- Domain
- Air
- NCF capability
- Air mobility
- Military Balance category
- Transport helicopters
- SIPRI category
- Aircraft
- Evidence that places a platform here
- helicopter · rotorcraft · tiltrotor · utility helicopter · search and rescue · \bSAR\b · UH-\d · CH-\d · Mi-(8|17|171|26) · NH90 · AW1\d\d
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 · 21United KingdomModern · 16AustraliaModern and on order · 7FranceModern and on order · 12GermanyModern and on order · 6JapanModern and on order · 13South KoreaModern and on order · 15CanadaModern and on order · 9ItalyModern and on order · 28IndiaModern · 11TürkiyeModern and on order · 11Saudi ArabiaModern · 12BrazilModern and on order · 13IndonesiaModern and on order · 18MexicoModern · 17ArgentinaLegacy only · 11South AfricaLegacy only · 2RussiaModern · 13ChinaModern · 26IsraelLegacy only · 5UkraineModern · 13TaiwanModern · 7IranModern · 5North KoreaLegacy only · 6
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 36 of these 40, retirements for 5. 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 transport and utility helicopter in colour.
United States Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk 1,575, Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk 523, Airbus Helicopters H145 506
United Kingdom Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma 55, AW159 Wildcat 47, AgustaWestland AW101 44
Australia S-70 56, NH90 47, Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk 23
France NH90 90, Gazeller 80, Fennec 58
Germany NH90 100, Sikorsky H-53 Sea Stallion 81, Airbus Helicopters H145 15
Japan S-70 141, Bell UH-1 Iroquois 126, Boeing CH-47 Chinook 66
South Korea MD 500 Defender 250, Korea Aerospace Industries KUH-1 Surion KUH-1 218, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk UH-60P 200
Canada Bell 412 100, Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 17, AgustaWestland AW101 15
Italy NH90 UH-90A ( TTH ) 59, NH90 SH-90A ( NFH ) 45, Bell 204/205 AB-205 34
India Mil Mi-17 Mi-17V-5 222, Aérospatiale Alouette III Chetak 200, Dhruv 197
Türkiye S-70 139, Bell UH-1 Iroquois UH-1H 86, Bell 205A 68
Saudi Arabia S-70 163, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk UH-60L UH-60M 100, Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH-47F 48
Brazil Dauphin 2 36, Fennec HA-1A 33, AS565 Panther HM-1A 32
Indonesia Bell 412 60, AS532 Cougar 14, H225M Caracal – 14
Mexico S-70 45, Bell 212 20, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk UH-60M 20
Argentina Bell UH-1 Iroquois 44, Bell 412 7, Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King S-61D-3 6
South Africa AgustaWestland AW109 15, BK 117 15
Russia Mil Mi-17 77, Kamov Ka-226 9, AS355 Écureuil 2 1
China Dauphin 2 528, Z-8 185, Mil Mi-17 Mi-171 140
Israel Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk 49, S-70 48, Sikorsky H-53 Sea Stallion CH-53 "Yas'ur 2000" 36
Ukraine Mil Mi-17 Mi-17 Mi-17V-5 22, Mil Mi-8 15, Mil Mi-2 Mi-2MSB 11
Taiwan S-70 47–87, Bell OH-58 Kiowa OH-58D 26–48, Sikorsky S-70 13–23
Iran Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH-47C 27–49, Bell 214 18–32, Mil Mi-17 12–22
North Korea MD Helicopters MD 500 D 59–109, Mil Mi-2 T 34–62, Z-5 34–62