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Special-Mission Aircraft Fleet Strength by Country (2023)



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Ranking total special-mission aircraft fleet strength by country, from highest to lowest.



Special Mission Aircraft are those platforms specifically developed to undertake an over-battlefield role by utilization of advanced onboard equipment or specialized trait. Examples include Airborne Early Warning (AEW), Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), and Electronic Warfare (EW) platforms. As of 2021, Tanker Fleets are not considered in this total and are given their own listing elsewhere on this site.

Data presented on this list is through 2023.
Photograph of a USAF AWACS special-mission jet aircraft.


Special Mission Fleets (TOP 5)
1
United States
USA
731
2
Japan
JPN
150
3
Russia
RUS
147
4
China
CHN
112
5
India
IND
73
6
France
FRA
44
7
Brazil
BRA
37
8
Germany
GER
37
9
Australia
AUS
31
10
South Korea
SKO
30
11
Colombia
COL
28
12
Canada
CAN
27
13
Italy
ITA
27
14
Mexico
MEX
25
15
Pakistan
PAK
25
16
United Arab Emirates
UAE
25
17
Israel
ISR
23
18
Turkiye
TKY
22
19
United Kingdom
UKD
22
20
Iraq
IRQ
21


21
Chile
CHI
20
22
Thailand
THL
20
23
Taiwan
TWN
19
24
Indonesia
INO
17
25
Spain
SPN
15
26
Saudi Arabia
SAR
14
27
Argentina
ARG
13
28
Egypt
EGY
11
29
Peru
PER
11
30
Algeria
ALG
10
31
Greece
GRE
10
32
Portugal
POR
10
33
Iran
IRN
9
34
Poland
POL
9
35
Singapore
SNG
9
36
Ecuador
ECU
8
37
Norway
NOR
8
38
Philippines
PHL
8
39
South Africa
SAF
7
40
Malaysia
MLY
6


41
Nigeria
NGA
6
42
Uruguay
URU
6
43
Jordan
JOR
5
44
Myanmar
MYA
5
45
Sweden
SWE
5
46
Ukraine
UKR
5
47
Morocco
MOR
4
48
Oman
OMA
4
49
Vietnam
VET
4
50
Bangladesh
BNG
3
51
Denmark
DEN
3
52
Ireland
IRE
3
53
New Zealand
NWZ
3
54
Switzerland
SWZ
3
55
Venezuela
VEN
3
56
Angola
ANG
2
57
Cameroon
CAM
2
58
Chad
CHD
2
59
Czechia
CZC
2
60
Ghana
GHA
2


61
Kenya
KEN
2
62
Mauritania
MAU
2
63
Niger
NGR
2
64
Romania
ROM
2
65
Sri Lanka
SRL
2
66
Yemen
YEM
2
67
Burkina Faso
BKF
1
68
Dominican Republic
DOM
1
69
Finland
FIN
1
70
Honduras
HON
1
71
Mali
MAL
1
72
Panama
PAN
1
73
Senegal
SEN
1
74
Slovakia
SLK
1
75
Afghanistan
AFG
0
76
Albania
ALB
0
77
Armenia
ARM
0
78
Austria
AST
0
79
Azerbaijan
AZR
0
80
Bahrain
BAH
0


81
Belarus
BLR
0
82
Belgium
BEL
0
83
Beliz
BLZ
0
84
Benin
BEN
0
85
Bhutan
BUT
0
86
Bolivia
BOL
0
87
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
0
88
Botswana
BOT
0
89
Bulgaria
BUL
0
90
Cambodia
CMB
0
91
Central African Republic
CAR
0
92
Croatia
CRO
0
93
Cuba
CUB
0
94
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
0
95
El Salvador
ESL
0
96
Eritrea
ERI
0
97
Estonia
EST
0
98
Ethiopia
ETH
0
99
Gabon
GAB
0
100
Georgia
GEO
0


101
Guatemala
GUA
0
102
Hungary
HUN
0
103
Iceland
ICE
0
104
Ivory Coast
IVC
0
105
Kazakhstan
KAZ
0
106
Kosovo
KOS
0
107
Kuwait
KUW
0
108
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
0
109
Laos
LAO
0
110
Latvia
LAT
0
111
Lebanon
LEB
0
112
Liberia
LIB
0
113
Libya
LBY
0
114
Lithuania
LIT
0
115
Luxembourg
LUX
0
116
Madagascar
MAD
0
117
Moldova
MOL
0
118
Mongolia
MGL
0
119
Montenegro
MTN
0
120
Mozambique
MOZ
0


121
Namibia
NAM
0
122
Nepal
NEP
0
123
Netherlands
NTH
0
124
Nicaragua
NIC
0
125
North Korea
NKO
0
126
North Macedonia
MAC
0
127
Paraguay
PAR
0
128
Qatar
QTR
0
129
Republic of the Congo
ROC
0
130
Serbia
SRB
0
131
Sierra Leone
SLE
0
132
Slovenia
SLV
0
133
Somalia
SOM
0
134
South Sudan
SSD
0
135
Sudan
SDN
0
136
Suriname
SRN
0
137
Syria
SYR
0
138
Tajikistan
TJK
0
139
Tanzania
TNZ
0
140
Tunisia
TUN
0


141
Turkmenistan
TKM
0
142
Uganda
UGA
0
143
Uzbekistan
UZB
0
144
Zambia
ZAM
0
145
Zimbabwe
ZIM
0
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