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World Air Forces December 2009 | Flightglobal Insight World air forces december 2009 Worldwide active fleet per region NORth AMERICA combat aircraft: 3,161 transports/tankers: 2,009 combat helicopters: 5,476 LAtIN AMERICA combat aircraft: 848 transports/tankers: 584 combat helicopters: 1,293 EuROpE combat aircraft: 2,704 transports/tankers: 794 combat helicopters: 3,756 AFRICA combat aircraft: 1,411 transports/tankers: 505 combat helicopters: 1,343 MIDDLE EASt combat aircraft: 2,002 transports/tankers: 329 combat helicopters: 1,720 ASIA-pACIFIC combat aircraft: 5,961 transports/tankers: 941 combat helicopters: 4,229 RuSSIA & thE CIS combat aircraft: 2,881 transports/tankers: 676 combat helicopters: 2,563 Worldwide top 10 active aircraft types Aircraft type Active fleet share 1 F-16 2,534 13%6%6% 4 Mig-29 957 5% 5 F-15 936 5% 6 Su-24 811 4% 7 Su-27/30 789 4% 8 F-5 620 3% 9 F-4 605 3% 10 Q-5 600 3%47% tOtAL 18,968 100% COMBAt AIRCRAFt Aircraft type Active fleet share 1 c-130/l-100 1,281 22% 2 Kc-135 441 8% 3 Il-76/78 372 6% 4 an-24/26 366 6% 5 King air 280 5% 6 c-17 210 4% 7 an-12 193 3% 8 an-32 172 3% 9 c160 153 3% 10 cn-235 144 2%38% tOtAL 5,838 100% tRANSpORtS/tANkERS Aircraft type Active fleet share 1 S-70/Sh/Uh-60 2,921 14%12%8%7% 5 oh-58 942 5% 6 ah-64 915 4% 7 ch-47 802 4% 8 Sa341/342 689 3% 9 ah-1 525 3% 10 Mi-2 493 2%37% tOtAL 20,380 100% COMBAt hELICOptERS Source: MiliCAS & HeliCAS (1st December 2009)