Military Flight Training Report 2016: Holdings and Requirements

The World’s Air Forces operate 7, 417 fixed-wing training aircraft, with a further 737 on order. These represent increases of 3.9% and 17.9% respectively, over 2014. A quarter of the total fleet is in North America, with 25.1% in Asia-Pacific and 22.7% in Europe. Of those on order, 33.9% are in Asia-Pacific, with 26.7% in the Middle-East, 5.6% in North America, 16.1% in Europe and 15.7% in Latin America. Latin America has seen the largest growth rate, both in its training fleet (an increase of 10.8%) and numbers on order (increased by 65.7%) over the last year.

Over 1,100 Fixed-Wing Military Training Aircraft are forecast for delivery in the next 10 years, valued at nearly $20 billion, according to this report, which has been produced in association with Insyen..

Download Part I of the annual Defence IQ MFT Report here, which covers international inventories of fast-jet and helicopter trainers, key national requirements and an overview of the health of the global flight training market. Part II of this report will provide the full results of our executive survey, with insight into those working in this field in both an operational and business capacity.

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