22 top airforces (based on plane quality and quantity).

[500]

@500

Can you add Azerbaijan i'm curious what place they rank compared to Iran.

Azerbaijan is small:

13 MiG-29
5 MiG-25
5 MiG-21
11 Su-24
11 Su-25

67 points compare to Iran's 272.

 

[ELTurco]

Your ranking is still silly and appears to be based upon a purely unrealistic hypothetical scenario where entire air force A fights entire air force B in some magical air force arena.

No, the RAF played a rather vital role - the Vulcan bombing raid for example! The strategic air lift of troops, supplies and munitions to RAF Accession and the fact that 14 RAF Harriers were deployed alongside 28 FAA Harriers! 1/3rd of combat aircraft were therefore RAF... not a "very very minor role" eh? Wrong again, Argentina's air force was considered highly capable in 1982 and vastly out numbered the 14 RAF and 28 FAA subsonic harriers with around 130 available aircraft of its own many of those considered to be among the most capable air superiority fighters at the time.

Britain maintains two military bases in Cyprus, including a large air force base (RAF Akrotiri) which is also shared by the Americans. The RAF would emerge victor in such a campaign to rid Cyprus of any Turkish presence. Typhoon is leagues ahead of Turkeys watered down F-16's, and would dominate the conflict -Turkey would only have a slight numbers advantage. Oops and Turkey presently has no AEW&C ROFL. Tornado GR4s also operate standoff weaponry such a Storm-shadow cruise missiles, any Turkish forces station on the island would be crippled beyond the point of fighting very early on in the conflict. Also any air force bases close to the coast on the Turkish mainland would be vulnerable to Storm-shadow attacks as the Tornado GR4 can offload its cruise missiles 250+ kms away at a safe distance (hence a standoff weapon), the Typhoon would escort the Tornado GR4s in the unlikely event Turkey managed to muster some F-16s in a counter attack.

Surely tho, in any real conflict such as this the Royal Navy would be present. This would complicate things even further with a combination of Typhoons and type 45 destroyers denying Turkish F-16s any access in the air space over Cyprus... the Royal Navys Astute and Trafalgar class nuclear powered submarines would pose such a deadly threat that no Turkish admiral in his right mind would put to sea. The Astute and Trafalgar class nuclear powered submarines are also equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles with 2,000 km ranges... just like the Tornado GR4s Storm-shadow cruise missiles, the Tomahawks would be used to strike Turkish air bases close to Cyprus to further cripple Turkeys ability to deploy more F-16s.

At this stage with 0 air power over Cyprus and Turkish air bases under cruise missile strike the RAF/Royal Navy would have complete air superiority and a sizable Royal Navy task force consisting of type 45 destroyers, type 23 frigates and nuclear powered submarines would screen the waters between Cyprus and Turkey... the Turkish Navy would be useless absent air cover, not to mention the Royal Navys submarines would decimate any Turkish fleet put to sea.

Turkish submarines are pathetically inferior in comparison to their Royal Navy counterparts and the British are renown for their expertise in submarine warfare... so even a Turkish attempt to strike the Royal Navy using submarines would fail... not to mention the Royal Navy type 23 frigates are excellent anti-submarine platforms and the RNs Merlin anti-submarine helicopters are considered to be the bestin the world!

Anyway this has now gone off topic.

I was about to ask mr @cabatli_53 to educate you on this matter but there is no need anymore @500 already did.

 

[Assault Rifle]

My latest result was here:

22 top airforces (based on plane quality and quantity). | Page 9
22 top airforces (based on plane quality and quantity). | Page 10

Old Pakistan rank

50 JF-17
45 F-16A/B
18 F-16C block 52+
75 Mirage III
83 Mirage V
144 F-7
AEW&C: 4 Erieye, 2 ZDK-03

224/219 = 667

New Pakistan rank:

100 JF-17
40 F-16A/B
14 F-16A/B OCU
18 F-16C block 52+
75 Mirage III
83 Mirage V
144 F-7
AEW&C: 3 Erieye, 4 ZDK-03

276.4/267 = 820

@500 Your data on JF-17 is a totally false.

Pakistan inducted it's 50th JF-17 today(18th December, 2013).
So how come you are counting 100 JF-17's in Pakistan Airforce's inventory?

Dunya News: Pakistan:-50th JF-17 Thunder handed over to PAF...

So please update your score.

 

[Friei Indien]

I was bored and decided to estimate airforces strength. I wrote down the list of active aircrafts for each air force and then counted score.

Here is method I used. F-16C I used as base: 1 air-air point/1 air to ground point. For other aircrafts my estimates are follow:

F-16C = 1/1
F-16A = 0.8/0.8
F-16 block 52+ aka F-16I = 1.1/1.2
F-16 block 60 = 1.3/1.2
F-15A = 1.2/0.5
F-15C = 1.3/0.5
F-15E = 1.4/1.5
F-15S = 1.3/1.4
F-15SG = 1.5/1.5
F-18A = 1/1.1
F-18F = 1.3/1.3
F-2 = 1.3/1.2
F-16AM = 1/08
Mirage 2000 = 1/1
Typhoon (MESA radar) = 1.3/1.1
Rafale (PESA radar) = 1.2/1.2
Tornado IDS = 0.5/1.2
Tornado ADV = 1/0.6
F-4 = 0.4/0.7
F-4 Terminator = 0.6/1
Su-27 = 1.2/0.4
MiG-29 = 0.9/0.5
Su-30MKI = 1.3/1.2
Su-30MKK = 1.2/1.2
MiG-21 aka J7 = 0.3/0.4
MiG-27 = 0.3/0.7
JF-17 = 0.9/0.8
AMX = 0.3/0.5
Mirage F.1 = 0.7/0.8
Mirage 3/5 = 0.3/0.4
Jaguar = 0.2/0.6
F-5 = 0.3/0.4
J-10 = 1/1
J-8 = 0.6/0.4
JH-7 = 0.5/1.1
Q-5 = 0.1/0.4
H-6 = 0/1

E-3, Phalcon, KJ-2000, Boeing 737 = 8/0
Saab, KJ-200 = 6/0
E-2C, ZDK-03 = 4/0

jet tanker = 2/6
KC-130, H-6 tankers = 1/4

Here the results:

UK

86 Typhoon
136 Tornado GR4
AEW&C: 7 E-3
tanker: 4 Tristar, 12 VC-10

260 air to air points/354 air to ground points

France

59 Rafale
158 Mirage 2000
AEW&C: 4 E-3
tanker: 14 KC-135

285/313

Germany

55 Typhoon
177 Tornado IDS
45 F-4
tanker: 4 A310

187/328

Israel

25 F-15I
30 F-15 C/D
30 F-15 A/B
101 F-16I
135 F-16C/D
100 F-16A/B
AEW&C: 4 G550
tanker: 7 KC-707, 5 KC-130

487/466=1440

India

146 Su-30MKI
45 Mirage 2000
68 MiG-29
88 MiG-27ML
152 MiG-21Bis
120 Jaguar
AEW&C: 3 Phalcon
tanker: 7 IL-78MKI

430/491

Turkey

213 F-16 C/D
52 F-4 Terminator 2020
110 F-4
87 F-5
AEW&C: 1 Boeing 737 AEW&C
tanker: 7 KC-135

336/419

Korea

60 F-15K
169 F-16C/D
84 F-4E
170 F-5E
AEW&C: 2 Boeing 737

354/399

Japan

82 F-2
180 F-15C/D
117 F-4E
AEW&C: 4 E-767, 13 E-2C
tanker: 4 KC-767

480/294

Saudi Arabia

72 Typhoon
109 F-15C/D
72 F-15S
87 Tornado IDS
24 Tornado ADV
120 F-5
AEW&C: 5 E-3
tanker: 8 KE-3

488/449

China

190 J-10
100 Su-30MKK
189 Su-27 and J-11
180 J-8
280 J-7 (MiG-21)
60 JH-7
180 Q-5
110 H-6 (Tu-16)
AEW&C: 5 KJ-2000, 2 KJ-200
tanker: 8 IL-78, 10 H-6

859/905

Italy

55 Typhoon
78 Tornado IDS
14 F-16A ADF
55 AMX
tanker: 2 KC-767, 2 KC-130

148/214=510

Spain

32 Typhoon
86 F-18A
24 Mirage F.1
tanker: 2 KC-707, 5 KC-130

154/181

Greece

126 F-16C/D
30 F-16C block 52+
44 Mirage 2000
57 F-4E
AEW&C: 4 Erieye

250/246

Pakistan

50 JF-17
45 F-16A/B
18 F-16C block 52+
75 Mirage III
83 Mirage V
144 F-7
AEW&C: 4 Erieye, 2 ZDK-03

224/219

Egypt

40 F-16A
178 F-16C
18 Mirage 2000
32 F-4E
115 MiG-21 & J-7
60 Mirage V
AEW&C: 8 E-2C

291/320

UAE

79 F-16E
68 Mirage 2000
AEW&C: 2 Saab 340
tanker: 3 Airbus 330

189/181

Canada

103 F-18A
tanker: 2 A-310, 5 KC-130

112/145

Australia

71 F-18A
21 F-18F
AEW&C: 4 Boeing 737
tanker: 3 A330

136/123=395

Singapore

24 F-15SG
54 F-16C
20 F-16C block 52+
49 F-5
AEW&C: 4 G550
tanker: 4 KC-135, 5 KC-130

171/177

Sweden

158 Gripen
AEW&C: 4 Saab 340
tanker: 1 KC-130

183/146

Final points I calculated air-air points*2 + ground points

The final results:

1) USA
2) Russia
3) China - 2623
4) Israel - 1440
5) S. Arabia - 1425
6) India - 1351
7) Japan - 1254
8) Korea - 1107
9) Turkey - 1091
10) Egypt - 902
11) France - 883
12) UK - 874
13) Greece - 746
14) Germany - 702
15) Pakistan - 667
16) UAE - 559
17) Singapore - 519
18) Sweden - 512
19) Italy - 510
20) Spain - 489
21) Australia - 395
22) Canada - 356

This estimate is still subjective does not include personnel quality and UAVs.

WTF, u mean to say that the arabs have better air force than Indians, in a war against us they will go down like pussies, bogus analysis

 

[Ghulam-Alazhar]

List of aircraft of the Iranian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Military Aircraft Strength by Country
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[haman10]

new ranking BY 500 :

1- israel 55000000 points

2- usa 50000

3- france 48980

4- UK 5909

5- israeli 2nd airforce 4334

6- israeli reserve airforce 4333

7- israel ...... GODDAMN !

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New ranking by me :

1- iran 700000000000009

2-iran

3-iran

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200- israel

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give it a rest and dont embarrass yourself . this is a military forum not a child's play ground ........

 

[500]

List of aircraft of the Iranian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Military Aircraft Strength by Country

First of all this list does not take quality of planes into account (F-22 = MiG-17), second of all numbers are taken out of arse. 1,858 planes in IRIAF? Even if you count piston engined trainers u still wont come even close to that number at all.

new ranking BY 500 :

Nice humor. You should try urself in circus.

WTF, u mean to say that the arabs have better air force than Indians, in a war against us they will go down like pussies, bogus analysis

Read the title. My rank is based solely on quality and quantity of planes.

 

[haman10]

Nice humor. You should try urself in circus.

insulting from u is typical !

what to expect from zio fanboys who lack even 1 ounce of logic ?

First of all this list does not take quality of planes into account (F-22 = MiG-17), second of all numbers are taken out of arse. 1,858 planes in IRIAF? Even if you count piston engined trainers u still wont come even close to that number at all.

its crazy that u dont know shyt about aviation and you are giving points to countries air-force and are counting their number of fighters .......

u even know better than all sources like wiki and global fire power .......

fanboy

look guys there is new joke merging on here !

@SOHEIL @mohsen @Ostad

 

[Hashshāshīn]

That does seem exaggerated. How can N. Korea, India, Iran etc be above UK and Germany?

 

[500]

@500 Your data on JF-17 is a totally false.

Pakistan inducted it's 50th JF-17 today(18th December, 2013).
So how come you are counting 100 JF-17's in Pakistan Airforce's inventory?

Dunya News: Pakistan:-50th JF-17 Thunder handed over to PAF...

So please update your score.

Here:

50 JF-17[/B]
40 F-16A/B
14 F-16A/B OCU
18 F-16C block 52+
75 Mirage III
83 Mirage V
144 F-7
AEW&C: 3 Erieye, 4 ZDK-03

238/247 = 723

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1) USA - 13601
2) Russia - 3610
3) China - 3077
4) India - 1577
5) Israel - 1407
6) Japan - 1227
7) South Korea - 1198
8) Turkey - 1189
9) S. Arabia - 1160
10) Taiwan - 976
11) France - 955
12) Egypt - 897
13) UK - 890
14) Greece - 738
15) Pakistan -723
16) Germany - 662
17) Syria - 619
18) UAE - 559
19) Italy - 557
20) Singapore - 521
21) Spain - 502
22) Australia - 460
23) Sweden - 431
24) North Korea - 424
25) Canada - 356
26) Ukraine - 347
27) Vietnam - 302
28) Iran - 272
29) Poland - 257
30) Kazakhstan - 256
31) Belarus - 253
32) Algeria - 241
33) Jordan - 235
34) Brazil - 231
35) Uzbekistan - 222
36) Thailand - 221
37) Netherlands - 210
38) Finland - 204
39) Malaysia - 160
40) Norway - 160
41) Belgium - 151

 

[haman10]

1) USA - 13601
2) Russia - 3610
3) China - 3077
4) India - 1577
5) iran - 1407
6) Japan - 1227
7) South Korea - 1198
8) Turkey - 1189
9) S. Arabia - 1160
10) Taiwan - 976
11) France - 955
12) Egypt - 897
13) UK - 890
14) Greece - 738
15) Pakistan -723
16) Germany - 662
17) Syria - 619
18) UAE - 559
19) Italy - 557
20) Singapore - 521
21) Spain - 502
22) Australia - 460
23) Sweden - 431
24) North Korea - 424
25) Canada - 356
26) Ukraine - 347
27) Vietnam - 302
28) Israel - 272
29) Poland - 257
30) Kazakhstan - 256
31) Belarus - 253
32) Algeria - 241
33) Jordan - 235
34) Brazil - 231
35) Uzbekistan - 222
36) Thailand - 221
37) Netherlands - 210
38) Finland - 204
39) Malaysia - 160
40) Norway - 160
41) Belgium - 151

 

[ViXuyen]

Thanks 500. However, I think you should make a list of ranking based solely on fighters of at least 4th generation and not counting older generatin aircrafts.

 

[Falcon29]

I agree with poster on top me, don't base it off quantity if you know certain planes won't contribute much to a modern airforce. Base it off quality and performance and factor in quantity only if it's necessary. Like the US Air Force being compared to israel, that's when you should factor in quantity because they are high quality planes which are effective in modern war scenarios.

Based on this I would rank:

1. USA
2. Russia
3. China
4. India
5. UK
6. Israel
7. Japan
8. South Korea
9. Turkey
10. France
11. Germany
12. Saudi Arabia
13. Gaza Strip....

.............

 

[ViXuyen]

Somebody talked about how "great" the U.K airforce and its ability to fight oversea. What a joke! The U.K almost lost the war against an obsolete military of Argentina. Yes, it's Argentina, not some supa bowa

 

[Mike_Brando]

That does seem exaggerated. How can N. Korea, India, Iran etc be above UK and Germany?

pray tell me why should the U.K. be placed above India when we operates close to 300 4th generation aircraft compared to 115 4th generation aircraft(Eurofighter Typhoon TR-1,2 and 3) operated by the R.A.F.(the Panavia Tornado variant in R.A.F. service is a strike aircraft like our Sepecat Jaguar,the interceptor variant was retired by R.A.F. in 2011)....