Military > Air force Stats: compare key data on China & United States
Definitions
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Aircraft carriers > Commissioned:
Amount of aircraft carriers in full service in each country. These numbers can also be interpreted as the amount of each country's commissioned aircraft carriers.
- Aircraft carriers > In reserve: Total amount of reserve aircraft carriers in each country.
- Aircraft carriers > Total: Total amount of aircraft carriers possessed by each country.
- Bombers: Number of bomber combat aircrafts.
- Combat aircraft: Number of fighter aircrafts (fixed wing aircrafts with combat capability).
- Fighters: Number of fighter combat aircrafts.
SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of aircraft carriers in service (List of countries by aircraft carriers); Wikipedia: List of aircraft carriers by country (Number of aircraft carriers by operating nation); Wikipedia: List of countries by level of military equipment (Combat aircraft by country); Wikipedia: List of countries by level of military equipment (List)
