- Domain
- Sea
- NCF capability
- Maritime combat
- Military Balance category
- Naval aviation
- SIPRI category
- Aircraft
- Evidence that places a platform here
- anti.submarine (warfare )?helicopter · naval helicopter · maritime helicopter · ship.?borne helicopter · shipboard helicopter · naval aviation · carrier.?based
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 · 3United KingdomNoneAustraliaNoneFranceNoneGermanyNoneJapanNoneSouth KoreaNoneCanadaLegacy only · 1ItalyNoneIndiaLegacy only · 2TürkiyeNoneSaudi ArabiaNoneBrazilModern · 3IndonesiaNoneMexicoNoneArgentinaNoneSouth AfricaNoneRussiaModern · 5ChinaLegacy only · 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 6 of these 6, retirements for 1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beriev Be-200 Altair | 1 | 2003 | RUS | |||
| CH-148 Cyclone | 1 | 27 | USA | |||
| Douglas A-4 Skyhawk | 1 | 6 | 1956 | USA | ||
| Grumman C-2 Greyhound | 1 | 7 | 1966 | USA | ||
| Ilyushin Il-18 | 1 | 1959 | SUN | |||
| McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk | 1 | 193 | 1997 | GBR | ||
| Sukhoi Su-33 | 1 | 1998 | SUN |
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only naval aircraft and helicopters in colour.
United States McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk T-45C 193, F-35C Lightning II 45, Grumman C-2 Greyhound C-2A 7
Canada CH-148 Cyclone 27
India Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk MH-60R 22, Kamov Ka-27 Ka-28 14
Brazil Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil UH-12 UH-12A 17, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk A-4KU 3, EC135 UH-35 2
Russia Beriev Be-200 Altair –, Ilyushin Il-18 –, Ilyushin Il-22 –
China Shenyang J-15 J-15D 6