2022 USAF & USSF Almanac: Equipment

Total aircraft inventory; aircraft inventory trends; ICBM and satellite inventory; aircraft age; tail codes.

Aircraft Total Active Inventory (TAI)

(As of Sept. 30, 2021)

BOMBER	_ACTIVE	_ANG	_AFRC	_{TOTAL FORCE}	_{AVG. AGE}
B-1B Lancer	45	0	0	45	34.40
B-2A Spirit	20	0	0	20	26.35
B-52H Stratofortress	58	0	18	76	59.80
Total	123	0	18	141	40.18
FIGHTER/ATTACK	_ACTIVE	_ANG	_AFRC	_{TOTAL FORCE}	_{AVG. AGE}
A-10C Thunderbolt II	141	85	55	281	40.30
F-15C Eagle	87	122	0	209	36.72
F-15D Eagle	9	14	0	23	36.55
F-15E Strike Eagle	218	0	0	218	29.43
F-15EX	2	0	0	2	0.50
F-16C Fighting Falcon	441	287	52	780	31.09
F-16D Fighting Falcon	108	45	2	155	31.91
QF-16A	66	0	0	66	36.27
F-22A Raptor	165	20	0	185	15.19
F-35A Lightning II	282	20	0	302	4.34
Total	1519	593	109	2221	26.23
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES	_ACTIVE	_ANG	_AFRC	_{TOTAL FORCE}	_{AVG. AGE}
AC-130J Ghostrider	24	0	0	24	3.94
AC-130U Spooky	0	0	0	0	0
AC-130W Stinger II	7	0	0	7	32.11
CV-22B Osprey	52	0	0	52	8.30
MC-130H Combat Talon II	10	0	0	10	31.87
MC-130J Commando II	46	0	0	46	5.89
Total	139	0	0	139	13.68
ISR/BM/C3	_ACTIVE	_ANG	_AFRC	_{TOTAL FORCE}	_{AVG. AGE}
E-3B Sentry (AWACS)	10	0	0	10	43.53
E-3C Sentry (AWACS)	0	0	0	0	0
E-3G Sentry (AWACS)	21	0	0	21	41.37
E-4B NAOC	4	0	0	4	47.38
E-8C JSTARS	16	0	0	16	20.8
TE-8A JSTARS (trainer)	1	0	0	1	30.7
E-9A	2	0	0	2	29
E-11A BACN	3	0	0	3	9.73
EC-130H Compass Call	9	0	0	9	47.09
EC-130J Commando Solo	7	0	0	7	21.27
MQ-1B Predator	2	0	0	2	20.46
MQ-9A Reaper	299	24	0	323	6.05
NC-135W (test bed)	1	0	0	1	59.5
OC-135B Open Skies	0	0	0	0	0
P-9A	3	0	0	3	5
RC-26B Condor	0	11	0	11	26.4
RC-135S Cobra Ball	3	0	0	3	59.47
RC-135U Combat Sent	2	0	0	2	56.65
RC-135V Rivet Joint	8	0	0	8	56.94
RC-135W Rivet Joint	12	0	0	12	58.08
RQ-4B Global Hawk	31	0	0	31	10.71
TC-135W (trainer)	3	0	0	3	59.3
TU-2S Dragon Lady (trainer)	4	0	0	4	36.92
U-2S Dragon Lady	27	0	0	27	38.85
WC-130J Hercules	0	0	10	10	20.45
WC-135C Constant Phoenix	0	0	0	0	0
WC-135R Replacement of WC-135C	2	0	0	2	58.55
WC-135W Constant Phoenix	1	0	0	1	59.4
Total	471	35	10	516	32.99
TANKER	_ACTIVE	_ANG	_AFRC	_{TOTAL FORCE}	_{AVG. AGE}
HC-130J Combat King II	19	12	6	37	5.23
HC-130N King	0	0	0	0	0
KC-10A Extender	48	0	0	48	36.79
KC-46A	29	12	7	48	1.48
KC-135R Stratotanker	138	140	62	340	59.46
KC-135T Stratotanker	30	24	0	54	61.59
Total	264	188	75	527	27.43
TRANSPORT	_ACTIVE	_ANG	_AFRC	_{TOTAL FORCE}	_{AVG. AGE}
C-5M Super Galaxy	36	0	16	52	34.32
C-12C Huron	16	0	0	16	45.17
C-12D Huron	6	0	0	6	37.43
C-12F Huron	3	0	0	3	36.25
C-12J Huron	4	0	0	4	33.72
C-17A Globemaster III	146	50	26	222	19.04
C-20H	1	0	0	1	27
C-21A Learjet	19	0	0	19	36.50
C-32A Air Force Two	4	0	0	4	23
C-32B Air Force Two	0	2	0	2	18.24
C-37A Gulfstream V	9	0	0	9	20.47
C-37B Gulfstream V	7	0	0	7	5.59
C-40B	4	0	0	4	17.65
C-40C Clipper	0	3	4	7	15.76
C-130H Hercules	0	99	42	141	29.21
C-130J Super Hercules	107	27	10	144	11.57
LC-130H Hercules	0	10	0	10	36.06
VC-25A Air Force One	2	0	0	2	30.95
Total	366	191	98	655	26.55
HELICOPTER	_ACTIVE	_ANG	_AFRC	_{TOTAL FORCE}	_{AVG. AGE}
HH-60G Pave Hawk	48	18	16	82	27.70
HH-60U Pave Hawk	3	0	0	3	9.37
HH-60W	13	0	0	13	0.39
TH-1H Iroquois (trainer)	28	0	0	28	40.53
UH-1N Iroquois	63	0	0	63	49.59
Total	155	18	16	189	25.52
TRAINER	_ACTIVE	_ANG	_AFRC	_{TOTAL FORCE}	_{AVG. AGE}
T-1A Jayhawk	177	0	0	177	26.91
AT-6C	1	0	0	1	0.90
T-6A Texan II	442	0	0	442	15.98
T-38A Talon	53	0	0	53	54.86
(A)T-38B Talon	6	0	0	6	58.12
T-38C Talon	439	0	0	439	55.25
T-41D Mescalero	4	0	0	4	52.1
T-51A Cessna	3	0	0	3	16.2
T-53A Kadet II	24	0	0	24	9.66
TG-15A&B	5	0	0	5	17.80
TG-16A	19	0	0	19	9.64
UV-18B Twin Otter	3	0	0	3	37.53
Gliders	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1176	0	0	1176	27.30

GRAND TOTAL	4,211	1,025	326	5,562	27.49

ICBMs IN SERVICE OVER TIME

Airman 1st Class Jackson Ligon, left, and Senior Airman Jonathan Marinaccio, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron technicians, connect a re-entry system to a spacer on an intercontinental ballistic missile during a Simulated Electronic Launch-Minuteman test at a launch facility near Great Falls, Mont. **Senior Airman Daniel Brosam**

(As of Sept. 30, 2021)

_{Type of} _System	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
_{Minuteman III}	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₀₆	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀
_Total _ICBMs	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₀₆	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀

USAF Aircraft Inventory, FY50-21 Total Active Aircraft

TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE DUTY AIRCRAFT IN SERVICE OVER TIME

A U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint is refueled by a KC-135R Stratotanker during an operation over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. **Senior Airman Taylor Crul**

(As of Sept. 30, 2021)

_ACTIVE	₂₀₁₃	₂₀₁₄	₂₀₁₅	₂₀₁₆	₂₀₁₇	₂₀₁₈	₂₀₁₉	₂₀₂₀	₂₀₂₁
_Bomber	₁₄₁	₁₄₁	₁₄₀	₁₄₀	₁₃₉	₁₃₉	₁₄₀	₁₄₀	₁₂₃
_{Fighter/Attack}	_1,287	_1,273	_1,312	_1,282	_1,297	_1,332	_1,370	_1,424	_1,519
^{Special Ops} ^Forces	₁₂₂	₁₂₄	₁₄₄	₁₃₂	₁₃₈	₁₃₅	₁₄₄	₁₅₄	₁₃₉
^ISR/BM/C3	₃₉₄	₄₄₄	₄₃₇	₄₃₄	₄₄₁	₄₃₂	₄₂₈	₄₂₂	₄₇₁
_Tanker	₂₄₃	₂₄₄	₂₃₉	₂₃₆	₂₃₄	₂₁₅	₂₃₈	₂₈₉	₂₆₄
_Transport	₄₁₃	₄₁₀	₃₈₁	₃₈₄	₃₆₃	₃₅₆	₃₆₁	₃₆₆	₃₆₆
_Helicopter	₁₃₈	₁₃₇	₁₅₇	₁₆₀	₁₃₁	₁₅₄	₁₅₉	₁₅₉	₁₅₅
_Trainer	_1,189	_1,195	_1,187	_1,194	_1,211	_1,181	_1,180	_1,179	_1,176
_Total _{Active Duty}	_3,927	_3,968	_3,997	_3,962	_3,954	_3,944	_4,015	_4,133	_4,211
ANG
_Bomber	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀
_{Fighter/Attack}	₆₃₀	₅₈₅	₆₁₁	₅₇₇	₅₇₅	₅₇₅	₅₇₇	₅₉₄	₅₉₃
_{Special Ops} _Forces	₄	₄	₄	₄	₄	₁	₀	₀	₀
_ISR/BM/C3	₈₆	₈₈	₉₁	₈₉	₉₃	₇₈	₅₉	₅₉	₃₅
_Tanker	₁₈₇	₁₈₅	₁₈₄	₁₈₁	₁₈₁	₁₈₅	₁₈₁	₁₆₄	₁₈₈
_Transport	₂₂₃	₂₀₇	₂₀₇	₂₁₂	₂₁₀	₂₀₈	₂₀₈	₃₁₉	₁₉₁
_Helicopter	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₂₃	₂₃	₁₈
_{Total ANG}	_1,147	_1,086	_1,114	_1,080	_1.080	_1,064	_1,048	_1,159	_1,025
AFRC
_Bomber	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈
_{Fighter/Attack}	₉₅	₁₀₄	₁₁₁	₁₁₁	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉
_{Special Ops} _Forces	₄	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀
_ISR/BM/C3	₁₁	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀
_Tanker	₇₁	₆₈	₆₈	₇₂	₇₂	₇₂	₇₄	₇₃	₇₅
_Transport	₁₄₇	₁₄₅	₁₃₉	₁₀₁	₉₁	₉₆	₉₈	₁₄₀	₉₈
_Helicopter	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₆	₁₆
_{Total AFRC}	₃₆₁	₃₆₀	₃₆₁	₃₂₇	₃₁₅	₃₂₀	₃₂₄	₃₆₆	₃₂₆
_{TOTAL FORCE}	_5,435	_5,414	_5,472	_5,369	_5,349	_5,328	_5,387	_5,658	_5,562

2021 AIRCRAFT Mission Capable Rates

An F-22 Raptor from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron flies over Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. **Kyle Larson/Lockheed Martin**

(As of Oct. 19, 2021)

MDS	2021 12-Hour Fix(%)	2021 Breaks(%)	2021 Mission Capability(%)
A-10C	63.77%	9.52%	72.54%
AC-130J	56.60%	8.19%	83.84%
AC-130U	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
AC-130W	48.36%	16.25%	75.27%
AT-38B	47.83%	5.66%	73.68%
B-1B	15.82%	27.71%	40.69%
B-2A	60.63%	27.66%	58.58%
B-52H	32.92%	45.90%	59.45%
C-5M	43.31%	12.00%	57.43%
C-12C	0.00%	0.00%	98.60%
C-12D	0.00%	0.00%	100.00%
C-12F	0.00%	0.00%	83.61%
C-12J	0.00%	0.00%	100.00%
C-17A	57.23%	2.57%	80.11%
C-21A	0.00%	0.00%	100.00%
C-32A	0.00%	0.50%	86.74%
C-37A	0.00%	0.34%	96.09%
C-37B	0.00%	0.40%	89.91%
C-40B	50.00%	0.56%	91.05%
C-40C	50.00%	0.43%	85.97%
C-130H	34.67%	6.03%	69.49%
C-130J	57.73%	3.81%	75.65%
CV-22B	38.26%	32.56%	50.95%
E-3B	47.10%	33.84%	55.78%
E-3C	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
E-3G	45.04%	47.08%	60.65%
E-4B	33.33%	6.03%	57.11%
E-8C	57.70%	31.35%	61.54%
EC-130H	56.50%	36.18%	66.86%
EC-130J	9.09%	9.24%	64.09%
EQ-4B	41.67%	6.82%	79.92%
F-15C	63.70%	13.70%	69.48%
F-15D	63.84%	10.74%	68.56%
F-15E	60.67%	14.70%	66.24%
F-16C	58.88%	9.17%	71.53%
F-16D	55.85%	8.93%	69.32%
F-22A	56.02%	9.33%	50.81%
F-35A**			68.8%
HC-130J	46.45%	9.06%	76.10%
HC-130N	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
HH-60G	58.35%	10.99%	71.06%
KC-10A	54.68%	7.31%	79.23%
KC-46A	47.37%	2.76%	71.37%
KC-135R	50.59%	10.98%	71.24%
KC-135T	54.27%	13.35%	69.81%
LC-130H	35.16%	14.58%	42.94%
MC-12W	0.00%	0.00%	100.00%
MC-130H	50.87%	17.89%	74.72%
MC-130J	56.29%	9.81%	79.03%
MQ-9A	54.13%	3.17%	89.91%
OC-135B	33.33%	45.00%	67.03%
QF-16A	15.38%	17.57%	51.13%
QF-16C	9.43%	10.35%	58.35%
RC-135S	48.48%	21.15%	85.52%
RC-135U	29.41%	15.89%	81.82%
RC-135V	35.94%	20.19%	73.07%
RC-135W	38.21%	22.29%	66.42%
RQ-4B	45.79%	11.54%	65.84%
T-1A	67.41%	8.86%	74.03%
T-6A	65.21%	5.02%	70.96%
T-38A	62.84%	6.48%	72.47%
T-38C	53.10%	6.88%	62.98%
TC-130H	66.67%	43.59%	67.88%
TC-135W	52.38%	14.79%	80.30%
TE-8A	50.00%	14.63%	70.22%
TH-1H	58.98%	8.55%	74.15%
TU-2S	59.57%	12.02%	56.28%
U-2S	61.24%	12.45%	75.62%
UH-1N	58.20%	6.35%	82.14%
WC-130J	36.84%	9.36%	53.47%
WC-135C	0.00%	16.67%	85.64%
WC-135W	12.50%	47.06%	48.27%
Total	56.74%	7.82%	71.53%

** F-35 Data pulled from Lockheed Martin’s JDL data; MDS: Mission Design Series.

Pilot Training Hours/Month by Aircraft Type 2018-2021

An 87th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot and student prepare a T-38 Talon for take-off on the flight line at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. **Airman Kailee Reynolds**

	COMPONENT	2018	2019	2020	2021
	Active Duty	10.7	6.8	10.9	10.1
*ALL MDS*	ANG	9.3	5.3	9	8.6
	AFRC	8	4.2	7.2	8.3

AIRCRAFT TYPE	COMPONENT	2018	2019	2020	2021
*AIRLIFT*	Active Duty	12.7	8	12.2	12
	ANG	9.8	5.8	10.3	9.3
	AFRC	10.7	5.2	8.3	9.3
*BACN*	Active Duty	26	21.6	23.4	9.2
	ANG	–	–	–	2.3
	AFRC	–	–	–	–
*BOMBER*	Active Duty	6.1	4	7.2	7.1
	ANG	4.2	1.6	2.2	1.4
	AFRC	3.5	2.9	4.7	4.6
*FIGHTER*	Active Duty	8.2	5.7	8.1	6.8
	ANG	7.1	4.2	6.4	7.3
	AFRC	5.2	3.9	5.5	6.7
*FIX WING*	Active Duty	9	5.7	8.7	6.1
	ANG	6.8	5.8	10.8	7.9
	AFRC	–	–	4.8	10.9
*RECON*	Active Duty	7.8	4.7	7	8.4
	ANG	8	5.7	9	8.1
	AFRC	5.7	2.7	5.3	5.4
*RESCUE*	Active Duty	–	–	–	–
	ANG	1.6	–	–	–
	AFRC	–	–	–	–
*ROTARY*	Active Duty	6.8	4.5	6.9	6.5
	ANG	5.8	3.9	7.9	6.4
	AFRC	8.5	3.4	4.9	6.9
*SPEC OPS*	Active Duty	11.1	6.6	13	11.6
	ANG	6.9	3.7	5.8	10.1
	AFRC	5	3	5.2	5.9
*TANKER*	Active Duty	13.6	8	12.1	12
	ANG	12.4	7.5	10.4	9.4
	AFRC	10	5.7	8.3	9.1
*TRAINER*	Active Duty	10.2	6.8	9.6	8
	ANG	7.9	1.7	0.9	1
	AFRC	1.2	2.2	2.9	0.4

NOTE: These reflect Flying Hours only and do not include Simulator Hours.

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Aircraft Total Active Inventory (TAI)

(As of Sept. 30, 2021)

ICBMs IN SERVICE OVER TIME

(As of Sept. 30, 2021)

USAF Aircraft Inventory, FY50-21 Total Active Aircraft

TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE DUTY AIRCRAFT IN SERVICE OVER TIME

(As of Sept. 30, 2021)

2021 AIRCRAFT Mission Capable Rates

(As of Oct. 19, 2021)

Pilot Training Hours/Month by Aircraft Type 2018-2021

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