- Domain
- Sea
- NCF capability
- Maritime power projection
- Military Balance category
- Aircraft carriers
- SIPRI category
- Ships
- Evidence that places a platform here
- aircraft carrier · supercarrier · carrier \(CVN?\) · \bCVN?\b · aviation cruiser · helicopter carrier
The 24 nations
None, legacy only, modern, or modern and on order. Modern: in service from 1995, or the current generations of fighters, tanks, submarines and long-range air defence.
United StatesModern and on order · 2United KingdomModern · 1AustraliaNoneFranceModern · 1GermanyNoneJapanNoneSouth KoreaNoneCanadaNoneItalyLegacy only · 1IndiaNoneTürkiyeNoneSaudi ArabiaNoneBrazilNoneIndonesiaLegacy only · 1MexicoNoneArgentinaNoneSouth AfricaNoneRussiaNoneChinaModern · 1IsraelNoneUkraineNoneTaiwanNoneIranNoneNorth KoreaNone
Generation timeline
Each platform from its first flight or launch to today, the 40 most operated, earliest in service first. Grey is development and, after the lead operator retires it, the years other nations keep it; colour is service.
- Development, from first flight or launch
- In service, from first deployment
- After its lead operator retires it, still held elsewhere
- Today
- Flag beside the name: the home country
Dates from Wikidata: first flights or launches for 0 of these 5, retirements for 0. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
| Platform | Operators | Active | On order | In service | Generation | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavour | 1 | 1 | ITA | |||
| Charles de Gaulle | 1 | 1 | 2001 | FRA | ||
| Chinese aviation training ship Shichang | 1 | 1996 | CHN | |||
| Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2017 | USA | |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | 1 | 1 | ITA | |||
| Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | 1 | 10 | 1975 | USA | ||
| Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier | 1 | 2 | 2017 | GBR |
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only aircraft carrier in colour.
United States Nimitz-class aircraft carrier 10, Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier 1
United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier 2
France Charles de Gaulle 1
Italy Cavour 1
Indonesia Giuseppe Garibaldi 1
China Chinese aviation training ship Shichang –