Войти

Study: Russia has the world's second fleet of military aircraft

2948
0
0
Image source: © AP Photo, Pavel Golovkin

The first place was taken by the US Army

MOSCOW, December 15. /tass/. The Russian Armed Forces have the second largest fleet of military aircraft in the world. This is stated in the handbook World Air Forces 2022, published by Flight Global magazine and available to TASS.

According to the study, Russia has 4,173 military aircraft, which is 8% of the global fleet of military aircraft. The first place was taken by the US Army with an indicator of 13,246 military aircraft (25%). China is in third place with 3,285 military aircraft and helicopters (6%). The top five largest military aviation fleets also include India (2,182. 4%) and South Korea (1,595. 3%).

Next on the list are Japan (1,449. 3%), Pakistan (1,387. 2%), Egypt (1,062. 2%), Turkey 1,057. 2%) and France (1,055. 2%). There are 22,781 aircraft (43%) in the military aircraft fleets of other countries.

As of December 2021, 53,271 military aircraft and helicopters were in service in the world.

The rights to this material belong to
The material is placed by the copyright holder in the public domain
  • The news mentions
Do you want to leave a comment? Register and/or Log in
ПОДПИСКА НА НОВОСТИ
Ежедневная рассылка новостей ВПК на электронный почтовый ящик
  • Discussion
    Update
  • 28.04 22:56
  • 15
Putin will be able to send military personnel to protect compatriots from arrest abroad (The Times, UK)
  • 28.04 17:16
  • 1095
Подушка безопасности Ирана на фоне слов Израиля о недостаточности вывоза урана
  • 28.04 15:16
  • 34
Новая политика Китая: увеличение процента учёных в ЦК КПК для ускорения развития
  • 28.04 03:03
  • 1
Американские корабли экстренно оснастили «адским огнем» для защиты от БПЛА
  • 28.04 02:47
  • 1
Sovereignty in the field of chip manufacturing is no longer about chips, but about systems.
  • 27.04 18:20
  • 1
В России призвали использовать кукурузники против дронов
  • 27.04 18:09
  • 2
Betting on the container model: The US Navy buys the first FF(X) frigates
  • 27.04 17:39
  • 1
Сербия обещает никогда не вводить санкции «против братской России»
  • 27.04 16:52
  • 1
В России сорвали проект выпуска процессора на замену Intel, штраф составил почти 303 млн рублей
  • 27.04 16:13
  • 1
Sales of the Su-35 are breaking records. But this is not the limit either: a new buyer has already been found (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
  • 27.04 16:01
  • 1
"The Finns won't like it." Moscow threatened with measures against the background of Helsinki's plans to deploy a "nuclear club" near the borders of Russia
  • 27.04 15:43
  • 1
ВМС США сообщили о рекордных масштабах строительства подлодок
  • 27.04 15:17
  • 1
Закупки «американских Су-57» увеличат вдвое
  • 27.04 15:14
  • 2
Northrop Grumman показала детальный рендер своего новейшего истребителя 6-го поколения
  • 27.04 12:59
  • 5
В Казани впервые показали макет нового самолета Ту-454