The Air Force’s latest accounting of its personnel shows that, as of Aug. 31, the service has 346,166 active duty members, comprising 71,691 officers and 274,475 enlisted airmen. Its civilian force has 145,620 employees, the majority (76.1 percent) of whom are “white collar” employees. Women make up nearly 20 percent of the service’s active duty airmen. For more raw numbers, read here.
Boeing received a $2.47 billion Air Force contract Nov. 25 for 15 more KC-46s, bringing to 183 the number of Pegasus tankers on contract to all customers, foreign and domestic. The new contract—for Lot 12 of the initially planned KC-46 buy—is to be completed by 2029.
