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Tanker Fleet Strength by Country (2023)



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Ranking total aerial tanker aircraft fleet strength by country, from highest to lowest.



Tanker Fleets became a vital component to projecting and sustaining airpower. Due to specialized training and cost, only a select few national powers are able to field such aircraft fleets with the United States leading the way - by a large margin.

Data presented on this list is through 2023.
Photograph of a USAF F-35 being refueled by a KC-135 aerial tanker aircraft.


Tanker Fleets (TOP 5)
1
United States
USA
568
2
Saudi Arabia
SAR
22
3
France
FRA
19
4
Russia
RUS
19
5
Israel
ISR
11
6
Singapore
SNG
11
7
United Kingdom
UKD
9
8
Japan
JPN
8
9
Iran
IRN
7
10
Turkiye
TKY
7
11
Australia
AUS
6
12
Canada
CAN
6
13
Chile
CHI
6
14
India
IND
6
15
Italy
ITA
6
16
Algeria
ALG
5
17
China
CHN
4
18
Malaysia
MLY
4
19
Pakistan
PAK
4
20
South Korea
SKO
4


21
Kuwait
KUW
3
22
United Arab Emirates
UAE
3
23
Argentina
ARG
2
24
Brazil
BRA
2
25
Morocco
MOR
2
26
Colombia
COL
1
27
Indonesia
INO
1
28
Sweden
SWE
1
29
Venezuela
VEN
1
30
Afghanistan
AFG
0
31
Albania
ALB
0
32
Angola
ANG
0
33
Armenia
ARM
0
34
Austria
AST
0
35
Azerbaijan
AZR
0
36
Bahrain
BAH
0
37
Bangladesh
BNG
0
38
Belarus
BLR
0
39
Belgium
BEL
0
40
Beliz
BLZ
0


41
Benin
BEN
0
42
Bhutan
BUT
0
43
Bolivia
BOL
0
44
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
0
45
Botswana
BOT
0
46
Bulgaria
BUL
0
47
Burkina Faso
BKF
0
48
Cambodia
CMB
0
49
Cameroon
CAM
0
50
Central African Republic
CAR
0
51
Chad
CHD
0
52
Croatia
CRO
0
53
Cuba
CUB
0
54
Czechia
CZC
0
55
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
0
56
Denmark
DEN
0
57
Dominican Republic
DOM
0
58
Ecuador
ECU
0
59
Egypt
EGY
0
60
El Salvador
ESL
0


61
Eritrea
ERI
0
62
Estonia
EST
0
63
Ethiopia
ETH
0
64
Finland
FIN
0
65
Gabon
GAB
0
66
Georgia
GEO
0
67
Germany
GER
0
68
Ghana
GHA
0
69
Greece
GRE
0
70
Guatemala
GUA
0
71
Honduras
HON
0
72
Hungary
HUN
0
73
Iceland
ICE
0
74
Iraq
IRQ
0
75
Ireland
IRE
0
76
Ivory Coast
IVC
0
77
Jordan
JOR
0
78
Kazakhstan
KAZ
0
79
Kenya
KEN
0
80
Kosovo
KOS
0


81
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
0
82
Laos
LAO
0
83
Latvia
LAT
0
84
Lebanon
LEB
0
85
Liberia
LIB
0
86
Libya
LBY
0
87
Lithuania
LIT
0
88
Luxembourg
LUX
0
89
Madagascar
MAD
0
90
Mali
MAL
0
91
Mauritania
MAU
0
92
Mexico
MEX
0
93
Moldova
MOL
0
94
Mongolia
MGL
0
95
Montenegro
MTN
0
96
Mozambique
MOZ
0
97
Myanmar
MYA
0
98
Namibia
NAM
0
99
Nepal
NEP
0
100
Netherlands
NTH
0


101
New Zealand
NWZ
0
102
Nicaragua
NIC
0
103
Niger
NGR
0
104
Nigeria
NGA
0
105
North Korea
NKO
0
106
North Macedonia
MAC
0
107
Norway
NOR
0
108
Oman
OMA
0
109
Panama
PAN
0
110
Paraguay
PAR
0
111
Peru
PER
0
112
Philippines
PHL
0
113
Poland
POL
0
114
Portugal
POR
0
115
Qatar
QTR
0
116
Republic of the Congo
ROC
0
117
Romania
ROM
0
118
Senegal
SEN
0
119
Serbia
SRB
0
120
Sierra Leone
SLE
0


121
Slovakia
SLK
0
122
Slovenia
SLV
0
123
Somalia
SOM
0
124
South Africa
SAF
0
125
South Sudan
SSD
0
126
Spain
SPN
0
127
Sri Lanka
SRL
0
128
Sudan
SDN
0
129
Suriname
SRN
0
130
Switzerland
SWZ
0
131
Syria
SYR
0
132
Taiwan
TWN
0
133
Tajikistan
TJK
0
134
Tanzania
TNZ
0
135
Thailand
THL
0
136
Tunisia
TUN
0
137
Turkmenistan
TKM
0
138
Uganda
UGA
0
139
Ukraine
UKR
0
140
Uruguay
URU
0


141
Uzbekistan
UZB
0
142
Vietnam
VET
0
143
Yemen
YEM
0
144
Zambia
ZAM
0
145
Zimbabwe
ZIM
0
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