The aviation industry has now become one of the standards that can measure the hard strength of a country''s national defense. The performance index of aviation parts marks the development level of aviation industry， and the aviation metal parts，which occupy a majority of aviation parts， determine the performance index of the aviation parts. Therefore， the forming process of aviation metal parts is particularly important. In this work， the main forming processes and related research in the production of aviation parts at domestic and abroad are reviewed. The forming processes in aviation application and research status include liquid forming， plastic forming and powder metallurgy. The current forming processes of aviation metal parts have some shortcomings， such as single forming process and high energy consumption. At the same time， the development of the forming process of aviation metal parts is prospected， and the combination， intelligence and greening of the forming process of aviation industry will be the development trend of aviation industry in the future.