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World air forces december 2009 Worldwide active fleet share per country Country Active fleet share 1 United States 13,945 24%7%6%3%3%3%3%2%2%2%46% tOtAL 58,182 100% gLOBAL MILItARy FLEEt Country Active fleet share 1 United States 3,102 16%13%8% 4 north Korea 665 4% 5 India 659 3% 6 Ukraine 633 3% 7 Syria 581 3% 8 egypt 452 2% 9 South Korea 451 2% 10 Israel 431 2%43% tOtAL 18,968 100% COMBAt AIRCRAFt Country Active fleet share 1 United States 1,961 34% 2 russia 551 9% 3 India 247 4% 4 Brazil 167 3% 5 France 160 3% 6 china 123 2% 7 Iran 118 2% 8 Japan 101 2% 9 Ukraine 100 2% 10 Indonesia 97 2%38% tOtAL 5,838 100% tRANSpORtS/tANkERS Country Active fleet share 1 United States 5,342 26%8% 3 Iran 827 4% 4 Japan 719 4% 5 South Korea 705 3% 6 France 599 3% 7 India 557 3% 8 china 496 2% 9 United Kingdom 419 2% 10 Italy 408 2%42% tOtAL 20,380 100% COMBAt hELICOptERS Country Active fleet share 1 United States 2,667 26% 2 Japan 439 4% 3 china 400 4% 4 egypt 383 4% 5 United Kingdom 363 3% 6 turkey 335 3% 7 France 307 3% 8 Brazil 292 3% 9 South Korea 251 2% 10 India 245 2%45% tOtAL 10,393 100% tRAININg AIRCRAFt/hELICOptERS Country Active fleet share 1 United States 701 41% 2 Japan 167 10% 3 russia 88 5% 4 United Kingdom 74 4% 5 India 52 3% 6 France 38 2% 7 Brazil 37 2% 8 argentina 32 2% 9 Pakistan 30 2% 10 taiwan 29 2% other 468 27% tOtAL 1,716 100% SpECIAL MISSION Flightglobal’s Defence newsletter To receive FREE fortnightly news and analysis from the global defence sector with content from Flight International and Flightglobal.com, simply sign up at: www.flightglobal.com/subscribe note: Global MIlitary Fleet includes VIP aircraft