- Domain
- Air
- NCF capability
- Air strike
- Military Balance category
- Bombers / attack
- SIPRI category
- Aircraft
- Evidence that places a platform here
- bomber · ground.attack · attack aircraft · strike aircraft · close air support · \bCAS\b · gunship · \bA-10\b · Su-2[45] · Su-34
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 · 9United KingdomModern · 2AustraliaNoneFranceModern · 2GermanyOn order only · 2JapanNoneSouth KoreaNoneCanadaOn order only · 1ItalyModern and on order · 2IndiaModern · 4TürkiyeNoneSaudi ArabiaNoneBrazilLegacy only · 1IndonesiaLegacy only · 3MexicoNoneArgentinaNoneSouth AfricaNoneRussiaLegacy only · 5ChinaLegacy only · 1IsraelLegacy only · 1UkraineLegacy only · 2TaiwanNoneIranLegacy only · 3North KoreaLegacy only · 4
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 17 of these 19, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ-9 Reaper | 5 | 29 | 21 | 2007 | USA | |
| Sukhoi Su-25 | 4 | 88 | 1981 | SUN | ||
| Sukhoi Su-24 | 3 | 13 | 1975 | SUN | ||
| AC-130 | 1 | 37 | 1968 | USA | ||
| AMX | 1 | 10 | BRA | |||
| AR-1 | 1 | CHN | ||||
| Air Tractor-L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II | 1 | 8 | 2025 | USA | ||
| Avro Lancaster | 1 | 1 | 1942 | GBR | ||
| Boeing B-52 Stratofortress | 1 | 76 | 1955 | USA | ||
| Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II | 1 | 281 | 1977 | USA | ||
| Ilyushin Il-28 | 1 | 80 | 1950 | RUS | ||
| JH-7 | 1 | 200 | CHN | |||
| Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk | 1 | 4 | 1983 | USA | ||
| McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II | 1 | 12 | 1985 | USA | ||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 | 1 | 56 | 1970 | SUN | ||
| Mirage 2000D/N | 1 | 50 | ||||
| Northrop B-2 Spirit | 1 | 20 | 1993 | USA | ||
| Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider | 1 | 3 | USA | |||
| PC-461-class submarine chaser | 1 | 2 | 1940 | USA | ||
| Rockwell B-1 Lancer | 1 | 62 | 1986 | USA | ||
| SEPECAT Jaguar | 1 | 112 | 1973 | GBR | ||
| Sukhoi Su-17 | 1 | 7 | 1970 | SUN | ||
| Tupolev Tu-22M | 1 | 1976 | SUN | |||
| Tupolev Tu-95 | 1 | 1956 | SUN |
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only strike and bomber in colour.
United States Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II 281, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress 76, Rockwell B-1 Lancer 62
United Kingdom MQ-9 Reaper 9, Avro Lancaster 1
France Mirage 2000D/N 50, MQ-9 Reaper 12
Germany Brimstone – –, MQ-9 Reaper –
Canada MQ-9 Reaper –
Italy McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II AV-8B+ 11, MQ-9 Reaper MQ-9A Predator B 4
India SEPECAT Jaguar Jaguar-IS 78, SEPECAT Jaguar Jaguar-IM 8, MQ-9 Reaper SeaGuardian 2
Brazil AMX A-1 A-1M A-1BM 10
Indonesia Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano – 13, AR-1 –, AR-1 AR-2 –
Russia Sukhoi Su-24 –, Sukhoi Su-25 –, Sukhoi Su-25UTG –
China JH-7A 200
Israel PC-461-class submarine chaser 2
Ukraine Sukhoi Su-25 Su-25M 20, Sukhoi Su-24 13
Iran Sukhoi Su-22 5–9, Sukhoi Su-24 –, Sukhoi Su-25 –
North Korea Ilyushin Il-28 H-5 56–104, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 39–73, Sukhoi Su-25 K 24–44