2023 USAF & USSF Almanac: DAF Personnel

DAF TOTAL FORCE END STRENGTH

Col. Kristoffer Smith, 20th Fighter Wing commander, performs pre-flight checks during exercise Red Flag-Nellis 23-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., March 20, 2023. **Staff Sgt. Madeline Herzog**

(As of Sept. 30, 2022)

Fiscal Year	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
USAF Active Duty								Planned	Planned
Officers	60,961	61,597	62,640	63,902	64,245	64,873	64,941	60,838	61,396
Enlisted	252,762	256,983	258,978	263,976	265,369	265,658	263,480	257,010	259,304
Cadets	4,160	4,207	4,262	4,223	4,176	4,103	4,003	4,000	4,000
Total USAF Active Duty	317,883	322,787	325,880	332,101	333,790	334,634	332,424	321,848	324,700

USSF Active Duty
Officers					84	3,656	4,220	4,314	4,576
Enlisted					1	2,907	3,841	4,286	4,824
Total USSF Active Duty					85	6,563	8,061	8,600	9,400

Civilian Personnel
Direct hire (excluding technicians)	131,965	140,116	135,879	139,536	140,848	147,434*	142,293	148,633	149,571
ANG technicians	23,044	22,542	21,705	17,502	14,970	10,994	14,143	9,778	10,760
AFRC technicians	8,384	7,872	7,648	7,714	9,027	7,224	5,793	6,979	6,882
Total direct hire	163,393	170,530	165,232	164,752	164,845	165,652	162,229	165,390	167,213
Indirect hire	3,704	4,570	4,202	4,190	3,694	3,728	**	**	**
Total Civilian Personnel	167,097	175,100	169,434	168,942	168,539	169,380	162,229	165,390	167,213

Air National Guard
Selected Reserve Officers	14,593	15,257	15,401	15,495	15,990	16,377	16,253	16,204	15,446
Selected Reserve Enlisted	90,907	90,413	92,068	91,702	91,424	92,106	88,731	88,896	92,954
Total ANG	105,500	105,670	107,469	107,197	107,414	108,483	104,984	105,100	108,400

Air Force Reserve Command
Selected Reserve Officers	14,896	13,672	13,716	14,042	14,458	14,947	14,988	14,592	14,579
Selected Reserve Enlisted	54,304	55,126	54,987	55,347	54,598	55,623	53,060	54,308	55,021
Total AFRC Selected Reserve	69,200	68,798	68,703	69,389	69,056	70,570	68,048	68,927	69,600
Individual Ready Reserve Officers	7,492	7,492	6,593	7,631	7,631	7,631	7,340	7,379	7,419
IRR Enlisted	29,359	29,359	21,801	20,683	20,683	20,683	21,196	23,099	23,056
Total IRR	36,851	36,851	28,394	28,314	28,314	28,314	28,536	30,478	30,475
Total AFRC	106,051	105,649	97,097	97,370	97,370	98,884	96,584	99,405	100,075

Total Ready Reserve	211,551	211,319	204,566	204,567	204,784	207,367	201,568	204,505	208,475

Source: Fiscal 2024 President’s Budget Request
*Enacted
**Figures not available at press time

DAF ACTIVE DUTY AIRMEN MALE/FEMALE, 1970-2022

Senior Airman Sydney Woo, a 354th Fighter Generation Squadron weapons specialist from Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., performs final weapons checks prior to takeoff during Red Flag 23-1 at Nellis AFB, Nev., Jan. 23, 2023. **Senior Airman Megan Estrada**

(As of Sept. 30, 2022)

	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2019	2020	2021	2022
Cadets
Female	0	504	553	658	966	1,176	1,194	1,182	1,196
%	0	11.4	12.7	15.4	21.2	27.9	28.6	28.8	29.9
Male	4,144	3,907	3,817	3,617	3,592	3,047	2,982	2,921	2,807
%	100	88.6	87.3	84.6	78.8	72.2	71.4	71.2	70.1
Total	4,144	4,411	4,370	4,275	4,558	4,223	4,176	4,103	4,003

Enlisted
Female	8,987	60,803	60,803	55,011	50,946	54,205	55,273	55,644	55,297
%	1.4	13.2	14	19.2	19.3	20.5	20.8	20.9	21
Male	652,559	399,517	374,385	231,620	212,491	209,771	210,279	210,014	208,183
%	98.6	86.8	86	80.8	80.7	79.4	79.2	79.1	79
Total	661,546	460,320	435,188	286,631	263,437	263,976	265,552	265,658	263,480

Officer
Female	4,667	8,493	13,331	11,819	12,363	13,932	14,325	14,671	15,040
%	3.6	8.7	13.3	17.1	18.7	21.8	22.3	22.6	23.2
Male	125,136	89,156	86,714	57,204	53,838	49,970	49,920	50,202	49,901
%	94.6	91.3	86.7	82.9	81.3	78.2	77.7	77.4	76.8
Total	129,803	97,649	100,045	69,023	66,201	63,902	69,598	64,873	64,941
Grand Total	795,493	562,380	539,603	359,929	334,196	332,101	339,326	334,634	332,424

Sources: Defense Manpower Data Center: Table of Active Duty Females by Rank/Grade and Service, September 2022, and Active Duty Military Personnel by Rank/Grade, September 2022.

ACTIVE DUTY AIR & SPACE PERSONNEL END STRENGTH: 1907-TODAY

U.S. Space Force Specialist Three Raquel Goins, 65th Cyberspace Squadron cyber operator, completes training on a computer at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., April 21, 2022. **Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman/USSF**

(As of Sept. 30, 2022)

YEAR	NUMBER	YEAR	NUMBER	YEAR	NUMBER	YEAR	NUMBER
1907	3	1936	17,233	1965	824,662	1994	426,327
1908	13	1937	19,147	1966	887,353	1995	400,409
1909	27	1938	21,089	1967	897,494	1996	389,001
1910	11	1939	23,455	1968	904,850	1997	377,385
1911	23	1940	51,165	1969	862,353	1998	367,470
1912	51	1941	152,125	1970	791,349	1999	360,590
1913	114	1942	764,415	1971	755,300	2000	355,654
1914	122	1943	2,197,114	1972	725,838	2001	353,571
1915	208	1944	2,372,292	1973	691,182	2002	368,251
1916	311	1945	2,282,259	1974	643,970	2003	375,062
1917	1,218	1946	455,515	1975	612,751	2004	376,616
1918	195,023	1947	305,827	1976	585,416	2005	353,696
1919	25,603	1948	387,730	1977	570,695	2006	348,953
1920	9,050	1949	419,347	1978	569,712	2007	333,495
1921	11,649	1950	411,277	1979	559,455	2008	327,379
1922	9,642	1951	788,381	1980	557,969	2009	333,408
1923	9,441	1952	983,261	1981	570,302	2010	334,196
1924	10,547	1953	977,593	1982	582,845	2011	333,370
1925	9,670	1954	947,918	1983	592,044	2012	332,918
1926	9,674	1955	959,946	1984	597,125	2013	330,694
1927	10,078	1956	909,958	1985	601,515	2014	316,332
1928	10,549	1957	919,835	1986	608,199	2015	311,357
1929	12 ,131	1958	871,156	1987	607,035	2016	317,883
1930	13,531	1959	840,435	1988	576,446	2017	322,787
1931	14,780	1960	814,752	1989	570,880	2018	329,880
1932	15,028	1961	821,151	1990	535,233	2019	332,101
1933	15,099	1962	884,025	1991	510,432	2020	329,797
1934	15,861	1963	869,431	1992	470,315	2021	334,634
1935	16,247	1964	856,798	1993	444,351	2022	332,424
						2023*	333,944
						2024**	333,100

From 1907-1946, these Airmen were part of the U.S. Army.
Enacted*
Requested**

ACTIVE DUTY BY REGION, 1970-2022

(As of Sept. 30, 2022)

	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2019	2020	2021	2022
US and Territories	565,098	445,886	418,027	291,260	277,123	276,090	277,818	303,007	277,184
Europe	72,937	76,788	69,296	32,901	30,963	27,649	27,762	29,896	28,548
East Asia, Pacific	139,666	32,263	33,558	22,030	12,649	20,698	20,644	22,053	21,105
Africa, Mideast, S. Asia	608	674	376	8,972	891	2,076	2,032	2,162	2,093
Western Hemisphere	5,348	2,211	2,356	345	339	440	436	454	389
Other	7,692	147	11,620	146	12,231	1,096	1,105	1,183	1,097
Total*	791,349	557,969	535,233	355,654	334,196	328,049	329,797	358,755	330,416

*Not including cadets.
**Not including Space Force.
Source: Air Force Personnel Center

An Airman with the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron marshals a B-1B Lancer before takeoff on a Bomber Task Force mission at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 4, 2023. **Staff Sgt. Ericka Woolever**

Airmen with the 317th Airlift Wing and U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division run a fuel hose from a C-130J Super Hercules to an M1A2 tank during an Agile Combat Employment exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas. **Courtesy photo**

DAF ACTIVE DUTY BY COMMAND

(As of Sept. 30, 2022)

MAJOR COMMANDS	USAF	USSF	Total
Air Combat Command	79,555	73	79,628
Air Education and Training Command	56,285	527	56,812
Air Force Global Strike Command	27,801	4	27,805
Air Force Materiel Command	17,693	101	17,794
Air Force Special Operations Command	16,117	4	16,121
Air Mobility Command	41,256	6	41,262
Pacific Air Forces	30,905	21	30,926
U.S. Air Forces Europe-Air Forces Africa	23,666	20	23,686
TOTAL	293,278	756	294,034
FIELD OPERATING AGENCIES	USAF	USSF	Total
Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation	7	0	7
Air Force Audit Agency	0	0	0
Air Force Cost Analysis Agency	12	0	12
Air Force Flight Standards Agency	120	0	120
Air Force Historical Research Agency	0	0	0
Air Force Inspection Agency	86	1	87
Air Force Legal Operations Agency	539	0	539
Air Force Manpower Analysis Agency	170	0	170
Air Force Medical Readiness Agency	204	0	204
Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations	23	0	23
Air Force Office of Special Investigations	141	0	141
Air Force Operations Group	41	0	41
Air Force Personnel Center	680	0	680
Air Force Public Affairs Agency	47	0	47
Air Force Review Boards Agency	26	0	26
Air Force Safety Center	50	0	50
Air National Guard Readiness Center	36	0	36
DOD Cyber Crime Center	7	7	14
National Air and Space Intelligence Center	117	0	117
TOTAL	2306	1	2307
DIRECT REPORTING UNITS	USAF	USSF	Total
Air Force District of Washington	112	0	112
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center	283	1	284
Air Force Reserve Command	50	14	64
U.S. Air Force Academy	236	0	236
TOTAL	681	15	696
OTHER	25,931	7,444	33,375
TOTAL ACTIVE DUTY	322,196	8,216	330,412

Source: Office of the Secretary of the Air Force

Active Duty by Base, 2022 vs. 2011

F-16 Fighting Falcons, A-10C Thunderbolt IIs, U-2 Dragon Ladys, and C-12 Hurons taxi on the runway at Osan Air Base, South Korea, during the Mammoth Walk training event on May 5, 2023. **Master Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia**

(As of Sept. 30, 2022)

BASE	2022	2011	# CHANGE	% CHANGE
JB San Antonio-Lackland, Texas	16,819	17,406	-587	-3.4
Ramstein AB, Germany	9,630	9,471	159	1.7
Hurlburt Field, Fla.	9,113	8,314	799	9.2
JB Langley-Eustis, Va.	7,792	7,986	-194	-7,986
Nellis AFB, Nev. [1]	7,771	9,900	-2,129	-21.5
Shaw AFB, S.C.	7,114	5,912	1,202	20.3
Travis AFB, Calif.	6,839	6,571	268	4.1
Kadena AB, Japan	6,729	6,673	56	0.8
Eglin AFB, Fla.	6,527	5,771	756	13.1
Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.	6,272	6,643	-371	-5.6
JB Andrews, Md.	6,127	7,603	-1,476	-19.4
Offutt AFB, Neb.	6,094	5,405	689	12.7
Sheppard AFB, Texas	5,699	5,357	342	5,357
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio	5,691	5,813	-122	-2.1
JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii	5,626	5,030	596	11.8
JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska	5,512	5,608	-96	-1.7
Minot AFB, N.D.	5,470	5,323	147	2.8
Osan AB, South Korea	5,432	5,308	124	2.3
Cannon AFB, N.M.	5,203	4,275	928	21.7
Barksdale AFB, La.	5,201	5,814	-613	-10.5
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.	5,131	4,855	276	5.7
Holloman AFB, N.M.	5,021	4,030	991	24.6
RAF Lakenheath, U.K.	4,941	4,636	305	6.6
Scott AFB, Ill.	4,797	5,109	-312	-6.1
Tinker AFB, Okla.	4,753	5,876	-1,123	-19.1
Dyess AFB, Texas	4,661	5,093	-432	-8.5
Moody AFB, Ga.	4,617	4,654	-37	-0.8
Aviano AB, Italy	4,575	4,444	131	2.9
Keesler AFB, Miss.	4,456	5,263	-807	15.3
Luke AFB, Ariz.	4,427	3,917	510	13
RAF Mildenhall, U.K.	4,320	4,035	285	7.1
Hill AFB, Utah	4,302	3,864	438	11.3
Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.	4,274	4,814	-540	11.2
Spangdahlem AB, Germany	3,961	4,815	-854	-17.7
Peterson SFB, Colo.	3,916	3,832	84	2.2
Whiteman AFB, Mo.	3,914	3,786	128	3.4
MacDill AFB, Fla.	3,685	3,649	36	1
JB Charleston, S.C.	3,556	3,783	-227	6
Fairchild AFB, Wash.	3,553	2,861	692	24.2
Beale AFB, Calif.	3,529	3,937	-408	-10.4
Pentagon, Va.	3,509	4,179	-670	-16
Little Rock AFB, Ark.	3,494	5,185	-1,691	-32.6
Mountain Home AFB, Idaho	3,444	3,553	-109	-3.1
Dover AFB, Del.	3,425	3,525	-100	-2.8
Yokota AB, Japan	3,388	2,931	457	15.6
Goodfellow AFB, Texas	3,365	4,513	-1,148	-25.4
Ellsworth AFB, S.D.	3,306	3,535	-229	-6.5
Kirtland AFB, N.M.	3,261	3,460	-199	-5.8
Robins AFB, Ga.	3,223	3,918	-695	-17.7
Eielson AFB, Alaska	3,202	1,925	1,277	66.3
Creech AFB [1]	3,188	0	n/a	n/a
JB Lewis-McChord, Wash.	3,184	3,680	-496	-13.5
Malmstrom AFB, Mont.	3,166	3,129	37	1.2
F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.	3,127	3,128	-1	0
Fort Meade, Md.	3,062	2,583	479	18.5
Maxwell AFB, Ala.	3,033	2,915	118	4
JB San Antonio-Randolph, Texas	2,871	2,938	-67	-2.3
McConnell AFB, Kan.	2,865	3,023	-158	-5.2
Misawa AB, Japan	2,736	2,950	-214	-7.3
Edwards AFB, Calif.	2,732	2,652	80	3
Bolling AFB, D.C.	2,694	2,986	-292	-9.8
Vandenberg SFB, Calif.	2,607	2,809	-202	-7.2
Kunsan AB, South Korea	2,476	2,506	-30	-1.2
Pope Field, N.C.	2,322	2,574	-252	-9.8
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.	2,282	2,460	-178	-7.2
Tyndall AFB, Fla.	2,155	2,748	-593	-21.6
Schriever SFB, Colo.	2,086	1,616	470	29.1
Andersen AFB, Guam	2,079	2,070	9	0.4
Buckley SFB, Colo.	1,839	1,443	396	27.4
Patrick SFB, Fla.	1,825	1,777	48	2.7
Grand Forks AFB, N.D.	1,781	1,457	324	22.2
MCB Quantico, Va. [2]	1,655	0	n/a	n/a
JB San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas	1,620	1,322	298	22.5
Incirlik AB, Turkey	1,538	1,429	109	7.6
Hanscom AFB, Mass.	1,481	1,655	-174	-10.5
Columbus AFB, Miss.	1,469	1,592	-123	-7.7
Laughlin AFB, Texas	1,283	1,479	-196	-13.3
Altus AFB, Okla.	1,273	1,381	-108	-7.8
Los Angeles AFB, Calif.	1,252	1,400	-148	-10.6
Vance AFB, Okla.	1,232	1,209	23	1.9
USAG Stuttgart, Germany	827	1,265	-438	-34.6
Total	328,407	328,336

[1] Nellis AFB’s personnel included Creech AFB until FY2020.
[2] Air Force personnel first recorded in 2012.
[3] Total at all locations. Some locations are not listed.

Personnel

DAF TOTAL FORCE END STRENGTH

DAF ACTIVE DUTY AIRMEN MALE/FEMALE, 1970-2022

ACTIVE DUTY AIR & SPACE PERSONNEL END STRENGTH: 1907-TODAY

ACTIVE DUTY BY REGION, 1970-2022

DAF ACTIVE DUTY BY COMMAND

Active Duty by Base, 2022 vs. 2011

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