The World's Largest Air Defense Armada is in the Asia-Pacific Region
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The Asia-Pacific region boasts the world's largest air force, with 14,807 active aircraft in 2020, representing 27.6% of the global military air force.
North America follows with 25.4% of the global total, equivalent to 13,609 active aircraft. Europe comes in third with 8,485 active aircraft, or 15.8% of the global total.
Combat helicopters were the mainstay of global air defense systems (alutsista) until 2020, numbering 20,268 active aircraft. This was followed by fighter jets (14,635 active aircraft) and training aircraft and helicopters (11,551 active aircraft).
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