With just over 14,500 military aircraft, Asia-Pacific is the region with the highest number of military aircraft in 2021. In that year, the United States accounted for a quarter of the
Size of the global military aircraft fleet in 2021, by region (in units)
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Flightglobal. (December 2, 2021). Size of the global military aircraft fleet in 2021, by region (in units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1185373/global-military-aircraft-fleet-region/
Flightglobal. "Size of the global military aircraft fleet in 2021, by region (in units)." Chart. December 2, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1185373/global-military-aircraft-fleet-region/
Flightglobal. (2021). Size of the global military aircraft fleet in 2021, by region (in units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1185373/global-military-aircraft-fleet-region/
Flightglobal. "Size of The Global Military Aircraft Fleet in 2021, by Region (in Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1185373/global-military-aircraft-fleet-region/
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Size of the global military aircraft fleet in 2021, by region (in units) [Graph], Flightglobal, December 2, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1185373/global-military-aircraft-fleet-region/