As of 2022, the United Kingdom had 291 rotary-wing aircraft in the Royal Air Force and other branches of it's armed forces, the most numerous of which was the Chinook, a large transport helicopter. In this year the UK had 34 Wildcat AH Mk1 helicopters, the second most-common helicopter in its armed forces.
Number of rotary-wing aircraft in the Royal Air Force and other Armed Forces of the United Kingdom as of 2022, by type
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UK Ministry of Defence, & GOV.UK. (December 5, 2022). Number of rotary-wing aircraft in the Royal Air Force and other Armed Forces of the United Kingdom as of 2022, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063421/royal-air-force-number-of-helicopters/
UK Ministry of Defence, und GOV.UK. "Number of rotary-wing aircraft in the Royal Air Force and other Armed Forces of the United Kingdom as of 2022, by type." Chart. December 5, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063421/royal-air-force-number-of-helicopters/
UK Ministry of Defence, GOV.UK. (2022). Number of rotary-wing aircraft in the Royal Air Force and other Armed Forces of the United Kingdom as of 2022, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063421/royal-air-force-number-of-helicopters/
UK Ministry of Defence, and GOV.UK. "Number of Rotary-wing Aircraft in The Royal Air Force and Other Armed Forces of The United Kingdom as of 2022, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063421/royal-air-force-number-of-helicopters/
UK Ministry of Defence & GOV.UK, Number of rotary-wing aircraft in the Royal Air Force and other Armed Forces of the United Kingdom as of 2022, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063421/royal-air-force-number-of-helicopters/ (last visited December 01, 2023)
Number of rotary-wing aircraft in the Royal Air Force and other Armed Forces of the United Kingdom as of 2022, by type [Graph], UK Ministry of Defence, & GOV.UK, December 5, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063421/royal-air-force-number-of-helicopters/