2021 USAF & USSF Almanac: Equipment

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

Aircraft Total Active Inventory (TAI)

	^Active	^ANG	^AFRC	^Total ^Force	^Avg. Age
*BOMBER*
B-1B Lancer	62	0	0	62	33.42
B-2A Spirit	20	0	0	20	25.35
B-52H Stratofortress	58	0	18	76	58.80
Total	140	0	18	158	39.19
*FIGHTER/ATTACK*
A-10C Thunderbolt II	141	85	55	281	39.43
F-15C Eagle	88	123	0	211	35.92
F-15D Eagle	9	14	0	23	35.55
F-15E Strike Eagle	218	0	0	218	28.43
F-16C Fighting Falcon	441	288	52	781	30.09
F-16D Fighting Falcon	108	45	2	155	30.91
F-22A Raptor	166	20	0	186	14.19
F-35A Lightning II	253	19	0	272	4.44
Total	1,424	594	109	2,094	27.37
*SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES*
AC-130J Ghostrider	20	0	0	20	3.48
AC-130U Spooky	7	0	0	7	32.2
AC-130W Stinger II	10	0	0	10	31.19
CV-22B Osprey	50	0	0	50	10.44
MC-130H Combat Talon II	16	0	0	16	31.87
MC-130J Commando II	51	0	0	51	5.47
Total	154	0	0	154	19.11
*ISR/BM/C3*
E-3B Sentry (AWACS)	11	0	0	11	42.45
E-3C Sentry (AWACS)	1	0	0	1	38
E-3G Sentry (AWACS)	23	0	0	23	40.37
E-4B NAOC	4	0	0	4	46.38
E-8C JSTARS	0	16	0	16	19.8
TE-8A JSTARS (trainer)	0	1	0	1	29.7
E-9A	2	0	0	2	28
E-11A BACN	3	0	0	3	8.73
EC-130H Compass Call	11	0	0	11	46.09
EC-130J Commando Solo	0	7	0	7	20.27
MQ-1B Predator	5	0	0	5	14.7
MQ-9A Reaper	265	24	0	289	6.11
NC-135W (test bed)	1	0	0	1	58.5
OC-135B Open Skies	2	0	0	2	58.4
RC-26B Condor	0	11	0	11	26.4
RC-135S Cobra Ball	3	0	0	3	58.47
RC-135U Combat Sent	2	0	0	2	55.65
RC-135V Rivet Joint	8	0	0	8	55.94
RC-135W Rivet Joint	12	0	0	12	57.08
RQ-4B Global Hawk	33	0	0	33	10.36
TC-135W (trainer)	3	0	0	3	58.3
TU-2S Dragon Lady (trainer)	4	0	0	4	35.92
U-2S Dragon Lady	27	0	0	27	37.85
WC-130J Hercules	0	0	10	10	19.45
WC-135C Constant Phoenix	1	0	0	1	56.4
WC-135W Constant Phoenix	1	0	0	1	58.4
Total	422	59	10	491	37.99
*TANKER*
HC-130J Combat King II	19	12	0	31	5.58
HC-130N King	0	1	0	1	24.5
KC-10A Extender	56	0	0	56	35.14
KC-46A	27	12	6	45	0.6
KC-135R Stratotanker	157	115	67	339	57.25
KC-135T Stratotanker	30	24	0	54	60.59
Total	289	164	73	526	30.61
*TRANSPORT*
C-5M Super Galaxy	36	0	16	52	33.32
C-12C Huron	16	0	0	16	44.17
C-12D Huron	6	0	0	6	36.43
C-12F Huron	3	0	0	3	35.25
C-12J Huron	4	0	0	4	32.72
C-17A Globemaster III	146	50	26	222	18.04
C-20H	1	0	0	1	26
C-21A Learjet	19	0	0	19	35.50
C-32A Air Force Two	4	0	0	4	22
C-32B Air Force Two	0	2	0	2	17.24
C-37A Gulfstream V	10	0	0	10	19.47
C-37B Gulfstream V	5	0	0	5	6.78
C-40A	4	0	0	4	16.65
C-40C Clipper	0	3	4	7	14.76
C-130H Hercules	2	123	42	167	30.94
C-130J Super Hercules	106	18	10	134	11.42
LC-130H Hercules	0	10	0	10	35.06
VC-25A Air Force One	2	0	0	2	29.95
Total	364	206	98	668	25.87
*HELICOPTER*
HH-60G Pave Hawk	65	23	16	104	28.25
HH-60U Pave Hawk	3	0	0	3	9.37
TH-1H Iroquois (trainer)	28	0	0	28	39.53
UH-1N Iroquois	63	0	0	63	48.59
Total	159	23	16	198	31.43
*TRAINER*
T-1A Jayhawk	178	0	0	178	25.91
T-6A Texan II	442	0	0	442	14.98
T-38A Talon	53	0	0	53	54
(A)T-38B Talon	6	0	0	6	57.12
T-38C Talon	443	0	0	443	54.30
T-41D Mescalero	4	0	0	4	51.1
T-51A Cessna	3	0	0	3	15.2
T-53A Kadet II	24	0	0	24	8.66
UV-18B Twin Otter	3	0	0	3	36.53
Gliders	23	0	0	23	10.4
Total	1,179	0	0	1,179	32.81
GRAND TOTAL	4,131	1,046	324	5,501	30.55

Total active inventory (TAI): aircraft assigned to operating forces for mission, training, test, or maintenance. Includes primary, backup, and attrition reserve aircraft. For other aircraft acronyms, see Gallery of Weapons.

An Air Force C-130H from Wyoming’s Air National Guard 153rd Airlift Wing fires flares during exercise Southern Strike at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss.
**Sgt. Jovi Prevot/USA**

ICBMs IN SERVICE OVER TIME

(As of Sept. 30, 2020)

_{Type of} _System	_FY ₁₁	_FY ₁₂	_FY ₁₃	_FY ₁₄	_FY ₁₅	_FY ₁₆	_FY ₁₇	_FY ₁₈	_FY ₁₉	_FY ₂₀
_{Minuteman III}	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₀₆	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀
_Total _ICBMs	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₀₆	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀

AVERAGE PILOT TRAINING HOURS PER MONTH BY AIRCRAFT TYPE FY17-FY20

	COMPONENT	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20
	Active Duty	10.9	10.7	6.8	10.9
*ALL MODELS*	ANG	9.9	9.3	5.3	9
	AFRC	8.8	8	4.2	7.2

AIRCRAFT TYPE	COMPONENT	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20
*AIRLIFT*	Active Duty	13.1	12.7	8	12.2
	ANG	9.8	9.8	5.8	10.3
	AFRC	9	10.7	5.2	8.3
*BACN*	Active Duty	25	26	21.6	23.4
	ANG	–	–	–	–
	AFRC	–	–	–	–
*BOMBER*	Active Duty	7.9	6.1	4	7.2
	ANG	5	4.2	1.6	2.2
	AFRC	4.8	3.5	2.9	4.7
*FIGHTER*	Active Duty	8.5	8.2	5.7	8.1
	ANG	8.4	7.1	4.2	6.4
	AFRC	6.8	5.2	3.9	5.5
*FIX WING*	Active Duty	8.5	9	5.7	8.7
	ANG	7.8	6.8	5.8	10.8
	AFRC	–	–	–	4.8
*RECON*	Active Duty	7.9	7.8	4.7	7
	ANG	11.1	8	5.7	9
	AFRC	5.7	5.7	2.7	5.3
*RESCUE*	Active Duty	–	–	–	–
	ANG	7	1.6	–	–
	AFRC	–	–	–	–
*ROTARY*	Active Duty	6.7	6.8	4.5	6.9
	ANG	6.4	5.8	3.9	7.9
	AFRC	6.8	8.5	3.4	4.9
*SPEC OPS*	Active Duty	12.2	11.1	6.6	13
	ANG	7.3	6.9	3.7	5.8
	AFRC	9.3	5	3	5.2
*TANKER*	Active Duty	15.9	13.6	8	12.1
	ANG	12.1	12.4	7.5	10.4
	AFRC	11.1	10	5.7	8.3
*TRAINER*	Active Duty	8.4	10.2	6.8	9.6
	ANG	1.2	7.9	1.7	0.9
	AFRC	8.8	1.2	2.2	2.9

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

TOTAL AIRCRAFT IN SERVICE OVER TIME

(As of Sept. 30, 2020)

_ACTIVE	₂₀₁₂	₂₀₁₃	₂₀₁₄	₂₀₁₅	₂₀₁₆	₂₀₁₇	₂₀₁₈	₂₀₁₉	₂₀₂₀
_Bomber	₁₄₄	₁₄₁	₁₄₁	₁₄₀	₁₄₀	₁₃₉	₁₃₉	₁₄₀	₁₄₀
_{Fighter/Attack}	_1,289	_1,287	_1,273	_1,312	_1,282	_1,297	_1,332	_1,370	_1,424
^{Special Ops} ^Forces	₁₁₇	₁₂₂	₁₂₄	₁₄₄	₁₃₂	₁₃₈	₁₃₅	₁₄₄	₁₅₄
^ISR/BM/C3	₄₁₃	₃₉₄	₄₄₄	₄₃₇	₄₃₄	₄₄₁	₄₃₂	₄₂₈	₄₂₂
_Tanker	₂₄₆	₂₄₃	₂₄₄	₂₃₉	₂₃₆	₂₃₄	₂₁₅	₂₃₈	₂₈₉
_Transport	₄₂₅	₄₁₃	₄₁₀	₃₈₁	₃₈₄	₃₆₃	₃₅₆	₃₆₁	₃₆₆
_Helicopter	₁₇₀	₁₃₈	₁₃₇	₁₅₇	₁₆₀	₁₃₁	₁₅₄	₁₅₉	₁₅₉
_Trainer	_1,213	_1,189	_1,195	_1,187	_1,194	_1,211	_1,181	_1,180	_1,179
_Total _{Active Duty}	_4,017	_3,927	_3,968	_3,997	_3,962	_3,954	_3,944	_4,015	_4,133
ANG
_Bomber	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀
_{Fighter/Attack}	₆₃₅	₆₃₀	₅₈₅	₆₁₁	₅₇₇	₅₇₅	₅₇₅	₅₇₇	₅₉₄
_{Special Ops} _Forces	₄	₄	₄	₄	₄	₄	₁	₀	₀
_ISR/BM/C3	₈₇	₈₆	₈₈	₉₁	₈₉	₉₃	₇₈	₅₉	₅₉
_Tanker	₁₈₉	₁₈₇	₁₈₅	₁₈₄	₁₈₁	₁₈₁	₁₈₅	₁₈₁	₁₆₄
_Transport	₂₃₂	₂₂₃	₂₀₇	₂₀₇	₂₁₂	₂₁₀	₂₀₈	₂₀₈	₃₁₉
_Helicopter	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₂₃	₂₃
_{Total ANG}	_1,164	_1,147	_1,086	_1,114	_1,080	_1.080	_1,064	_1,048	_1,159
AFRC
_Bomber	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈
_{Fighter/Attack}	₁₀₁	₉₅	₁₀₄	₁₁₁	₁₁₁	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉
_{Special Ops} _Forces	₅	₄	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀
_ISR/BM/C3	₁₁	₁₁	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀
_Tanker	₇₂	₇₁	₆₈	₆₈	₇₂	₇₂	₇₂	₇₄	₇₃
_Transport	₁₄₈	₁₄₇	₁₄₅	₁₃₉	₁₀₁	₉₁	₉₆	₉₈	₁₄₀
_Helicopter	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₆
_{Total AFRC}	₃₇₀	₃₆₁	₃₆₀	₃₆₁	₃₂₇	₃₁₅	₃₂₀	₃₂₄	₃₆₆
_{TOTAL FORCE}	_5,551	_5,435	_5,414	_5,472	_5,369	_5,349	_5,328	_5,387	_5,658

An F-22 Raptor performs a pedal turn maneuver, Jan. 15, 2021, at Columbus Air Force Base,
Miss. **Airman 1st Class Davis Donaldson**

2020 AIRCRAFT MISSION CAPABLE RATES

(As of Nov. 17, 2020)

MDS	FY20 12-HR FIX(%)	FY20 BREAKS(%)	FY20 MC(%)
A-10C	68.45	11.26	72.04
AC-130J	67.05	5.78	82.03
AC-130U	72.00	16.67	88.34
AC-130W	58.70	16.39	80.45
AT-38B	64.91	5.12	88.11
B-1B	21.15	26.71	52.78
B-2A	58.30	28.19	62.41
B-52H	29.94	45.54	60.51
C-5M	39.41	9.26	60.53
C-12C	0.00	0.00	99.27
C-12D	0.00	0.00	100.00
C-12F	0.00	0.00	85.69
C-12J	0.00	0.00	100.00
C-17A	59.18	2.76	82.30
C-21A	0.00	0.00	100.00
C-32A	0.00	1.41	88.61
C-37A	0.00	0.14	93.69
C-37B	42.86	0.75	90.40
C-40B	50.00	0.32	87.68
C-40C	61.54	1.26	92.11
C-130H	39.31	5.83	70.02
C-130J	58.25	3.32	78.76
CV-22B	40.22	35.27	54.21
E-3B	51.65	38.00	65.83
E-3C	75.00	50.00	76.77
E-3G	48.95	37.04	70.73
E-4B	20.00	3.81	58.65
E-8C	50.37	29.41	66.49
EC-130H	61.25	29.34	66.90
EC-130J	13.33	7.01	52.46
EQ-4B	60.00	9.52	82.05
F-15C	64.40	14.32	71.93
F-15D	67.25	8.92	70.52
F-15E	61.96	15.85	69.21
F-16C	59.21	9.74	73.90
F-16D	59.97	9.89	72.11
F-22A	59.47	9.28	51.98
F-35A	N/A	N/A	71.4
HC-130J	53.44	9.31	79.74
HC-130N	0.00	20.00	74.18
HH-60G	58.59	12.50	68.99
KC-10A	53.80	5.95	80.62
KC-46A	45.10	2.71	66.53
KC-135R	52.13	11.41	72.87
KC-135T	56.47	12.20	73.11
LC-130H	28.67	19.66	45.72
MC-12W	0.00	0.00	100.00
MC-130H	47.37	17.89	73.60
MC-130J	52.20	10.54	75.87
MQ-9A	60.20	3.49	90.77
OC-135B	35.29	121.43	86.57
RC-135S	50.00	16.33	87.61
RC-135U	61.11	13.33	86.49
RC-135V	50.00	19.64	77.97
RC-135W	48.95	17.15	81.03
RQ-4B	47.83	13.52	73.61
T-1A	64.63	10.54	68.43
T-6A	68.95	5.29	73.57
T-38A	69.85	6.78	71.29
T-38C	56.27	7.38	65.44
TC-130H	71.79	36.79	73.81
TC-135W	40.74	21.26	80.79
TE-8A	57.14	10.00	63.88
TH-1H	54.13	6.93	75.44
TU-2S	63.93	16.05	78.73
U-2S	60.38	13.64	73.37
UH-1N	48.86	6.46	82.14
VC-25A	0.00	0.00	91.29
WC-130J	32.31	13.13	62.69
WC-135C	16.67	25.53	85.33
WC-135W	50.00	28.57	70.32
TOTAL	58.46	8.29	72.74

Data is from LIMS-EV Weapon Systems View pulled Nov. 17, 2020

Aircraft Total Active Inventory (TAI)

ICBMs IN SERVICE OVER TIME

(As of Sept. 30, 2020)

AVERAGE PILOT TRAINING HOURS PER MONTH BY AIRCRAFT TYPE FY17-FY20

TOTAL AIRCRAFT IN SERVICE OVER TIME

(As of Sept. 30, 2020)

2020 AIRCRAFT MISSION CAPABLE RATES

(As of Nov. 17, 2020)

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