From left to right, a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-16 Fighting Falcon, French Air and Space Force Dassault Rafale and Airbus A400M Atlas, a German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon, a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet, a U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II, and a German Air Force PA-200 Tornado, fly in formation during Arctic Defender 24 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 8, 2024. Arctic Defender is a German Air Force-led exercise that provides a unique opportunity to integrate various forces into joint, coalition and multilateral training from simulated forward operating bases and is part of several exercises under Pacific Skies 24. Pacific Skies is a combination of several exercises in the Indo-Pacific theater in which German, French and Spanish air forces participate with U.S. forces. U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Julia Lebens
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2026 USAF & USSF Almanac

June 19, 2026

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Contents
▶Department of the Air Force Organizational Hierarchy
▶DAF Personnel Numbers & Demographics
▶DOD Personnel Numbers & Demographics
▶USAF/USSF Military & Civilian Pay
▶Insignia of the Air Force & Space Force
▶USAF/USSF Award Decorations, Ribbons, & Devices
▶DAF Spending Budget
▶Total Active, Guard, & Reserve Aircraft Inventory Over Time
▶USAF Major Command & Reserve Component Profiles
▶Description of Current FOAS, DRUS, & the Civil Air Patrol
▶USAF Active Duty Wings
▶Air Force & Space Force Leaders Throughout the Years
▶U.S. Space Force Command Structure
▶U.S. Space Force Command Profile & Demographics
▶U.S. Space Force Historical Lineage
▶USAF/USSF Guide to Bases Around the World
▶USAF Aircraft & Weapons Gallery
▶USSF Space Systems
▶Almanac Acronyms & Abbreviations
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About This Edition

For more than 50 years, our annual Almanac of the Air Force (and since 2020, the Space Force) has compiled data on the people, weapons, programs, and budgets of the Air Force, Space Force, and Department of Defense. We draw data from multiple sources, including Air Force and Space Force Public Affairs, Department of Defense documents, Congress and reports to Congress, Major Commands, and more.

This comprehensive, unclassified review of Air Force and Space Force data depends on the cooperation of the military services, and we gratefully acknowledge that support. We would be remiss, however, if we did not acknowledge that some data was withheld this year:

  • Mission Capable Rates for USAF aircraft
  • Pilot Training Hours
  • Aircraft Inventory by Major Commands
  • Average age of aircraft by Major Command
  • Demographics—Sex, ethnicity, race, and education—for general officers in the Active Air Force and Space Force
  • Demographics—Sex, ethnicity, race, and education—for all ranks in the Air National Guard

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