If you’re hunting for Cambodian fighter jets, pack binoculars—and a time machine. There aren’t any. Phnom Penh’s “air force” is essentially a small logistics service built around aging transports and a few helicopters that mostly shuttle people and supplies. Meanwhile, Thailand fields an actual combat-capable air fleet with fighters, strike capacity, surveillance platforms, and the ability to surge, sustain, and win control of the sky. This isn’t a matchup; it’s a flyswatter versus a fighter jet.

The Scoreboard (and it isn’t close)

• Total aircraft: Thailand 493 vs Cambodia 25. Thailand has almost 20 times the fleet.

• Fighters & attack aircraft: Thailand 92 vs Cambodia 0. Thailand can scramble F‑16s; Cambodia can scramble a press release.

• Transports: Thailand 54 vs Cambodia 7. Even on the “haul boxes and medevac” niche, Thailand still dominates.

• Trainers: Thailand 135 vs Cambodia 0. Thailand can train pilots at scale; Cambodia can… hope someone else does.

• Special mission aircraft (AWACS, ISR, EW, etc.): Thailand 26 vs Cambodia 0. Thailand can see, sense, and coordinate. Cambodia flies blind.

• Total helicopters: Thailand 258 vs Cambodia 32. Thailand has more helicopters than Cambodia has aircraft—full stop.

• Attack helicopters: Thailand 7 vs Cambodia 0. Thailand brings gunships; Cambodia brings none.

Air Superiority? Thailand Has It by Default

Air wars are won first in the radar scope and then in the merge. Thailand possesses both the platforms and the doctrine to gain and hold air superiority. Cambodia lacks even the first rung on the ladder: fighter aircraft. Without fighters, without special-mission eyes in the sky, without a training pipeline, and without scale, Cambodia’s “air power” can’t contest the battlespace—it can barely enter it.

Logistics Wing vs. Fighting Force

Cambodia’s fleet is built to move people and things in permissive airspace. Thailand’s is built to detect, deter, and, if required, destroy. One side brings precision strike, integrated air defense suppression, and persistent ISR; the other brings a handful of aging utility aircraft that would be lucky to survive the first hour of a real shooting war.

Strategy by Reality Check

If tensions spike, Thailand doesn’t need to “win” the air war—it starts with it won. Cambodia’s only rational play is political: internationalize the crisis, call for UN intervention, and keep its aircraft on the ground. Because once they’re airborne, the mismatch gets solved at Mach speed.

Bottom Line

Cambodia’s air force isn’t an air force in any modern sense of the term. It’s a patchwork support wing. Thailand’s, by comparison, is a credible, layered, and lethal aerial capability. So when someone says “Cambodia vs Thailand: Air Power,” the only honest answer is: What air power?

Publicly reported estimates show a sustained rise in Barack Obama’s net worth from the early 1990s through 2025. Figures cited below reflect aggregated estimates circulating in public financial reporting and media tallies, alongside data disclosed in mandatory federal filings during his time in office. Exact current figures are not officially published; post‑presidential earnings derive primarily from book advances and royalties, speaking engagements, production agreements, and pensions provided under U.S. law.

Chronology of Reported Estimates (USD)

• 1990 – approximately 10,000
• 1993 – approximately 90,000
• 1995 – approximately 214,000
• 1998 – approximately 490,000
• 2000 – approximately 800,000
• 2002 – approximately 900,000
• 2004 – approximately 1,000,000
• 2005 – approximately 1,100,000
• 2006 – approximately 1,200,000
• 2008 – approximately 1,300,000
• 2009 – approximately 1,600,000
• 2010 – approximately 1,760,000
• 2011 – approximately 2,800,000
• 2012 – approximately 4,200,000
• 2013 – approximately 7,000,000
• 2014 – approximately 11,300,000
• 2015 – approximately 15,600,000
• 2016 – approximately 21,000,000
• 2017 – approximately 35,000,000
• 2018 – approximately 42,000,000
• 2019 – approximately 56,000,000
• 2020 – approximately 70,000,000
• 2022 – approximately 85,000,000
• 2023 – approximately 135,000,000
• 2025 – some estimates place the figure above 270,000,000

Declared and Identified Income Streams

• Federal salaries and pensions: Illinois State Senate, U.S. Senate, presidential salary, and post‑presidency pension entitlements under federal statute.
• Book income: Royalties and advances from multiple titles, including works published before, during, and after the presidency; additional household earnings from books authored by Michelle Obama are typically counted in joint net worth estimates.
• Speaking engagements: Honoraria reported after leaving office.
• Production and media agreements: Multi‑year content production deals announced after 2017.

Financial Disclosures During Office

• Annual federal financial disclosure forms filed between 2009 and 2016 reported asset ranges in broad bands, which indicated liquid assets and investments significantly below the levels estimated in later post‑presidential years. These filings do not provide precise net worth totals but outline ranges for assets, liabilities, and income categories as required by law.

Estimation Variability

• Post‑2017 figures vary widely across public estimators due to differences in methodology, treatment of joint spousal income, valuation of long‑term contracts, and assumptions about royalties and speaking fees. Some 2025 estimates exceed two hundred seventy million dollars; others remain substantially lower.