{"id":538832,"date":"2026-09-13T23:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/western-fighter-jets-order-backlog-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T23:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:00:14","slug":"the-6-western-fighter-jets-ranked-by-number-on-order-in-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=538832","title":{"rendered":"The 6 Western Fighter Jets Ranked By Number On Order In 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

This list will focus on the outstanding orders for Western fighter jets and not Russian or Chinese fighter jets, as the figures for those jets are highly uncertain<\/a><\/span>. While most Western aerospace companies publish precise figures for their fighter jets on order, the same is not true of countries like China. Not only is it unclear how many fighter jets the Russian and Chinese militaries plan to purchase for their own use, but exports are also highly uncertain. For example, it wasn’t fully confirmed that Uzbekistan was purchasing Chinese J-10CEs until the first batch of six were already in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The F-35 is by far the most popular Western fighter jet, with more orders than all others combined, including all likely future orders.<\/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,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,748,628,411],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-f-35","category-fighter-jets","category-royal-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t