DAF PERSONNEL

DAF TOTAL FORCE END STRENGTH

(As of Sept. 30, 2020)

	₂₀₁₅	₂₀₁₆	₂₀₁₇	₂₀₁₈	₂₀₁₉	₂₀₂₀	₂₀₂₁	₂₀₂₂
USAF _{Active Duty}							_Enacted	_Req
_Officers	_61,004	_60,961	_61,597	_62,640	_63,902	_64,245	_64,936	_65,353
_Enlisted	_^246,322	_^252,762	_^256,983	_^258,978	_^263,976	_^265,369	_^266,451	_^267,347
_Cadets	_4,031	_4,160	_4,207	_4,262	_4,223	_4,176	_4,098	_4,000
_{Total USAF Active Duty}	_^311,357	_^317,883	_^322,787	_^325,880	_^332,101	_^333,790	_^335,485	_^336,700
USSF_{Active Duty}
_Officers						₈₄	_2,742	_3,859
_Enlisted						₁	_3,692	_4,541
_{Total USSF Active Duty}						₈₅	_6,434	_8,400
Civilian_Personnel
_{^{Direct hire (Excluding Technicians)}}	_^129,985	_^131,965	_^140,116	_^135,879	_^139,536	_^140,848	_^147,434*	_^147,360
_^ANG _^Technicians	_23,448	_23,044	_22,542	_21,705	_17,502	_14,970	_11,051	_9,942
_^AFRC _^Technicians	_8,501	_8,384	_7,872	_7,648	_7,714	_9,027	_9,252*	_9,150
_^Total _{^{Direct Hire}}	_^161,934	_^163,393	_^170,530	_^165,232	_^164,752	_^164,845	_^167,737	_^166,452
_{^{Indirect Hire}}	_4,090	_3,704	_4,570	_4,202	_4,190	_3,694	_3,975	_3,911
_{^{Total Civilian Personnel}}	_^166,024	_^167,097	_^175,100	_^169,434	_^168,942	_^168,539	_^171,712	_^170,363
Air National Guard	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
_{^{Selected Reserve Officers}}	_15,084	_14,593	_15,257	_15,401	_15,495	_15,990	_15,146	_15,089
_{^{Selected Reserve Enlisted}}	_90,644	_90,907	_90,413	_92,068	_91,702	_91,424	_92,954	_93,211
_{Total ANG}	_^105,728	_^105,500	_^105,670	_^107,469	_^107,197	_^107,414	_^108,100	_^108,300
Air Force Reserve Command
_{^{Selected Reserve Officers}}	_13,937	_14,896	_13,672	_13,716	_14,042	_14,458	_15,108	_14,815
_{^{Selected Reserve Enlisted}}	_54,557	_54,304	_55,126	_54,987	_55,347	_54,598	_55,496	_55,485
_{^{Total AFRC Selected Reserve}}	_68,494	_69,200	_68,798	_68,703	_69,389	_69,056	_70,604	_70,300
_{^{Individual Ready Reserve Officers}}	_7,302	_7,492	_7,492	_6,593	_7,631	_7,631	_7,631	_7,631
_{IRR Enlisted}	_29,449	_29,359	_29,359	_21,801	_20,683	_20,683	_20,683	_20,683
_{Total IRR}	_36,751	_36,851	_36,851	_28,394	_28,314	_28,314	_28,314	_28,314
_{Total AFRC}	_^105,245	_^106,051	_^105,649	_^97,097	_^97,370	_^97,370	_^98,918	_^98,614
_{Total Ready Reserve}	_^210,973	_^211,551	_^211,319	_^204,566	_^204,567	_^204,784	_^207,018	_^206,914

* Based on AFRC data provided April 30, 2021.
Sources: For years 2020-2022, the National Defense Budget Estimates for 2022 with select data points provided by the DAF and individual commands.

United States Space Force Tech. Sgt. Eric Mistrot, 324th Training Squadron military training instructor, stands in front of his flight during the graduation ceremony, Dec. 10, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. **Sarayuth Pinthong/USAF**

DAF ACTIVE DUTY BY RANK AND SEX

(As of Sept. 30, 2020)

	Grade	Rank	Female	%	Male	%	Total	%
*Cadets*			1,194	28.6	2,982	71.4	4,176	100.0

*Enlisted*	E-1	_Airman _Basic	1,765	21.7	6,373	78.3	8,138	3.06
	E-2	_Airman	1,882	23.8	6,014	76.2	7,896	3.0
	E-3	_Airman _{First Class}	12,959	24.2	40,543	75.8	53,502	20.2
	E-4	_Senior _Airman	12,634	21.9	44,954	78.1	57,588	21.7
	E-5	_Staff _Sergeant	11,502	18.7	50,015	81.3	61,517	23.2
	E-6	_Technical _Sergeant	7,453	17.6	35,009	82.5	42,462	16.0
	E-7	_Master _Sergeant	5,432	20.5	21,104	79.5	26,536	10.0
	E-8	_Senior _{Master Sergeant}	1,170	22.2	4,107	77.8	5,277	2.0
	E-9	_Chief _{Master Sergeant}	476	18.1	2,156	81.9	2,632	1.0
TOTAL			_55,273	_20.8	_210,279	_79.2	_265,552	_100.0

*Officer*	O-1	_Second _Lieutenant	1,933	26.3	5,423	73.7	7,356	11.5
	O-2	_First _Lieutenant	1,972	23.4	6,443	76.6	8,415	13.1
	O-3	_Captain	5,218	25.1	15,540	74.9	20,758	32.3
	O-4	_Major	2,996	20.9	11,313	79.1	14,309	22.3
	O-5	_Lieutenant _Colonel	1,648	16.8	8,172	83.2	9,820	15.3
	O-6	_Colonel	528	16.0	2,764	84.0	3,292	5.1
	O-7	_Brigadier _General	17	12.6	118	87.4	135	0.2
	O-8	_Major _General	8	8.6	85	91.4	93	0.1
	O-9	_Lieutenant _General	3	5.9	48	94.1	51	0.1
	0-10	_General	2	12.5	14	87.5	16	0.0
TOTAL			_14,325	_22.3	_49,920	_77.7	_64,245	_100.0
_{TOTAL Enlisted/ Officer}			_69,564	_21.1	_260,199	_78.9	_329,797	_100.0

Sources: Air Force Personnel Center; Defense Manpower Data Center: Table of Active Duty Females by Rank/Grade and Service, September 2020, and Active Duty Military Personnel by Rank/Grade, September 2020.

Staff Sgt. Ian Robinson, 47th Civil Engineering Squadron fire protection craftsman from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, was one of 10 other team members who protected an elementary school from a wildfire in Del Rio in 2020.
**Master Sgt. J.T. May III**

DAF ACTIVE DUTY AIRMEN FEMALE/MALE

(As of Sept. 30, 2020)

	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2018	2019	2020
Enlisted
Female	8,987	60,803	60,803	55,011	50,946	51,780	54,205	55,273
%	1.4	13.2	14.0	19.2	19.3	20.0	20.5	20.8
Male	_652,559	_399,517	_374,385	_231,620	_212,491	_207,198	_209,771	_210,279
%	98.6	86.8	86.0	80.8	80.7	80.0	79.4	79.2
TOTAL	_661,546	_460,320	_435,188	_286,631	_263,437	_258,978	_263,976	_265,552

Officer
Female	4,667	8,493	13,331	11,819	12,363	13,296	13,932	14,325
%	3.6	8.7	13.3	17.1	18.7	21.2	21.8	22.3
Male	_125,136	_89,156	_86,714	_57,204	_53,838	_49,344	_49,970	_49,920
%	94.6	91.3	86.7	82.9	81.3	78.8	78.2	77.7
TOTAL	_129,803	_97,649	_100,045	_69,023	_66,201	_62,640	_63,902	_69,598

Cadets
Female	0	504	553	658	966	1,155	1,176	1,194
%	0.0	11.4	12.7	15.4	21.2	27.0	27.9	28.6
Male	4,144	3,907	3,817	3,617	3,592	3,110	3,047	2,982
%	100.0	88.6	87.3	84.6	78.8	73.0	72.2	71.4
TOTAL	4,144	4,411	4,370	4,275	4,558	4,262	4,223	4,176

Capt. Timothy Joubert, 555th Fighter Squadron pilot, conducts a pre-flight check on a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon during Astral Knight 2021 at Aviano Air Base, Italy, May 13, 2021.
**Staff Sgt. Savannah Waters**

DAF ACTIVE DUTY BY COMMAND

(As of Sept. 30, 2020)

MAJOR COMMANDS
Air Combat Command	80,858
Air Education and Training Command	57,541
Air Force Global Strike Command	28,708
Air Force Materiel Command	17,033
Air Force Special Operations Command	15,660
Air Mobility Command	42,308
Pacific Air Forces	29,952
U.S. Air Forces Europe-AFA	23,081
TOTAL	295,141

Field Operating Agencies (FOAs)
Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation	8
Air Force Audit Agency	0
Air Force Cost Analysis Agency	12
Air Force Flight Standards Agency	116
Air Force Historical Research Agency	0
Air Force Inspection Agency	94
Air Force Legal Operations Agency	555
Air Force Manpower Analysis Agency	139
Air Force Medical Readiness Agency	302
Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations	19
Air Force Office of Special Investigations	120
Air Force Operations Group	34
Air Force Personnel Center	666
Air Force Public Affairs Agency	55
Air Force Review Boards Agency	29
Air Force Safety Center	48
Air National Guard Readiness Center	36
National Air and Space Intelligence Center	148
TOTAL	2,381

Direct Reporting Units
Air Force District of Washington	125
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center	298
Air Force Reserve Command	57
U.S. Air Force Academy	201
TOTAL	681
OTHER	31,594
TOTAL ACTIVE DUTY	329,797

*On Dec. 20, 2019, the U.S. Space Force was established, and AFSPC was largely absorbed by the new service.

Airman 1st Class Peter Cha, 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, checks the technical order during an Agile Combat Employment exercise at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, April 20, 2021. **Airman 1st Class Jessi Monte**

DAF ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTH

(As of Sept. 30, 2020)

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	335,485*
1935	16,247	1964	856,798	1993	444,351	2022	336,700**

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

An 8th Fighter Wing F-16 takes off at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. **Tech. Sgt. Kristin High**

DAF ACTIVE DUTY BY REGION

(As of Sept. 30, 2020)

	1980	1990	2000	2010	2018	2019	2020
US and Territories	_445,886	_418,027	_291,260	_277,123	_270,503	_276,090	_277,818
Europe	76,788	69,296	32,901	30,963	27,085	27,649	27,762
East Asia, Pacific	32,263	33,558	22,030	12,649	20,372	20,698	20,644
Africa, Mideast, S. Asia	674	376	8,972	891	450	2,076	2,032
Western Hemisphere	2,211	2,356	345	339	2,119	440	436
Other	147	11,620	146	12,231	1,138	1,096	1,105
TOTAL*	_557,969	_535,233	_355,654	_334,196	_321,667	_328,049	_329,797

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

DAF ACTIVE DUTY BY BASE, 2011 vs. 2020

(Change from Sept. 30, 2011 to Sept. 30, 2020)

	2020	2011	#CHANGE	%CHANGE
JB San Antonio-Lackland, Texas	17,155	17,406	-251	-1.4
Ramstein AB, Germany	9,489	9,471	18	0.2
Hurlburt Field, Fla.	9,270	8,314	956	11.5
Nellis AFB, Nev. [1]	7,780	9,900	-2,120	-21.4
JB Langley-Eustis, Va.	7,754	7,986	-232	-2.9
Shaw AFB, S.C.	7,376	5,912	1,464	24.8
Travis AFB, Calif.	6,902	6,571	331	5.0
Kadena AB, Japan	6,648	6,673	-25	0.4
Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.	6,511	6,643	-132	2.0
Eglin AFB, Fla.	6,393	5,771	622	10.8
JB Andrews, Md.	5,960	7,603	-1,643	-21.6
Offutt AFB, Neb.	5,878	5,405	473	8.8
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio	5,810	5,813	-3	-0.1
Sheppard AFB, Texas	5,787	5,357	430	8.0
Minot AFB, N.D.	5,724	5,323	401	7.5
JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii	5,599	5,030	569	11.3
JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska	5,509	5,608	-99	-1.8
Osan AB, South Korea	5,323	5,308	15	0.3
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.	5,319	4,855	464	9.6
Barksdale AFB, La.	5,282	5,814	-532	-9.2
Luke AFB, Ariz.	4,913	3,917	996	25.4
Scott AFB, Ill.	4,878	5,109	-231	-4.5
Moody AFB, Ga.	4,850	4,654	196	4.2
Dyess AFB, Texas	4,780	5,093	-313	-6.1
Tinker AFB, Okla.	4,779	5,876	-1,097	-18.7
Cannon AFB, N.M.	4,674	4,275	399	9.3
Holloman AFB, N.M.	4,604	4,030	574	14.2
Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.	4,566	4,814	-248	-5.2
Aviano AB, Italy	4,474	4,444	30	0.7
Keesler AFB, Miss.	4,447	5,263	-816	-15.5
RAF Lakenheath, U.K.	4,416	4,636	-220	-4.7
Hill AFB, Utah	4,362	3,864	498	12.9
RAF Mildenhall, U.K.	4,294	4,035	259	6.4
Pentagon, Va.	4,231	4,179	52	1.2
Whiteman AFB, Mo.	4,051	3,786	265	7.0
Spangdahlem AFB, Germany	4,010	4,815	-805	-15.9
Beale AFB, Calif.	3,984	3,937	47	1.2
MacDill AFB, Fla.	3,878	3,649	229	6.3
Goodfellow AFB, Texas	3,820	4,513	-693	-15.4
JB Charleston, S.C.	3,739	3,783	-44	-1.2
Peterson AFB, Colo.	3,623	3,832	-209	-5.5
Little Rock AFB, Ark.	3,621	5,185	-1,564	-30.2
Dover AFB, Del.	3,564	3,525	39	1.1
Robins AFB, Ga.	3,564	3,918	-354	-9.0
Mountain Home AFB, Idaho	3,522	3,553	-31	-0.9
Fairchild AFB, Wash.	3,431	2,861	570	19.9
Fort Meade, Md.	3,416	2,583	833	32.2
Malmstrom AFB, Mont.	3,412	3,129	283	9.0
Ellsworth AFB, S.D.	3,351	3,535	-184	-5.2
JB Lewis-McChord, Wash.	3,335	3,680	-345	-9.4
Yokota AB, Japan	3,279	2,931	348	11.9
Kirtland AFB, N.M.	3,274	3,460	-186	-5.4
F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.	3,204	3,128	76	2.4
Maxwell AFB, Ala.	3,018	2,915	103	3.5
McConnell AFB, Kan.	2,953	3,023	-70	-2.3
JB San Antonio-Randolph, Texas	2,799	2,938	-139	-4.7
Creech AFB [1]	2,760	n/a	n/a	n/a
Edwards AFB, Calif.	2,697	2,652	45	1.7
Misawa AB, Japan	2,686	2,950	-264	-8.9
Vandenberg AFB, Calif.	2,553	2,809	-256	-9.1
Eielson AFB, Alaska	2,518	1,925	593	30.8
Kunsan AB, South Korea	2,390	2,506	-116	-4.6
Bolling AFB, D.C.	2,374	2,986	-612	-20.5
Pope Field, N.C.	2,340	2,574	-234	-9.1
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.	2,290	2,460	-170	-6.9
Andersen AFB, Guam	2,126	2,070	56	2.7
Tyndall AFB, Fla.	1,923	2,748	-825	-30.0
Grand Forks AFB, N.D.	1,892	1,457	435	29.9
Patrick AFB, Fla.	1,851	1,777	74	4.2
Buckley AFB, Colo.	1,721	1,443	278	19.3
Schriever AFB, Colo.	1,663	1,616	47	2.9
MCB Quantico, Va. [2]	1,568	n/a	n/a	n/a
JB San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas	1,523	1,322	201	15.2
Columbus AFB, Miss.	1,499	1,592	-93	-5.8
Hanscom AFB, Mass.	1,488	1,655	-167	-10.1
Incirlik AB, Turkey	1,474	1,429	45	3.1
Altus AFB, Okla.	1,341	1,381	-40	-2.9
Laughlin AFB, Texas	1,263	1,479	-216	-14.6
Vance AFB, Okla.	1,223	1,209	14	1.2
Los Angeles AFB, Calif.	1,219	1,400	-181	-12.9
USAG Stuttgart, Germany	806	1,265	-459	-36.3
Errors in data	24	2	n/a	n/a
Brooks City-Base, Texas [3]	n/a	28	n/a	n/a
Lajes Field, Portugal [4]	n/a	663	n/a	n/a
TOTAL	329,797	329,029	768	0.2

[1] Nellis AFB’s personnel included Creech AFB until FY2020.
[2] Air Force personnel first recorded in 2012.
[3] Closed in 2012.
[14] Realigned to count personnel with the Ramstein AB host wing in 2015.

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DAF ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTH

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DAF ACTIVE DUTY BY BASE, 2011 vs. 2020

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2021 USAF & USSF Almanac: Personnel

DAF PERSONNEL

DAF TOTAL FORCE END STRENGTH

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DAF ACTIVE DUTY BY RANK AND SEX

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DAF ACTIVE DUTY AIRMEN FEMALE/MALE

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DAF ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTH

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DAF ACTIVE DUTY BY REGION

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DAF ACTIVE DUTY BY BASE, 2011 vs. 2020

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