- Domain
- Air
- NCF capability
- Air combat
- Military Balance category
- Fighter / fighter ground attack
- SIPRI category
- Aircraft
- Evidence that places a platform here
- fighter · multi.?role (combat )?aircraft · multirole · air superiority · (?<!fast )interceptor(?! (craft|boat)) · ^F-\d · Su-(2[7-9]|3\d|57) · MiG-(2[1-9]|3\d) · J-(1\d|20|35) · Rafale · Typhoon · Gripen
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 · 10United KingdomModern · 5AustraliaModern and on order · 3FranceModern and on order · 3GermanyModern and on order · 7JapanModern · 4South KoreaModern · 8CanadaModern and on order · 4ItalyModern and on order · 6IndiaModern · 13TürkiyeModern · 1Saudi ArabiaModern · 6BrazilModern · 2IndonesiaModern and on order · 14MexicoLegacy only · 1ArgentinaModern · 1South AfricaModern · 1RussiaModern · 10ChinaModern · 18IsraelModern · 8UkraineModern · 6TaiwanModern · 4IranNoneNorth KoreaModern · 5
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 32 of these 35, retirements for 2. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only fighter and multirole in colour.
United States General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon 1,017, Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet 575, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle 249
United Kingdom Eurofighter Typhoon 111, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II 47, Supermarine Spitfire 5
Australia Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II 72, Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet 24, Hunter –
France Dassault Rafale 153, Dassault Mirage 2000 29, Hunter 6
Germany Eurofighter Typhoon 140, Panavia Tornado 93, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II F-35A 1
Japan McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle F-15J 155, Mitsubishi F-2 F-2A 62, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II 47
South Korea General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon 118, Northrop F-5 61, Korea Aerospace Industries T-50 Golden Eagle FA-50 60
Canada LSVW 1,333, CF-188 Hornet 85, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II CF-35A 2
Italy Eurofighter Typhoon F-2000A 79, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II F-35A 42, Panavia Tornado IDS 23
India Su-30MKI 258, Dassault Mirage 2000 46, Mikoyan MiG-29 MiG-29B 40
Türkiye Lockheed Martin F-16V Viper –
Saudi Arabia F-15EX Eagle II F-15SA 210, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle 210, McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle F-15SR 210
Brazil Northrop F-5 F-5EM 34, Saab JAS 39 Gripen F-39E F-39F 13
Indonesia Hawk 209 21, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon F-16C 18, Su-30MK2 9
Mexico Northrop F-5 7
Argentina Lockheed Martin F-16V Viper –
South Africa Saab JAS 39 Gripen 2
Russia Sukhoi Su-27 3, MiG-29K –, Mikoyan MiG-29 –
China Shenyang J-11 295, Chengdu J-10 J-10C 240, Chengdu J-10 J-10A 236
Israel General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon F-16C "Barak" 136, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon F-16A "Netz" 107, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon F-16I "Sufa" 100
Ukraine General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon 61, Mikoyan MiG-29 55, Sukhoi Su-27 31
Taiwan F-16A Block 72 78–144, F-CK-1C 72–134, Dassault Mirage 2000 2000-5EI 30–56
North Korea Shenyang J-5 74–138, Shenyang J-6 F-6C 68–126, Mikoyan MiG-29 24–46