2025 World Air Forces directory

In association with Embraer

Our 2025 World Air Forces directory details the military aircraft fleets of 161 nations, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, totalling just over a combined 52,600 in-service assets.

Use the links below to view and download your free copy of our 36-page report, published by FlightGlobal in association with Embraer and data source Cirium. It includes our full fleet and orders listing, along with detailed analysis of the global fleet, key procurements and notable changes recorded since our previous annual review.

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Defence

News
Embraer, Brazilian air force continue work on possible C-390 MPA

4 December 2024 05:35 By Greg Waldron

Embraer will continue to explore the potential to develop a maritime patrol variant of the C-390 tactical transport.
News
Airbus Helicopters trains sights on Lakota cost and complexity claims

7 April 2025 15:12 By Dominic Perry

Airbus Helicopters has hit back at suggestions that its twin-engined UH-72A Lakota is too sophisticated and too expensive to deliver training for the US Army, arguing that there are more cost-effective means to improve outcomes than fleet replacement.
News
French aggressor training provider SDTS adds MB339s to UK register

4 April 2025 10:23 By Dominic Perry

The UK’s civil aircraft register has a surprising new entry: a trio of two-seat Aermacchi MB339Cs belonging to French ‘red air’ provider SDTS.

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Leonardo pitches M-346 as GCAP trainer, as Block 20 update advances

4 April 2025 15:11 By Craig Hoyle

Leonardo has outlined its ambition for the M-346 to evolve into a common training platform for Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) partners Italy, Japan and the UK, as it advances work on a major Block 20 upgrade for the in-service type.
News
Australia picks Northrop to boost C-130J self-protection

3 April 2025 16:57 By Craig Hoyle

The Royal Australian Air Force’s Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports are to be equipped with Northrop Grumman’s ALQ-251 countermeasures system.
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Norway completes F-35 fleet, as its last two jets are delivered

3 April 2025 14:23 By Craig Hoyle

Norway has taken delivery of its last two Lockheed Martin F-35As, marking the completion of its fighter fleet modernisation activity.

2025 World Air Forces directory

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World Air Forces Directory 2025

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Embraer, Brazilian air force continue work on possible C-390 MPA

Airbus Helicopters trains sights on Lakota cost and complexity claims

French aggressor training provider SDTS adds MB339s to UK register

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Leonardo pitches M-346 as GCAP trainer, as Block 20 update advances

Australia picks Northrop to boost C-130J self-protection

Norway completes F-35 fleet, as its last two jets are delivered