- Domain
- Air
- NCF capability
- Air mobility
- Military Balance category
- Transport
- SIPRI category
- Aircraft
- Evidence that places a platform here
- transport aircraft · airlifter · strategic airlift · tactical airlift · cargo aircraft · \bVIP\b · utility aircraft · liaison · business jet · executive transport · C-1[37]\d · A400M · Il-76 · Y-20 · \btransport\b(?!able| ship| vessel| dock)
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 · 35United KingdomModern · 6AustraliaModern · 7FranceModern and on order · 14GermanyModern and on order · 8JapanModern · 8South KoreaModern and on order · 9CanadaModern and on order · 3ItalyModern and on order · 12IndiaModern · 17TürkiyeLegacy only · 5Saudi ArabiaModern and on order · 7BrazilModern · 9IndonesiaModern and on order · 19MexicoModern · 14ArgentinaModern · 10South AfricaLegacy only · 7RussiaModern · 12ChinaModern · 12IsraelModern · 3UkraineLegacy only · 6TaiwanLegacy only · 5IranLegacy only · 6North 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 37 of these 40, retirements for 0. 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 aircraft in colour.
United States Lockheed C-130 Hercules 428, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III 222, MC-130 Hercules 57
United Kingdom C-130J Super Hercules 25, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III 8, Beechcraft 200 Super King Air 7
Australia Beechcraft 200 Super King Air 12, C-130J Super Hercules 12, C-27J Spartan 10
France CASA/IPTN CN-235 27, Lockheed C-130 Hercules 12, SOCATA TBM 9
Germany Bombardier Global Express 6, C-130J Super Hercules 6, Airbus A319 3
Japan Kawasaki C-2 15, Lockheed C-130 Hercules C-130H 14, Learjet 35/36 6
South Korea CASA/IPTN CN-235 18, Lockheed C-130 Hercules C-130H 12, Antonov An-2 10
Canada Boeing C-17A ER 5, Challenger 600 4, Bombardier Global Express Global 6500 –
Italy C-130J-30 9, P-180 EVO+ 9, C-27J Spartan – 7
India Dornier 228 228-201 93, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 HS 748 56, Antonov An-32 An-32RE 55
Türkiye CASA/IPTN CN-235 52, Beechcraft Baron T-42A 5, Beechcraft 200 Super King Air 200 4
Saudi Arabia Lockheed C-130 Hercules C-130H 33, Beechcraft 200 Super King Air 350 17, Cessna Citation II Bravo 4
Brazil Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante C-95 35, Cessna 208 Caravan C-98 30, Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia C-97 17
Indonesia KMC Komando Base variant 13, Lockheed C-130 Hercules C-130H 11, CASA C-212 Aviocar NC212-200M 10
Mexico Antonov An-32 10, CASA C-212 Aviocar 7, CASA/IPTN CN-235 6
Argentina Learjet 35/36 7, Cessna 206 6, Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner 6
South Africa CASA C-212 Aviocar 44, Cessna 208 Caravan 41, Douglas C-47 35
Russia Antonov An-140 16, Antonov An-148 15, Let L-410 Turbolet 1
China Shijiazhuang Y-5 90, Shaanxi Y-8 Y-8C 36, Shaanxi Y-9 KQ-200 30
Israel Lockheed C-130 Hercules C-130E "Qarnaf" 12, Boeing 707 707 "Re'em" 8, C-130J-30 7
Ukraine Antonov An-26 An-26B-100 An-26 Vita 24, Antonov An-24 22, Ilyushin Il-76 Il-76MD 4
Taiwan Lockheed C-130 Hercules C-130H 13–25, Fokker 50 F27 Mk.50 2–4, Beechcraft 1900 1900C-1 1–3
Iran Harbin Y-12 8–14, Antonov An-74 6–10, Aero Commander 500 family 690 2–4
North Korea Antonov An-2 189–351, P-750 XSTOL 2–4, Antonov An-24 1–1