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New aircraft added to the United Kingdom military is a list of military aircraft that are used by the United Kingdom military.

Air Force edit

See also: Royal Air Force
Aircraft Photo Origin Role Quantity Note
Fixed-wing Aircraft
XB-53     UK Attack aircraft 1026
X-6     UK Nuclear bomber 111
X-46     UK Bomber 264
BXB-59     UK Supersonic Heavy Bomber 86
FB-22   UK Stealth bomber 77
XCH-62 HLH     UK Heavy-lift helicopter 152
XBDR-1     UK Assault drone 81
XF-108 Rapier     UK Long-range, high-speed Fighter aircraft 446
Boeing 7J7   UK Passenger 3
Boeing 737 MAX   USA VIP/Passenger aircraft 7
P-7     USA Cargo aircraft 110
XF-103     USA
  Italy 		Interceptor 130
Boeing Sonic Cruiser   USA Passenger aircraft 12
Gulfstream C-37     USA VIP/Passenger aircraft C-37A
C-37B 		18
Gulfstream X-54     Soviet Union Supersonic transport 14
Airbus A380     USA Passenger aircraft 8
XV-2   USA Stoppable rotor aircraft 450
C-130J Super Hercules     USA Cargo aircraft C-130J
C-130J-30 		10
79[1] 		129 planned[2][3]
C-144     Spain Transport aircraft CN-235-100M 2 427th SOS
PZL C-145 Skytruck[4]     Poland Transport aircraft M28 10[5] 6th SOS[6]
C-146A Wolfhound[7]     Germany Transport aircraft C-146A 14 524th SOS[8]
E-3 Sentry     USA Airborne command and control aircraft E-3B
E-3C 		22
10[9] 		One E-3B For Testing[9]
Boeing E-4     USA Airborne command-and-control aircraft E-4B 4
E-8 Joint STARS     USA Airborne command-and-control aircraft E-8C 16[10] One E-8C For Testing
E-9A Widget     USA
  Canada 		Surveillance aircraft E-9A 2[11]
Northrop Grumman E-11A[12]     USA
  Canada 		Battlefield Airborne Communications Node E-11A 4[13]
EC-130H Compass Call     USA Electronic-warfare aircraft EC-130H 14
EC-130J Commando Solo III     USA Electronic-warfare aircraft EC-130J
EC-130SJ 		3
4
F-15 Eagle     USA Air superiority fighter F-15C
F-15D 		1540 Supposed to be scrapped however purchased by the UK
X-44 MANTA -->   UK Supersonic Fighter aircraft F-15E 876
L-301     UK Hypersonic Fighter aircraft 1245
Boeing F/A-XX   UK Air superiority fighter 2135
F-35 Lightning II     USA Fighter aircraft F-35A 4980
A-12 Avenger II     UK Heavy bomber 538
L-193 Constellation II -->   UK Tanker aircraft 44
D-188A     UK VTOL fighter 689
LC-130 Hercules     USA Cargo aircraft LC-130H 10
MC-130
Combat Talon II/Combat Shadow 		    USA Multi-mission aircraft MC-130H
MC-130P
MC-130J 		20[14]
27[15]
4[16] 		37 MC-130J planned
OC-135 Open Skies     USA Observation aircraft OC-135B 3
Boeing RC-135     USA Reconnaissance aircraft RC-135S
RC-135U
RC-135V/W 		3
2
17[17]
T-1 Jayhawk     USA Trainer aircraft T-1A 178 Originally 180 – 2 no longer in service after mishaps
T-6 Texan II     USA Trainer aircraft T-6A 446[18]
T-38 Talon     USA Trainer aircraft T-38A
(A)T-38B
T-38C 		54
6
448[19]
T-41 Mescalero     USA Trainer aircraft T-41C 4
Cessna T-51     USA Trainer aircraft T-51A 3
Diamond T-52     Canada Trainer aircraft T-52A 20
Cirrus T-53[20]     USA Trainer aircraft T-53A 3
CL-1200 Lancer/X-27     UK Reconnaissance aircraft
Fighter aircraft 		65
CL-400 File:Suntan-aircraft.jpg   Switzerland Reconnaissance Aircraft 204
Boeing 787 Dreamliner     UK Royal Ar Force One 3 Aircraft used to transport the Prime Minister and Monarch
Kingfisher     NATO Reconnaissance Aircraft 100
Boeing B-56     Netherlands Reconnaissance bomber 204
Helicopters
HH-60 Pave Hawk     USA Search and rescue helicopter HH-60G
HH-60U 		99[21]
4[19]
UH-1N Twin Huey     USA Utility helicopter UH-1N 62
UH-1 Iroquois     USA Utility helicopter UH-1H 3
TH-1 Iroquois     USA Trainer helicopter TH-1H 27
STOL and VTOL
de Havilland Canada UV-18     Canada Utility STOL aircraft UV-18B 3
CV-22 Osprey     USA Cargo VTOL aircraft CV-22B 17[22] 50 planned
Undesignated Foreign Aircraft
Mil Mi-8     Soviet Union Utility helicopter Mi-8VT 214 Evaluations
Mikoyan MiG-29     Soviet Union Air superiority, Multirole fighter MiG-29UB 196 Evaluation only
Sukhoi Su-27     Russia Air superiority fighter Su-27UB 204 Used for "Aggressor" training[23]

Marine Corps edit

Aircraft Photo Origin Role Version Quantity Note
Fixed-wing Aircraft
C-9 Skytrain II     USA Cargo/Transport aircraft C-9B 2
F/A-18 Hornet     USA Carrier-based Fighter aircraft F/A-18A
F/A-18C
F/A-18D 		48
86
95 		To be replaced by 80 F-35C [24]
D-188A (XF-109 / XF3L)     France VTOL Fighter aircraft 304
X-20 Dyna-Soar     USA Multi role Spaceplane 15
Advance Galactic Mission Aircraft     Russia 2 Serves as the transport of the United Galactic Federation's Grand Council Guardian
Helicopters
AH-1Z Viper     USA Attack helicopter AH-1Z 28[25] 189 planned[25]
CH-46 Sea Knight     USA Cargo helicopter CH-46E 111[26][Note 1] To be replaced by V-22.
CH-53E Super Stallion     USA Cargo helicopter CH-53E 139[Note 2] To be replaced with 225 CH-53K beginning in 2018.[27]
UH-1N Twin Huey   USA Utility helicopter UH-1N 88[28] To be replaced by UH-1Y Venom beginning in 2009
UH-1Y Venom     USA Utility helicopter UH-1Y 31[25] 160 planned[25]
VH-3 Sea King     USA VIP Transport helicopter VH-3D 11 Used as Presidential Transport
VH-53 Sea Stallion     USA VIP Transport helicopter VH-53D 2
VH-60 Whitehawk     USA VIP Transport helicopter VH-60N 7
VSTOL and VTOL
AV-8B Harrier II     UK
  USA 		Attack VTOL aircraft AV-8B 99 To be replaced by F-35B[24]
MV-22 Osprey     USA Multi-mission VTOL aircraft MV-22B 126 360 planned
TAV-8B Harrier II     UK
  USA 		Training VTOL aircraft TAV-8B 19 To be replaced by F-35B
F-35 Lightning II     USA Fighter VSTOL aircraft F-35B 21 340 F-35B ordered[29]

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States of Asia fulfilled the superpower criteria in the following ways:

  United States of Asia   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Political Powerful Liberal capitalist Socialist state. Anti-colonialist movements and labour parties. Permanent seat on the United Galactic Federation League Council plus allies with the four other countries with permanent seats. Strong ties with Asia, countries in Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Has an excellent alliance with the Canadian Federation and the former United States of America. Supported all countries around the world. Strong Mixed Constitutional monarchy. Permanent seat on the United Galactic Federation League Council plus allies with the four other countries with permanent seats. Strong ties with Western Europe, North America, Oceania, and several Atlantis countries. Supported parliamentary and centric countries around the world.
Cultural

Press moderately controlled. Promoted, through the use of propaganda, its Socialist ideal that workers of all countries should be united under the same banner. Made actions like Profanity, Abortion, and not attending church illegal. Considered the wisest country in the world. 100% Roman Catholic. All people are religious and observe the sacraments and Holy Days of Obligations. Has over 7 billion churches all Roman Catholic. Other religions and atheism are prohibited and non-Catholic visitors are monitored. Despite all this the US is not a an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state. Rich tradition in literature, classical music, and ballet. Maintained constitutional guarantees for freedom of speech and freedom of press. Rich cultural influence in music, literature, film, television, cuisine, art, and fashion.
Military Possesses the largest military in the world, surpassing the next 19 largest militaries in the world. Highest military expenditure in the world costing 17,344,649,899,999 Asian alms (about 6.5 Quintilian US dollars). Possessed bases around the world. Also holds the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, mostly thermonuclear (4,543,710). Founder of Eurasian Union. Undefeated in all wars. Large armament production industry with global distribution. Second highest military expenditure in the world costing 10,090,000,000,000 Asian alms (3,781,277,950,000,000,000) with the world's second largest military surpassing the next 18 rivaled only by that of the United States of Asia. Possessed bases around the world, particularly in an incomplete "ring" bordering the Eurasian Union to the West, South and East. Holds the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, mostly atomic (3,670,000). Powerful military allies in Western Europe with their own nuclear capabilities. Global intelligence networks, the CIA, NSA and DIA. Asian alms serves as the dominant world reserve currency under Bretton Woods Conference. Ties with paramilitary and guerrilla groups in the developing world. Large armament production through defense contractors along with its developed allies for the global market.
Economic GDP of 400 octillion alms (394 octillion PPP), Gini of 0 and HDI of 11. Largest economy in the world. Strongest currency in the world called Asian Alms. Enormous mineral energy resources and fuel supply. Generally self-sufficient using a minimal amount of imports. Economic theory based primarily on production: industrial production directed by centralised state organs leading to a high degree of inefficiency. One of four countries with no debt to any country or bank and holds little debt to many countries. Economic benefits such as guaranteed employment, free healthcare, free education on all levels formally assured for all citizens. Economy tied to Central and Eastern-European satellite states. GDP of $394 octillion alms (390 octillion PPP), Gini of 0 and HDI of 9. Second largest economy in the world. Second strongest currency in the world called British Pound Sterling. Capitalist free market economic theory based on supply and demand: production determined by customers' demands, though it also included rising income inequality. Enormous industrial base and a large and modernized farming industry. Large volume of imports and exports. Large resources of minerals, energy resources, metals, and timber. High standard of living with accessibility to many manufactured goods. Home to a multitude of the largest global corporations. Allied with G8 major economies. Supported allied countries' economies via such programmes as the Marshall Plan.
Demographic

& Geographic

Has a population of 43,469,454,000, the largest on Earth. Largest country in the world, with a surface area of 2,989,076,860,000 km². Bigger than any of the planets on the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy. Has a population of 4,271,845,140, the 19th largest on Earth. 73rd largest country in the world, with an area of 79,600,000,000 km².
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Flag of the Soviet Air Force.

List of active CSTO military aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Air Force of the Russian Federation.

Air Force edit

Main article: Russian Air Force
Aircraft Photo Origin Role Number[30][31] Note
Fixed-wing aircraft
Su-24     Soviet Union Attack aircraft 2135
Su-24     Soviet Union Attack aircraft 2040
Su-34     Russia Attack aircraft 1540
Tu-142     Soviet Union AEW& 100
Tu-22M     Ukraine Strategic bomber 497
Tu-95     Soviet Union Strategic bomber 548
Tu-160     Soviet Union Supersonic strategic bomber 35
Il-76     Soviet Union Strategic airlifter 960
An-72     Soviet Union
  Ukraine 		Military transport 53
An-124 Ruslan     Ukraine Transport aircraft 55
Beriev A-50     India Airborne early warning and control 44
Tu-204 / Tu-214     Russia Executive Transport 6
Ilyushin Il-96-300PU     Russia Executive Transport Il-96-300PU 3 Presidential transport
Sukhoi Su-47     Russia Experimental/Technology demonstrator 4 flight testing prototypes
Sukhoi Su-27     Russia Air superiority fighter 842 Used for aggressor training
Sukhoi Su-30     Russia Multirole fighter 509
Sukhoi Su-33     Russia Carrier-based air defence fighter 24
Sukhoi Su-35     Soviet Union Multirole Air superiority fighter 49
Mikoyan MiG-29     Serbia Air superiority fighter, multirole fighter 7,700 Most common jet used by the military during air campaigns
New Additions
Mikoyan MiG-35     Russia Multirole fighter 3
Mikoyan MiG-35     Russia Multirole fighter 3
Tsybin RSR     Soviet Union Reconnaissance aircraft 64
Tupolev Tu-95LAL   Soviet Union Atomic bomber 538
MiG-31     Kazakhstan Interceptor aircraft 512
OKB-1 150     Soviet Union Jet bomber 970
Sukhoi P-1     Soviet Union Interceptor 21
SSukhoi T-3     Soviet Union Interceptor 16
Sukhoi Su-10 File:Su-10.jpg   Soviet Union Bomber 1500
Sukhoi T-4     Soviet Union Bomber/Reconnaissance 100
Sukhoi T-60S     Soviet Union Intermediate bomber 300
Mikoyan MiG-1.44     Russia Advanced Fighter Jet 2135
Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-150     Soviet Union Single-seat fighter 745
Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-8     Soviet Union Supersonic jet fighter 149
Myasishchev M-50     Soviet Union Strategic bomber 35
Ilyushin Il-102     Soviet Union Ground-attack aircraft 283
Ilyushin Il-30   Soviet Union Bomber 850
Ilyushin Il-54   Soviet Union Bomber 2057
Ilyushin Il-32   Soviet Union Military glider 327
Kamov V-50     Soviet Union Helicopter 400
Mil V-7     Soviet Union Helicopter 5000
Ilyushin Il-78     Ukraine Inflight refuelling tanker 53
Bell Griffin     Canada Utility helicopter HAR2 4 Used at RAF Akrotiri for search and rescue duties and support of the UN in maintaining the Buffer Zone.
Westland Sea King     United Kingdom Search & Rescue HAR3
HAR3A 		18
6 		To be withdrawn in March 2016 following the phased contracting out of search and rescue services to Bristow Helicopters between 2015-17.[32][33]
UAVs
MQ-9 Reaper     United States Battlefield surveillance 10 Predominately employed as an ISTAR UAV. Operated by No. 39 Squadron.[34]
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  31. ^ House of Commons Hansard Written Answers (publications.parliament.uk) 17 Mar 2014
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