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

[AUz]

The permission of US is not needed in this regard. Pakistan has modified some (number not known) F-16s for delivery of nuclear weapons. Also, there is no way of tracking to ensure that PAF F-16s do not carry nukes.

No need for this.... Fanboys will keep believing in that theory of 'kill switch' ...lol!

Pakistan Air Force is fully capable of delivering a nuclear strike on India....but Pakistan has better and more advance options than using Air Force for this purpose...

 

[Alphacharlie]

What BVR Mig-21 carries? What radar it carries? How about Fly-by-wire of Mig 21? What anti-ship weapon it carry? Any specifications? LAWL! Mig 21 is a junk and JF-17 Thunder will eat that junk up within a blink of an eye. Indian Mig 29 vs Pakistani JF-17 would be the real battle with obviously Mig 29 having an upper hand in experience (On specifications , JF-17 comes pretty close to Mig 29 , if not better) ...

Let JF-17 mature a bit... PAF F-16s pilots have already appreciated the performance of JF-17 ... PAF pits JF-17 against F-16 Block 52 in air-to-air roles...

You don't need to 'know' if JF-17 are any good or not... People who matter already know it

Am I READING a story about PACK-MAN & an apple..........

 

[500]

My bad, I forgot Taiwan with very strong air force.

56 Mirage 2000
145 F-16AM
126 F--CK-1 (I put two dashes because otherwise forum engine thinks it's a bad word )
32 F-5
AEW&C: 6 E-2C

I estimate F--CK-1 as 0.9/0.8 here the results:

348/268 = 982

Also I decided to downgrade F-16A to 0.7/0.8 (instead of 0.8/0.8).

-----------------------
The Final Results:

1) USA - 12690
2) Russia - 3639
3) China - 3159 (with AerospaceEngineer numbers, 2623 with Wikipedia numbers)
4) S. Arabia - 1425
5) Israel - 1420
6) India - 1351
7) Japan - 1254
8) Korea - 1107
9) Turkey - 1091
10) Taiwan - 982
11) France - 883
12) UK - 874
13) Egypt - 856
14) Greece - 746
15) Germany - 702
16) Pakistan - 657
17) UAE - 559
18) Singapore - 519
19) Sweden - 512
20) Italy - 510
21) Spain - 489
22) Australia - 395
23) Canada - 356

 

[Luftwaffe]

My bad, I forgot Taiwan with very strong air force.

56 Mirage 2000
145 F-16AM
126 F--CK-1 -1
32 F-5
AEW&C: 6 E-2C

I estimate F--CK-1 -1 as 0.9/0.8 here the results:

348/268 = 982

Also I decided to downgrade F-16A to 0.7/0.8 (instead of 0.8/0.8).

-----------------------
Final results:

1) USA - 12690
2) Russia - 3639
3) China - 3159 (with AerospaceEngineer numbers, 2623 with Wikipedia numbers)
4) S. Arabia - 1425
5) Israel - 1420
6) India - 1351
7) Japan - 1254
8) Korea - 1107
9) Turkey - 1091
10) Taiwan - 982
11) France - 883
12) UK - 874
13) Egypt - 856
14) Greece - 746
15) Germany - 702
16) Pakistan - 657
17) UAE - 559
18) Singapore - 519
19) Sweden - 512
20) Italy - 510
21) Spain - 489
22) Australia - 395
23) Canada - 356

500, you mentioned 120 F-5s but saudis have withdrawn-retired majority of F-5s does it not reduce the Number, what would be RSAF position on the list if say 16-20 F-5s instead of 120.

 

[seven7seven]

A flawed list but it's better and more constructive than most lists compiled out of no facts at all. As a whole, it's probably got the main protagonists in the correct order but the specifics are probably a bit off.

 

[INDIAISM]

@AP Come back to planet Earth...PAF in top 10 airforces with present inventory is a Big Joke....dude currently you don't even have 100 opertional 4+ Gen fighter jets which can fire BVR missiles....

But ya with present orders by 2018 PAF 03 move to 15Th position....


150 Mid Fighter{F16,J10B,jf17 Blk3}

200 Low End Fighter{JF17,F-7}



Mid Fighter -
4++ Gen
Single Engine
Ordinance carrying Capacity 4+ Tonne to 7.5 Tonne



Low End-
3.5+ or 4Th Gen
Ordinance carrying Capacity 2 Tonne to 4 tonne...

 

[INDIAISM]

The way things are going i am damm sure that by 2022 IAF will be the 4th Most powerfull Airforce with around

400+High End Fighters.. {Su30Mki,Rafale,PAKFA}
200 Mid Fighter..{Mig29Upg,Mirage 2K9,TejasMk2}
150 Low End..{LCA Mk1,Jaguar}...


High End Fighter-

4++ fighter
Twin Engine
AESA/PESA Radar
Ordinance carrying capacity 8+ Tonnes.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Pakistan

75 JF-17 --------------------------JF-17 = 0.9/0.8 (67.5 Points/ 60 Points)
45 F-16A/B------------------------F-16 block 52+ aka F-16I = 1.1/1.2 (49.5 Points/54 Points)
18 F-16C block 52+---------------F-16 block 52+ aka F-16I = 1.1/1.2 (19.8 Points/ 21 Points)


75 Mirage III-----------------------Mirage 3/5 = 0.3/0.4 (Wrong) 0.7/0.7 (52.5 Points/ 52.5 Points)
83 Mirage V------------------------Mirage 3/5 = 0.3/0.4 (Wrong) 0.7/0.7 (58.5 Points/ 58.5 Points)


186 F-7 [Incorrect Value]---------[No Ranking] F-7 = 0.7/0.5 (130.2 Points / 93 Points)

AEW&C:
4 SAAB Erieye ------------------------6/0 (24 Points / 0)
2 ZDK-03--------------------------------4/0 (8 Points)
3 Dassault Falcon 20--------------------3/0 [No Ranking] (9 Points)

Refuelers:
4 Ilyushin Il-78 -------------------------2/6 (8 Points / 24)
3 Boeing 707 -------------------------2/6 (8 Points / 21)

Total

(48 Points/ 40 Points)
(67.5 Points/ 60 Points)
(49.5 Points/54 Points)
(19.8 Points/ 21 Points)
(52.5 Points/ 52.5 Points)
(58.5 Points/ 58.5 Points)
(130.2 Points / 93 Points)


(24 Points / 0)
(8 Points/0)
(9 Points/0)

(8 Points / 24)
(8 Points / 21)



Pakistan Airforce Strength (Attack / Defence)
434.5/386

Final Ranking for Pakistan
869/386 = 1255


*Lets not forget we are about to get J10B

Lets Add Brother Nation Iran to Mix

Islamic Republic of Iran

F14 -------------------------------------- 79 (1.3/0.8)
Mig 29 ----------------------------------- 100 (0.9/0.5)
Mirage F1 -------------------------------- 24 (0.7/0.8)
F7 ----------------------------------40 (0.7/0.5)
Saeqeh ----------------------------------24 (0.7/0.5) An estimate from 2010
F4 --------------------------------------- 150 (0.5/0.5)
F5 --------------------------------------- 150 (0.5/0.5)
Sukhoi 24 -------------------------------- 24 (0.4/0.4)
Sukhoi 25 ---------------------------------10 (0.4/0.4)


Points:

F14 -------------------------------------- 79 (102.7/63.2)
Mig 29 ----------------------------------- 100 (90/50)
Mirage F1 -------------------------------- 24 (16.7/19.2)
F7 ----------------------------------40 (28/20)
Saeqeh ----------------------------------24 (16.8/12)
F4 --------------------------------------- 150 (75/75)
F5 --------------------------------------- 150 (75/75)
Sukhoi 24 -------------------------------- 24 (9.6/9.6)
Sukhoi 25 ---------------------------------10 (9.6/9.6)

Total (423/333.2)
Final Ranking (845 / 333.2) Total = 1178

They also have 60 C130 planes which can be converted for Air to Ground roles

Not to mention they have acquired license from Russia for Transport planes unlike Pakistan who is short on transport planes and helicopters they build their own helicopters and Transport planes

The final results:

1) USA
2) Russia
3) China - 2623
4) Israel - 1440
5) India - 1351
6) Pakistan 1256 (Nuc carrying fighters , 10 years International ban 1990`s for Airforce)
7) Japan - 1254 (They lost many planes in Tsunami 2011)
8) Iran -1178 (Supplimented by 300 cobra helicopters/SAMS ban 7 years new purchase)
9) Korea - 1107
10) Turkey - 1091
11) Egypt - 902
12) France - 883
13) UK - 874
14) Greece - 746
15) Germany - 702
16) UAE - 559
17) Singapore - 519
18) Sweden - 512
19) Italy - 510
20) Spain - 489
21) Australia - 395
22) Canada - 356
23) S. Arabia - ???? 80 undelivered Euro Fighter and yet undelivered 72 F15 Strike Eagle)

Note After Saudia will get the 80 Euro Fighters and 72 F15 Eagles they will certainly rise close to 10th spot

 

[sachin@india]

^^^ come on stop your BS

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Future Additions for Pakistan

50 JF17 Thunder Block 2
36 J10B
Reverse Engineering of Helicopter stealth paint and alloys for own fighters the stealth knowledge
have been shared with allies no doubt
Acquisition of More AWACS platforms form China
Almost 100 planes



Future Addition for Iran
+ Continued Addition of Saeqah plane
+ Local Research into their own Attack fighter jet Project Project M-ATF
+ R&D on local engine for fighter Jets
+ Reverse engineering of Stealth Drones captured from Illegal American interference
+ Possible capability to knock out enemy satellites from space
+ S300 local production to supplement their existing Airforce

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

First of all air forces with AWACS should get a multiplier to their numbers rating over non awac air forces.

 

[TR.1]

500 please update

Current number 240 F-16 (Around 210 CCIP and 30 Block 50+)
Being -AEW&C 4

 

[danger007]

Pakistan

75 JF-17 --------------------------JF-17 = 0.9/0.8 (67.5 Points/ 60 Points)
45 F-16A/B------------------------F-16 block 52+ aka F-16I = 1.1/1.2 (49.5 Points/54 Points)
18 F-16C block 52+---------------F-16 block 52+ aka F-16I = 1.1/1.2 (19.8 Points/ 21 Points)


75 Mirage III-----------------------Mirage 3/5 = 0.3/0.4 (Wrong) 0.7/0.7 (52.5 Points/ 52.5 Points)
83 Mirage V------------------------Mirage 3/5 = 0.3/0.4 (Wrong) 0.7/0.7 (58.5 Points/ 58.5 Points)


186 F-7 [Incorrect Value]---------[No Ranking] F-7 = 0.7/0.5 (130.2 Points / 93 Points)

AEW&C:
4 SAAB Erieye ------------------------6/0 (24 Points / 0)
2 ZDK-03--------------------------------4/0 (8 Points)
3 Dassault Falcon 20--------------------3/0 [No Ranking] (9 Points)

Refuelers:
4 Ilyushin Il-78 -------------------------2/6 (8 Points / 24)
3 Boeing 707 -------------------------2/6 (8 Points / 21)

Total

(48 Points/ 40 Points)
(67.5 Points/ 60 Points)
(49.5 Points/54 Points)
(19.8 Points/ 21 Points)
(52.5 Points/ 52.5 Points)
(58.5 Points/ 58.5 Points)
(130.2 Points / 93 Points)


(24 Points / 0)
(8 Points/0)
(9 Points/0)

(8 Points / 24)
(8 Points / 21)



Pakistan Airforce Strength (Attack / Defence)
434.5/386

Final Ranking for Pakistan
869/386 = 1255


*Lets not forget we are about to get J10B

Lets Add Brother Nation Iran to Mix

Islamic Republic of Iran

F14 -------------------------------------- 79 (1.3/0.8)
Mig 29 ----------------------------------- 100 (0.9/0.5)
Mirage F1 -------------------------------- 24 (0.7/0.8)
F7 ----------------------------------40 (0.7/0.5)
Saeqeh ----------------------------------24 (0.7/0.5) An estimate from 2010
F4 --------------------------------------- 150 (0.5/0.5)
F5 --------------------------------------- 150 (0.5/0.5)
Sukhoi 24 -------------------------------- 24 (0.4/0.4)
Sukhoi 25 ---------------------------------10 (0.4/0.4)


Points:

F14 -------------------------------------- 79 (102.7/63.2)
Mig 29 ----------------------------------- 100 (90/50)
Mirage F1 -------------------------------- 24 (16.7/19.2)
F7 ----------------------------------40 (28/20)
Saeqeh ----------------------------------24 (16.8/12)
F4 --------------------------------------- 150 (75/75)
F5 --------------------------------------- 150 (75/75)
Sukhoi 24 -------------------------------- 24 (9.6/9.6)
Sukhoi 25 ---------------------------------10 (9.6/9.6)

Total (423/333.2)
Final Ranking (845 / 333.2) Total = 1178

They also have 60 C130 planes which can be converted for Air to Ground roles

Not to mention they have acquired license from Russia for Transport planes unlike Pakistan who is short on transport planes and helicopters they build their own helicopters and Transport planes

The final results:

1) USA
2) Russia
3) China - 2623
4) Israel - 1440
5) India - 1351
6) Pakistan 1256 (Nuc carrying fighters , 10 years International ban 1990`s for Airforce)
7) Japan - 1254 (They lost many planes in Tsunami 2011)
8) Iran -1178 (Supplimented by 300 cobra helicopters/SAMS ban 7 years new purchase)
9) Korea - 1107
10) Turkey - 1091
11) Egypt - 902
12) France - 883
13) UK - 874
14) Greece - 746
15) Germany - 702
16) UAE - 559
17) Singapore - 519
18) Sweden - 512
19) Italy - 510
20) Spain - 489
21) Australia - 395
22) Canada - 356
23) S. Arabia - ???? 80 undelivered Euro Fighter and yet undelivered 72 F15 Strike Eagle)

Note After Saudia will get the 80 Euro Fighters and 72 F15 Eagles they will certainly rise close to 10th spot

Common with small numbers you read next to us... but with big number of 4th gen fighter 168 MKI+M2k+Mig we still 95 points higher to you? you must be kidding ...

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

65 F-16 block 52+ aka F-16I = 1.1/1.2

71.5/78

39 F-5 = 0.3/0.4

11.7/15.6

30 Mirage F.1 = 0.7/0.8

21/24

104.2/121= 225.2

 

[FireFistAce]

Bravo 500
nice job! and thanks for the informative post.

I am expecting a similar post about overall armies of countries from you.