{"id":342654,"date":"2026-01-04T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/worlds-largest-air-forces-international-bases\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:00:18","slug":"the-worlds-largest-air-forces-by-international-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=342654","title":{"rendered":"The World\u2019s Largest Air Forces By International Bases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The question <em>&#8220;how many international airbases do countries have?&#8221;<\/em> may seem like a simple question, but it quickly becomes extremely complicated. For example, Russia has airbases in Ukraine&#8217;s Crimea, which it considers its territory. Meanwhile, there&#8217;s the question over what counts as &#8220;international&#8221;. The <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"257148\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><span>Royal Air Force<\/span><\/span> (RAF) has its important <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raf.mod.uk\/our-organisation\/stations\/mount-pleasant-complex\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" >Mount Pleasant Complex<\/a> on the Falkland Islands, which it considers a British Overseas Territory. Then there&#8217;s the topic of rotational, temporary, permanent, and unofficial airbases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Air Force dominates the world&#8217;s international airbases, with the Navy coming second if it is considered an &#8220;air force.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,475,748,1328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airports","category-f-35","category-united-states-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=342654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342655,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342654\/revisions\/342655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=342654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=342654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=342654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}