2023 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, 2022)

	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
BOMBER
B-1B Lancer [i]	45	0	0	45	35.4
B-2A Spirit [i]	20	0	0	20	27.35
B-52H Stratofortress [i]	58	0	18	76	60.8
Total	123	0	18	141	47.95
FIGHTER/ATTACK	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
A-10C Thunderbolt II [i]	142	84	55	281	41.1
F-15C Eagle [i]	59	126	0	185	38.25
F-15D Eagle [i]	4	14	0	18	37.42
F-15E Strike Eagle [i]	218	0	0	218	30.43
F-15X [i]	2	0	0	2	1.5
F-16C Fighting Falcon [i]	426	274	52	752	32.07
F-16D Fighting Falcon [i]	98	45	2	145	31.72
QF-16A [i ]	14	0	0	14	38.72
QF-16C	60	0	0	60	35.82
F-22A Raptor [i]	165	20	0	185	16.22
F-35A Lightning II [i]	334	20	0	354	4.28
Total	1522	583	109	2214	27.94
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
AC-130J Ghostrider [i]	29	0	0	29	4.34
CV-22B Osprey [i]	52	0	0	52	9.3
MC-130H Combat Talon II [i]	8	0	0	8	34.15
MC-130J Commando II [i]	54	0	0	54	6.08
Total	143	0	0	143	8.47
ISR/BM/C3	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
E-3B Sentry (AWACS) [i]	8	0	0	8	42.98
E-3G Sentry (AWACS) [i]	23	0	0	23	42.97
E-4B NAOC [i]	4	0	0	4	48.38
E-8C JSTARS [i]	0	12	0	12	21.7
TE-8A JSTARS (trainer)	0	1	0	1	31.7
E-9A [i]	2	0	0	2	30
E-11A BACN [i]	3	0	0	3	10.73
EC-130H Compass Call [i]	7	0	0	7	48.04
EC-130J Commando Solo [i]	0	7	0	7	22.27
MQ-1B Predator [i]	1	0	0	1	18.8
MQ-9A Reaper [i]	314	24	0	338	6.22
NC-135W (test bed)	1	0	0	1	60.5
P-9A [i]	3	0	0	3	6
RC-26B Condor [i]	0	11	0	11	27.4
RC-135S Cobra Ball [i]	3	0	0	3	60.47
RC-135U Combat Sent [i]	2	0	0	2	57.65
RC-135V Rivet Joint [i]	8	0	0	8	57.94
RC-135W Rivet Joint	12	0	0	12	59.07
RQ-4B Global Hawk [i]	11	0	0	11	11.45
TC-135W (trainer)	3	0	0	3	60.3
TU-2S Dragon Lady (trainer) [i]	4	0	0	4	37.92
U-2S Dragon Lady [i]	27	0	0	27	39.85
WC-130J Hercules [i]	0	0	10	10	21.45
WC-135R [i]	3	0	0	3	59.55
Total	439	55	10	504	16.47
TANKER	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
HC-130J Combat King II [i]	21	12	6	39	6
KC-10A Extender [i]	36	0	0	36	37.61
KC-46A [i]	29	12	7	48	2.19
KC-135R Stratotanker [i]	128	140	62	330	60.6
KC-135T Stratotanker	21	24	0	45	62.61
Total	235	188	75	498	49.22
TRANSPORT	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
C-5M Super Galaxy [i]	36	0	16	52	35.32
C-12C Huron [i]	16	0	0	16	46.17
C-12D Huron	6	0	0	6	38.43
C-12F Huron	3	0	0	3	37.25
C-12J Huron	4	0	0	4	34.72
C-17A Globemaster III [i]	146	50	26	222	20.04
C-20H [i]	1	0	0	1	28
C-21A Learjet [i]	19	0	0	19	37.5
C-32A Air Force Two [i]	4	0	0	4	24
C-32B Air Force Two	0	2	0	2	19.24
C-37A Gulfstream V [i]	9	0	0	9	21.47
C-37B Gulfstream V	7	0	0	7	6.59
C-40B [i ]	4	0	0	4	18.65
C-40C Clipper [i]	0	3	4	7	16.76
C-130H Hercules [i]	0	86	42	128	29.53
C-130J Super Hercules [i]	101	40	10	151	12.2
LC-130H Hercules [i]	0	10	0	10	37.06
VC-25A Air Force One [i]	2	0	0	2	31.95
Total	358	191	98	647	22.98
HELICOPTER	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
HH-60G Pave Hawk [i]	40	18	16	74	27.14
HH-60U Pave Hawk	3	0	0	3	10.37
HH-60W [i]	24	0	0	24	1.1
TH-1H Iroquois (trainer)	28	0	0	28	41.53
UH-1N Iroquois [i]	63	0	0	63	50.59
Total	158	18	16	192	33.42
TRAINER	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
T-1A Jayhawk [i]	177	0	0	177	27.91
A-29C(New) [i]	3	0	0	3	6
AT-6C [i]	2	0	0	2	1.25
T-6A Texan II [i]	442	0	0	442	16.98
T-38A Talon [i]	53	0	0	53	55.85
(A)T-38B Talon	6	0	0	6	59.12
T-38C Talon	438	0	0	438	56.29
T-41D Mescalero [i]	4	0	0	4	53.1
T-51A Cessna	3	0	0	3	17.2
T-53A Kadet II	24	0	0	24	10.66
TG-15A(NEW)	2	0	0	2	17.8
TG-15B (NEW)	3	0	0	3	17.8
TG-16A (NEW)	19	0	0	19	9.64
TG-17A (NEW)	1	0	0	1	2
UV-18B Twin Otter	3	0	0	3	38.53
Total	1180	0	0	1180	35.02

GRAND TOTAL	4158	1035	326	5519	28.44

An airman works on an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. **Airman 1st Class Whitney Gillespie**

ICBMs IN SERVICE OVER TIME

(As of Sept. 30, 2022)

_{Type of} _System	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
_{Minuteman III}	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₀₆	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀
_Total _ICBMs	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₀₆	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀

TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE DUTY AIRCRAFT IN SERVICE OVER TIME

(As of Sept. 30, 2022)

_ACTIVE	₂₀₁₃	₂₀₁₄	₂₀₁₅	₂₀₁₆	₂₀₁₇	₂₀₁₈	₂₀₁₉	₂₀₂₀	₂₀₂₁	₂₀₂₂
_Bomber	₁₄₁	₁₄₁	₁₄₀	₁₄₀	₁₃₉	₁₃₉	₁₄₀	₁₄₀	₁₂₃	₁₂₃
_{Fighter/Attack}	_1,287	_1,273	_1,312	_1,282	_1,297	_1,332	_1,370	_1,424	_1,519	_1,522
^{Special Ops} ^Forces	₁₂₂	₁₂₄	₁₄₄	₁₃₂	₁₃₈	₁₃₅	₁₄₄	₁₅₄	₁₃₉	₁₄₃
^ISR/BM/C3	₃₉₄	₄₄₄	₄₃₇	₄₃₄	₄₄₁	₄₃₂	₄₂₈	₄₂₂	₄₇₁	₄₃₉
_Tanker	₂₄₃	₂₄₄	₂₃₉	₂₃₆	₂₃₄	₂₁₅	₂₃₈	₂₈₉	₂₆₄	₂₃₅
_Transport	₄₁₃	₄₁₀	₃₈₁	₃₈₄	₃₆₃	₃₅₆	₃₆₁	₃₆₆	₃₆₆	₃₅₈
_Helicopter	₁₃₈	₁₃₇	₁₅₇	₁₆₀	₁₃₁	₁₅₄	₁₅₉	₁₅₉	₁₅₅	₁₅₈
_Trainer	_1,189	_1,195	_1,187	_1,194	_1,211	_1,181	_1,180	_1,179	_1,176	_1,180
_Total _{Active Duty}	_3,927	_3,968	_3,997	_3,962	_3,954	_3,944	_4,015	_4,133	_4,211	_4,158
ANG
_Bomber	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀
_{Fighter/Attack}	₆₃₀	₅₈₅	₆₁₁	₅₇₇	₅₇₅	₅₇₅	₅₇₇	₅₉₄	₅₉₃	₅₈₃
_{Special Ops} _Forces	₄	₄	₄	₄	₄	₁	₀	₀	₀	₀
_ISR/BM/C3	₈₆	₈₈	₉₁	₈₉	₉₃	₇₈	₅₉	₅₉	₃₅	₅₅
_Tanker	₁₈₇	₁₈₅	₁₈₄	₁₈₁	₁₈₁	₁₈₅	₁₈₁	₁₆₄	₁₈₈	₁₈₈
_Transport	₂₂₃	₂₀₇	₂₀₇	₂₁₂	₂₁₀	₂₀₈	₂₀₈	₃₁₉	₁₉₁	₁₉₁
_Helicopter	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₂₃	₂₃	₁₈	₁₈
_{Total ANG}	_1,147	_1,086	_1,114	_1,080	_1.080	_1,064	_1,048	_1,159	_1,025	_1,035
AFRC
_Bomber	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈
_{Fighter/Attack}	₉₅	₁₀₄	₁₁₁	₁₁₁	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉
_{Special Ops} _Forces	₄	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀
_ISR/BM/C3	₁₁	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀
_Tanker	₇₁	₆₈	₆₈	₇₂	₇₂	₇₂	₇₄	₇₃	₇₅	₇₅
_Transport	₁₄₇	₁₄₅	₁₃₉	₁₀₁	₉₁	₉₆	₉₈	₁₄₀	₉₈	₉₈
_Helicopter	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₆	₁₆	₁₆
_{Total AFRC}	₃₆₁	₃₆₀	₃₆₁	₃₂₇	₃₁₅	₃₂₀	₃₂₄	₃₆₆	₃₂₆	₃₂₆
_{TOTAL FORCE}	_5,435	_5,414	_5,472	_5,369	_5,349	_5,328	_5,387	_5,658	_5,562	_5,519

A MC-130H Combat Talon II sits parked on the flight line at Hurlburt Field, Fla., in 2022. The aircraft provides infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of special operations forces and equipment in hostile or denied territory. **Airman 1st Class Alysa Knott**

2022 AIRCRAFT Mission Capable Rates

(As of Sept. 30, 2022)

MODELS	2022 12HR FIX%	2022 BREAKS%	2022 MC%
A-10C	63.30%	9.80%	69.70%
AC-130J	59.10%	10.40%	80.80%
AC-130W	48.90%	12.90%	64.30%
AT-38B	79.50%	7.90%	74.20%
B-1B	27.80%	27.60%	54.80%
B-2A	58.50%	23.20%	52.80%
B-52H	29.00%	42.00%	59.30%
C-12C	0.00%	0.00%	98.70%
C-12D	0.00%	0.00%	100.00%
C-12F	0.00%	0.00%	95.60%
C-12J	0.00%	0.00%	100.00%
C-130H	28.80%	5.50%	68.40%
C-130J	57.90%	4.40%	74.90%
C-17A	55.20%	2.80%	77.50%
C-21A	0.00%	0.00%	100.00%
C-32A	0.00%	0.00%	88.40%
C-37A	100.00%	0.10%	94.50%
C-37B	0.00%	0.40%	91.20%
C-40B	0.00%	0.50%	89.90%
C-40C	22.20%	0.80%	90.10%
C-5M	42.80%	14.00%	52.60%
CV-22B	42.40%	34.00%	51.90%
E-3B	44.20%	37.00%	40.20%
E-3G	42.80%	44.10%	63.90%
E-4B	35.00%	5.40%	55.40%
E-8C	52.90%	31.70%	49.20%
EC-130H	52.60%	27.40%	68.90%
EC-130J	14.30%	9.10%	67.20%
F-15C	57.20%	13.60%	45.70%
F-15D	64.00%	11.00%	58.50%
F-15E	52.90%	15.50%	51.60%
F-15X	80.00%	8.00%	84.60%
F-16C	56.20%	9.10%	70.70%
F-16D	54.10%	8.50%	68.90%
F-22A	59.50%	8.70%	57.40%
F-35A	0.00%	0.00%	65.40%
HC-130J	53.00%	12.60%	76.40%
HH-60G	50.20%	9.70%	68.90%
HH-60W	68.20%	8.90%	60.80%
KC-10A	49.00%	7.40%	80.40%
KC-135R	48.50%	11.10%	72.00%
KC-135T	44.60%	14.20%	69.60%
KC-46A	50.00%	2.40%	69.90%
LC-130H	25.00%	14.10%	54.70%
MC-12W	0.00%	0.00%	100.00%
MC-130H	48.50%	24.30%	68.50%
MC-130J	47.70%	10.40%	79.40%
MQ-9A	60.70%	2.90%	89.90%
QF-16A	20.00%	9.50%	44.20%
QF-16C	9.60%	5.50%	35.90%
RC-135S	45.80%	28.10%	80.60%
RC-135U	15.40%	11.50%	79.50%
RC-135V	22.60%	27.30%	70.00%
RC-135W	40.90%	25.60%	67.70%
RQ-4B	39.70%	16.50%	70.80%
T-1A	63.20%	8.50%	76.30%
T-38A	72.90%	6.00%	69.50%
T-38C	52.60%	6.60%	57.20%
T-6A	64.10%	4.80%	71.40%
TC-130H	44.40%	28.10%	50.60%
TC-135W	44.80%	12.30%	76.10%
TE-8A	77.80%	13.80%	83.00%
TH-1H	59.20%	7.50%	71.70%
U-2S	60.50%	10.40%	73.50%
TU-2S	65.60%	8.50%	69.60%
UH-1N	59.00%	5.40%	81.80%
WC-130J	32.40%	10.70%	64.10%
WC-135R	0.00%	30.00%	73.30%
WC-135W	18.20%	20.80%	81.40%
Total	41.09%	12.19%	71.24%

Instructor pilots assigned to the 71st Flying Training Wing conduct formation training in T-38C Talons in the sky over Oklahoma, June 9, 2023. **Staff Sgt. Taylor Crul**

PILOT TRAINING HOURS/MONTH BY AIRCRAFT TYPE 2018-2022

	COMPONENT	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
	Active Duty	10.7	6.8	10.9	10.1	14.4
*ALL MDS*	ANG	9.3	5.3	9	8.6	10.1
	AFRC	8	4.2	7.2	8.3	9.4

AIRCRAFT TYPE	COMPONENT	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
*AIRLIFT*	Active Duty	12.7	8	12.2	12	18
	ANG	9.8	5.8	10.3	9.3	10.1
	AFRC	10.7	5.2	8.3	9.3	9.3
*BACN*	Active Duty	26	21.6	23.4	9.2	57.5
	ANG	–	–	–	2.3	–
	AFRC	–	–	–	–	–
*BOMBER*	Active Duty	6.1	4	7.2	7.1	12.9
	ANG	4.2	1.6	2.2	1.4	8.6
	AFRC	3.5	2.9	4.7	4.6	8.2
*FIGHTER*	Active Duty	8.2	5.7	8.1	6.8	10.7
	ANG	7.1	4.2	6.4	7.3	9.0
	AFRC	5.2	3.9	5.5	6.7	7.1
*FIX WING*	Active Duty	9	5.7	8.7	6.1	15.4
	ANG	6.8	5.8	10.8	7.9	10.9
	AFRC	–	–	4.8	10.9	12.9
*RECON*	Active Duty	7.8	4.7	7	8.4	11.6
	ANG	8	5.7	9	8.1	11.8
	AFRC	5.7	2.7	5.3	5.4	11.0
*ROTARY*	Active Duty	6.8	4.5	6.9	6.5	11.1
	ANG	5.8	3.9	7.9	6.4	9.1
	AFRC	8.5	3.4	4.9	6.9	11.7
*SPEC OPS*	Active Duty	11.1	6.6	13	11.6	14.4
	ANG	6.9	3.7	5.8	10.1	7.6
	AFRC	5	3	5.2	5.9	8.0
*TANKER*	Active Duty	13.6	8	12.1	12	16.0
	ANG	12.4	7.5	10.4	9.4	10.1
	AFRC	10	5.7	8.3	9.1	10.0
*TRAINER*	Active Duty	10.2	6.8	9.6	8	17.0
	ANG	7.9	1.7	0.9	1	0
	AFRC	1.2	2.2	2.9	0.4	9.5

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

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