-3B/C/G) (AEW) 31 T-6A 447 EP-3E (ELINT) 12 Phenom 100 (Affinity) 3 2 707 (E-8C) (Recce) 16 T-38A/C 501 Gulfstream G550 (AEW) 1 T-6C (Affinity) 10 747 (E-4B) (Comms) 4 TU-2S 4 Learjet 35/36 (Recce) 2 Tornado GR4 2 757 (C-32B) (Recce) 4 UH-1H 38 Merlin IV/Metro (C-26D) (Recce) 1 Tucano T1 41 Beechjet T1A (Recce) 21 United States Army P-3C (MPA) 67 Army Air Corps CN235 (Recce) 5 Type Active Ordered Tanker Type Active Ordered Dash 8 (Recce) 6 Special mission KC-130T 5 Special mission DHC-6 (Recce) 1 Dash 8 (Recce) 8 Transport BN-2 (Recce) 11 EC-130H (EW) 15 DHC-7 (Recce) 7 737 (C-40A) 15 2 EC-130J (EW) 7 King Air 200/300/350 (MC/RC-12) C-2 34 Combat helicopter 83 AH-64D/E Apache AH1 49 50 Falcon 20 (HU-25) (Recce) 2 (Recce) C-130T 20 AS365 6 Global Express (E-11A) (Comms) 4 Transport Gulfstream IV (UC-20) 4 AW159 21 1 HC-130J (SAR) 20 19+8 Beech 1900 3 King Air 200 (C-12) 13 Bell 212 (Cobham) 4 HC-130N/P (SAR) 9 C-27J 7 Merlin IV/Metro (C-26D) 6 Lynx AH9A 9 King Air 350 (MC-12W) (Recce) 42 C212 5 PC-12NG 1

The A-10C has evaded early retirement, orce Citation Encore/Ultra 28 F SA341 22 Merlin IV/Metro (RC-26B) (Recce) 11 Combat helicopter with 287 still in US Air Force inventory ir

Training aircraft/helicopters OC-135B (Recce) 2 Gulfstream IV 1 Bell 407 4 A US

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AirTeamImages Combat helicopter With six of the type, Zambia is global fleet-leader for L-15 jet trainer – China operates two Bell 205 12 Bell 206 2 Mi-171 5 DA42 6 Mi-8/17 87 Z-9 7 EMB-312 19 Mi-24 25 Training aircraft/helicopters Enstrom 280/480 6 12 UH-1H 15 Power playersFT-6 2 F-16B 4 Training aircraft/helicopters K-8 16 K-8 24 While the L-39new US president’s confrontational28 style of international diplomacy stoked L-15 6 L-15 24* Vietnamese Navy rivalries, the global military fleet saw a modest rise in numbers:MFI-I5 except in North America15 SF-260 12 Type Active Ordered SF-260 13 Venezuelan Army Aviation Special mission ZIMBABWE Type Active Ordered DHC-6 Guardian 400 (MPA) 3 CRAIG HOYLE LONDON Air Forceground-attack of Zimbabwe aircraft had been destroyed, Transport DATA COMPILEDTransport BY DARIA GLAZUNOVA, MARK KWIATKOWSKI & SANDRA LEWIS-RICE Flight Fleets Analyzer shows the action as hav- Type Active Ordered Arava 4 DATA ANALYSISDHC-6 BY ANTOINE Guardian FAFARD 400 3 ing had limited materiel effect. It did, however, Combat aircraftdraw Russia’s ire, as a detachment of its own King Air 200 2 Combat helicopter rinkmanship was the name of the of US Navy destroyers launched 59 RaytheonF-7 combat aircraft was using the same Syrian7 base. M28 11 H225M 2 game for much of the 2017 calendar Tomahawk cruise missiles towards Syria’sMiG-23 Al- Another spike in rhetoric came in mid-June,3 Combat helicopter year, withKa-28 global tensions in no small Shayrat air base, targeting8 its runways and hard- when a Syrian Su-22 was shot down by a US Transport Bell 206 4 part linkedYEMEN to the head-on approach ened aircraft shelters housing Sukhoi Su-22s. Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet after attack- B to diplomacy taken by US President Don- Despite initial claims from the PentagonBN-2 that ing opposition forces backed by Washington.5 Bell 412 11 Yemen Arab Republic Air Force ald Trump. about one-third of its more than 40C212 such Syria threatened to target US combat aircraft9 Mi-8/17 21 Type Active Ordered Largely continuing with the firebrand Combat helicopterwith advanced surface-to-air missile systems in Mi-26 3 soundbites whichCombat brought aircraft him to the Oval Of- the wake of the incident. Trump and Kim Jong-un Mi-24/35 6 Mi-35 10 fice, Trump swiftlyF-5E placed his administration 11 Trump’s standoff with North Korean leader on a collision course with Russian President traded personal insults Mi-172 Kim Jong-un was of greater concern, with1 the S-61/ASH-3D 3 MiG-21 19 Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s support for against a backdrop of SA316 pair trading personal insults against a backdrop13 orce Training aircraft/helicopters F MiG-29 24 32* ir ir Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. potential nuclear conflict Training aircraft/helicoptersof potential nuclear conflict. After Pyongyang’s Bell 206 1 A US Tensions peakedSu-22 in early April, when a pair 23 forces tested a nuclear device, flew interconti- Bell 412 8 Venezuelan Naval Aviation Special mission K-8 10 Type Active Ordered Cessna 208 (Recce) 2 Increased tensions with missile-touting SF-260 Pyongyang have led to South 28Korean Special mission Transport F-15Ks making regular manoeuvres C212 (MPA) 2 Transport C212 3 Cessna 208 1 Yours to download King Air 90/200 2 Turbo Commander 1 Combat helicopter FlightGlobal’s World Air Forces directory 2018 Bell 212/412 10 will be available as a free download from Mi-8/17 6 5 December, brought to you in association with Z-9 8 RUAG. To get your copy of our annual report, Training aircraft/helicopters visit flightglobal.com/waf Bell 206 2 VIETNAM Vietnamese People's Air Force For more information about our Flight Fleets Type Active Ordered Analyzer product, or to request a demonstra- Combat aircraft tion, go to Access FREE news and analysis Su-22 36 flightglobal.com/products/fleets-analyzer Su-27/30 40 6 Special mission from the global defence sector at M28 (MPA) 1 Keep up to speed with military procurement Transport plans, key equipment orders and operational An-26 30 developments by accessing FlightGlobal’s flightglobal.com/Defence C295 3 dedicated defence channel: Combat helicopter flightglobal.com/defence Ka-32 2

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