- Domain
- Air
- NCF capability
- Air enablers
- Military Balance category
- Training
- SIPRI category
- Aircraft
- Evidence that places a platform here
- trainer · training aircraft · training helicopter · lead.in fighter · \btraining\b
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 · 26United KingdomModern · 10AustraliaModern · 6FranceLegacy only · 13GermanyModern · 7JapanModern · 8South KoreaModern · 7CanadaModern and on order · 13ItalyModern and on order · 13IndiaModern · 8TürkiyeModern · 5Saudi ArabiaLegacy only · 5BrazilModern · 8IndonesiaModern and on order · 20MexicoModern · 9ArgentinaModern · 6South AfricaLegacy only · 3RussiaModern · 2ChinaModern · 8IsraelModern · 5UkraineLegacy only · 2TaiwanLegacy only · 7IranLegacy only · 3North KoreaLegacy only · 3
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 27 of these 40, 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.
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only trainer in colour.
United States Northrop T-38 Talon 546, T-6 Texan II 446, T-1 Jayhawk 178
United Kingdom Embraer EMB 312 Tucano 130, Grob G 115 91, Grob G 103 Twin Astir 54
Australia PC-9 67, Pilatus PC-21 49, BAE Systems Hawk 33
France Embraer EMB 312 Tucano 50, Alpha Jet 42, H120 Colibri 36
Germany Northrop T-38 Talon T-38C 46, EC135 19, PC-9 13
Japan T-4 178, T-7 49, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle F-15DJ 44
South Korea Korea Aerospace Industries KT-1 Woongbi KT-1 103, Korea Aerospace Industries T-50 Golden Eagle T-50 72, Bell 505 Jet Ranger X 50
Canada CH-146C Mk II Griffon 81, Canadair CL-41A 24, T-6 Texan II 22
Italy MD 500 Defender NH-500M 37, Bell 206 29, SF-260 – 29
India BAE Systems Hawk Hawk 132 119, HJT-16 95, Virus Garud 84
Türkiye MFI-17 Mushshak 52, SF-260 41, Korea Aerospace Industries KT-1 Woongbi 40
Saudi Arabia BAE Systems Hawk 81, Pilatus PC-21 55, PC-9 50
Brazil T-25 Universal T-25M 168, Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano A-29A A-29B 81, Embraer EMB 312 Tucano T-27 T-27M 31
Indonesia Grob G 120TP G120TP 30, Hughes 300C 20, Korea Aerospace Industries T-50 Golden Eagle T-50i 19
Mexico Pilatus PC-7 63, T-6 Texan II T-6C 56, Z 42 242 26
Argentina T-6 Texan II 22, Bell 206 20, Piper PA-28 15
South Africa BAE Systems Hawk 85, Pilatus PC-7 67, Pilatus PC-12 1
Russia Aero L-39 Albatros –, Yakovlev Yak-130 –
China CJ-6 438, Hongdu JL-8 366, Chengdu J-7 200
Israel Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master M-346i 30, G-120A-1 "Snunit" 27, T-6 Texan II T-6A 20
Ukraine Aero L-39 Albatros An-30B 44, Direct Fly Alto NG 10
Taiwan T-5 Brave Eagle 36–68, Beechcraft T-34 Mentor T-34C 24–44, Bell 206 TH-67A Creek 21–39
Iran MFI-17 Mushshak 18–32, Embraer EMB 312 Tucano 10–20, Bell 206 AB 206 2–4
North Korea Shenyang J-5 FT-5 94–176, Shenyang FT-2 21–39, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 UTI 3–5