A recent report published on a globalfirepower.com The website has classified the most powerful air forces in the world according to their plane inventory, including fighter planes, helicopters and support planes.
The United States has been identified as the strongest of the Air Force on a global scale, followed respectively from Russia and China in second and third places. India was fourth, in South Korea, fifth and sixth in Japan, Pakistan guaranteeing seventh place.
The report noted that the US Air Force is unequaled, with a fleet that exceeds the combined air capabilities of Russia, China, India, South Korea and Japan.
It operates 5,737 helicopters, 1,854 fighter planes and 3,722 planes support an annual budget of $ 800 billion, representing almost 40% of world military spending.
Russia, with a third of American air power, operates 1,554 helicopters, 809 fighter planes and 610 support planes. However, he suffered losses, 220 planes destroyed since the start of the Ukraine War in 2022.
China, ranked third, has invested a lot in the modernization of its air force and recently added its sixth generation fighter to its fleet. The country also works on supersonic planes. India, South Korea and Japan follow with 2,296, 1,576 and 1,459 planes, respectively.
Pakistan, ranked seventh, operates 1,434 fighter planes, helicopters and support planes. Egypt, Turkey and France complete the first ten, with respective inventories of 1,080, 1,069 and 972 planes.
The report highlights the evolution of the landscape of air power, countries like China quickly progressing their technological capacities, while others, like Russia, are faced with challenges in maintaining their fleets due to current conflicts.