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Aircraft Strength by Country

Authored By Staff Writer | Last Updated: 12/2012

Despite all of the other advances made for the modern battlefield, air superiority is still a top priority to war planners in any theater.

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The aircraft received its baptism by fire in World War 1, having since evolved to the mounts of today utilizing stealth and supercruise technology as well as precision-guided munitions. For the purposes of the GFP ranking, fixed-wing, rotary-wing and UAV aircraft inventories are all taken into account. Systems on order as of 2013 are not taken into account.


Total Aircraft strength data through 2012.

1
15,293
2
5,048
3
4,498
4
1,962
5
1,858
6
1,667
7
1,531
8
1,512
9
1,412
10
1,252
11
977
12
925
13
871
14
863
15
822
16
805
17
770
18
743
19
695
20
656
21
644
22
621
23
618
24
587
25
587
26
567
27
560
28
544
29
523
30
457
31
444
32
416
33
409
34
389
35
377
36
362
37
359
38
356
39
324
40
306
41
306
42
302
43
294
44
278
45
263
46
244
47
235
48
226
49
218
50
198
51
184
52
168
53
148
54
147
55
142
56
139
57
120
58
109
59
108
60
98
61
97
62
87
63
84
64
79
65
63
66
52
67
40
68
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Sources: US Library of Congress; CIA.gov/CIA World Factbook; EIA.gov; wikipedia.com; energy.eu; SIPRI.org. Some values estimated based on factors available when official sources are lacking.

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