The US has about a sixfold superiority to the PLA in aircraft although the PLA has cut two years off fighter pilot training by skipping the JL-9.
Top 10 Largest Military Branches in the World (by number of Military Aircraft) - Flight International 2022:
United States Air Force - 5,217
United States Army Aviation - 4,409
Russian Air Force - 3,863
United States Navy - 2,464
People's Liberation Army Air Force (China) - 1,991
Indian Air Force - 1,715
United States Marine Corps - 1,157
Egyptian Air Force - 1,062
Korean People's Army Air Force (North Korea) - 946
South Korean Air Force - 898
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