2026 USAF & USSF Almanac Equipment: Total Aircraft Inventory (TAI)

USAF Equipment – Aircraft TAI & ICBMs

Aircraft Total Active Inventory (TAI)

As of Sept. 30, 2025

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Aircraft / System	Active Force	ANG	AFRC	Total	Avg. Age
Bomber
B-1B Lancer	45	0	0	45	37.40
B-2A Spirit	20	0	0	20	28.75
B-52H Stratofortress	58	0	18	76	62.80
Total	123	0	18	141	49.86
Fighter / Attack
A-10C Thunderbolt II	74	43	46	163	43.37
F-15	3	72	0	75	30.09
F-15E Strike Eagle	217	0	0	217	32.42
F-15EX	6	7	0	13	2.50
F-16	484	296	46	826	33.85
F-22A Raptor	164	20	0	184	19.01
F-35A Lightning II	430	70	0	500	4.92
Total	1,378	508	92	1,978	25.44
Special Operations Forces
AC-130J Ghostrider	30	0	0	30	6.23
CV-22B Osprey	53	0	0	53	11.84
MC-130	58	7	0	65	36.05
Total	141	7	0	148	21.34
ISR / BM / C3
E-3G Sentry (AWACS)	16	0	0	16	44.91
E-4B NAOC	4	0	0	4	50.38
EC-130	6	2	0	8	50.02
MQ-9A Reaper	158	24	0	182	7.20
RC-135	26	0	0	26	62.47
RQ-4B Global Hawk	9	0	0	9	13.40
TC-135W (trainer)	2	0	0	2	62.30
U-2S Dragon Lady	31	0	0	31	41.58
WC-130J Hercules	0	0	10	10	23.45
WC-135R	3	0	0	3	61.55
Total	255	26	10	291	21.33
Tanker
HC-130J Combat King II	18	15	6	39	8.00
KC-46A	72	12	12	96	4.27
KC-135	157	156	62	375	62.71
Total	247	183	80	510	47.53
Transport
C-5M Super Galaxy	36	0	16	52	37.40
C-12	30	0	0	30	48.17
C-17A Globemaster III	146	50	26	222	22.16
C-21A Learjet	19	0	0	19	39.50
C-32	4	0	0	4	26.00
C-37	16	0	0	16	23.47
C-40	4	3	4	11	20.65
C-130H Hercules	101	126	42	269	31.23
LC-130H Hercules	0	10	0	10	39.05
Total	356	189	88	633	29.32
Helicopter
HH-60	47	23	7	77	29.93
MH-139	17	0	0	17	1.87
TH-1H Iroquois (trainer)	28	0	0	28	43.53
UH-1N Iroquois	61	0	0	61	52.59
Total	153	23	7	183	36.96
Trainer
T-1A Jayhawk	43	0	0	43	30.38
T-6A Texan II	442	0	0	442	18.98
T-7A	3	0	0	3	1.10
T-38	490	0	0	490	57.84
UV-18B Twin Otter	3	0	0	3	50.96
Total	981	0	0	981	38.93
Grand Total	3,634	936	295	4,865	31.75

Source: USAF & USSF Almanac 2026 | ANG = Air National Guard | AFRC = Air Force Reserve Command

ICBMs in Service Over Time

As of Sept. 30, 2025

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Type of System	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Minuteman III	450	450	450	450	406	400	400	400	400	400	400	400	400
Total ICBMs	450	450	450	450	406	400	400	400	400	400	400	400	400

Source: USAF & USSF Almanac 2026

USAF Aircraft Inventory FY50–25

USAF Aircraft Inventory, FY50–25 — Total Active Aircraft

Source: Mitchell Institute

All-time High (FY52)~24,971

All-time Low (FY25)4,865

Fighter/Attack peak9,353

Bomber peak2,450

Transport (FY25)633

Tanker (FY25)510

Fighter / Attack

Bomber

ISR / Surveillance / Recon

Tanker

Transport

Other (Trainer, Helo, SOF etc.)

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Total Number of Active Duty Aircraft in Service Over Time

As of Sept. 30, 2025

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Category	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Active Duty
Bomber	141	141	140	140	139	139	140	140	123	123	123	124	123
Fighter / Attack	1,287	1,273	1,252	1,257	1,280	1,309	1,338	1,352	1,476	1,456	1,452	1,430	1,378
Aerial Targets*	**	**	**	60	25	17	23	32	39	43	66	73	n/a
Special Ops Forces	122	124	144	132	138	135	144	154	139	143	139	142	141
ISR / BM / C3	394	444	437	434	441	432	428	422	471	439	338	311	260
Tanker	243	244	239	236	234	215	238	289	264	235	241	230	247
Transport	413	410	381	384	363	356	361	366	366	358	357	357	356
Helicopter	138	137	157	160	131	154	159	159	155	158	158	139	153
Trainer	1,118	1,171	1,157	1,170	1,177	1,157	1,156	1,155	1,153	1,180	1,077	1,026	981
Gliders	47	24	30	24	34	24	24	24	23	n/a	25	n/a	n/a**
Total Active Duty	3,927	3,968	3,997	3,962	3,954	3,944	4,015	4,100	4,213	4,158	4,008	3,759	3,639
ANG — Air National Guard
Bomber	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fighter / Attack	630	585	611	577	575	575	577	594	593	583	536	503	508
Special Ops Forces	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	7
ISR / BM / C3	86	88	91	89	93	78	59	59	35	55	29	29	26
Tanker	187	185	184	181	181	185	181	164	188	188	187	194	183
Transport	223	207	207	212	210	208	208	319	191	191	191	194	189
Helicopter	17	17	17	17	17	17	23	23	18	18	18	31	23
Total ANG	1,147	1,086	1,114	1,080	1,080	1,064	1,048	1,159	1,025	1,035	963	953	936
AFRC — Air Force Reserve Command
Bomber	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Fighter / Attack	95	104	111	111	109	109	109	109	109	109	105	94	92
Special Ops Forces	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ISR / BM / C3	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	10
Tanker	71	68	68	72	72	72	74	73	75	75	80	80	80
Transport	147	145	139	101	91	96	98	140	98	98	96	89	88
Helicopter	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	10	7
Total AFRC	361	360	361	327	315	320	324	366	326	326	315	291	295
Total Force	5,435	5,414	5,472	5,369	5,349	5,328	5,387	5,625	5,564	5,519	5,286	5,003	4,870

* QF-16 Aerial Targets replaced QF-4 Phantoms from FY15. ** Previous years’ QF-4 data not available. FY25 data not available.
Source: USAF & USSF Almanac 2026

Major USAF Programs – RDT&E & Procurement

Major USAF Programs

$ in millions | Source: President’s Budget Request

RDT&E — Research, Development, Test & Evaluation

$ in millions

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Program	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031
Bomber
B-1B	17.316	150.566	273.552	330.619	166.428	69.399	83.712
B-2A	44.02	72.351	418.178	572.048	667.383	409.514	212.024
B-2B	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
B-21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
B-52	1,019.13	888.158	1,478.65	1,664.64	1,263.81	936.56	849.67
Fighter / Attack
A-10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
F-15E	138.345	229.946	322.889	149.269	170.063	171.118	157.118
F-15EX	54.875	117.715	133.274	143.358	238.081	249.897	358.474
F-16	107.714	229.857	527.739	385.075	303.374	201.385	176.253
F-22	733.581	813.987	950.375	986.192	840.331	807.847	768.015
F-35	45.444	32.203	47.388	49.303	50.266	51.221	52.258
F-35 C2D2	1,099.33	960.621	1,128.75	1,600.57	1,638.24	1,481.48	1,298.00
NGAD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
F-35 Advance Procurement	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Helicopter
HH-60W	31.646	40.474	87.881	123.794	82.274	72.897	60.13
MH-139	14.679	5.900	7.046	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
ICBM
Minuteman III Squadrons	57.201	69.11	79.313	126.059	129.266	112.665	91.819
LGM-35A Sentinel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MMIII Fuze Modernization	0.000	3.252	—	—	—	—	—
Minuteman III Modifications	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ISR / BM / C3
Air & Space Operations Center	63.091	99.217	158.871	176.616	182.682	167.158	169.819
DCGS	99.749	81.033	85.365	68.672	70.588	67.858	69.727
CRC	1.938	—	—	—	—	—	—
E-3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
E-7	586.729	1,097.26	—	—	—	—	—
ABMS	595.537	870.876	1,040.95	987.350	937.208	872.539	865.275
E-4B	52.362	55.095	50.873	21.830	2.695	2.744	2.799
Compass Call	115.978	0.000	66.514	67.348	73.638	85.033	84.668
MQ-9	6.581	—	—	—	—	—	—
RQ-4	6.171	—	—	—	—	—	—
RC-135	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
U-2 Mods	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mobility
C-5	25.825	33.32	76.233	72.819	96.468	139.534	251.576
C-17	11.874	103.465	178.13	101.198	101.246	103.234	135.48
C-32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
C-130J	34.261	18.684	16.628	11.964	12.239	12.469	12.721
KC-135	9.678	—	121.742	106.043	87.791	—	—
KC-46	76.296	130.175	543.788	334.249	92.265	14.378	10
PAR (VC-25B)	419.617	594.557	555.195	179.441	33.476	34.104	34.794
VC-25A	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Munition
AIM-9	33.701	85.449	98.861	126.802	123.251	121.751	62.965
AIM-120	51.898	50.539	53.277	54.716	55.787	56.847	57.998
JASSM	190.71	226.116	133.092	76.912	21.075	21.467	21.901
SDB1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
SDB2	29.047	24.575	25.497	25.885	26.375	26.877	27.421
JDAM	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
SiAW	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
LRASM	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
AGM-114 Hellfire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ARRW	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
LRSO	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
SOF
CV-22B	25.549	31.544	45.699	21.443	20.674	21.066	21.493
HC-130 / MC-130	42.849	76.188	34.164	26.73	26.401	25.369	25.882
Trainers
T-6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
T-7A	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
T-38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
T-1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: President’s Budget Request | “—” indicates no funding requested

Procurement

$ in millions

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Program	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031
Bomber
B-1B	13.406	73.893	146.862	84.020	55.537	14.676	41.039
B-2A	60.707	76.906	178.668	331.298	296.672	253.875	289.445
B-2B	15.709	18.969	95.457	112.164	63.508	60.526	76.824
B-21	2,600.47	2,832.02	3,236.28	5,682.79	7,222.81	9,464.71	10,352.14
B-52	77.527	158.234	422.399	452.860	1,602.587	2,068.701	2,493.006
Fighter / Attack
A-10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
F-15E	5.112	—	—	—	—	—	—
F-15EX	1,808.472	115.000	2,656.716	2,758.000	3,262.510	4,535.950	4,762.750
F-16	62.368	18.402	57.781	36.275	57.403	31.623	40.39
F-22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
F-35	4,972.51	4,444.72	3,131.83	5,569.40	6,129.11	6,276.86	6,385.81
F-35 C2D2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NGAD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
F-35 Advance Procurement	482.584	531.241	738.103	805.798	848.675	867.248	1,009.35
Helicopter
HH-60W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MH-139	279.095	67.428	252.949	310.278	146.005	10.087	10.284
ICBM
Minuteman III Squadrons	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
LGM-35A Sentinel	—	—	107.602	240.014	1,377.948	1,916.165	2,804.152
MMIII Fuze Modernization	144.375	119.376	169.747	169.747	125.672	0.991	0.718
Minuteman III Modifications	37.333	37.282	27.006	48.303	58.337	4.631	4.721
ISR / BM / C3
Air & Space Operations Center	20.545	22.785	23.778	24.284	24.745	25.2	25.703
DCGS	51.594	87.044	316.157	458.748	835.335	86.888	88.625
CRC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
E-3	68.192	17.291	0.841	1.401	1.426	1.452	1.481
E-7	200.000	—	—	—	16.931	46.267	47.169
ABMS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
E-4B	24.828	45.232	30.779	27.197	46.539	25.131	19.561
Compass Call	—	—	660.000	440.000	440.000	620.000	334.000
MQ-9	—	15.365	—	—	—	—	—
RQ-4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
RC-135	242.066	256.001	252.846	275.354	260.471	265.057	269.824
U-2 Mods	0.000	0.000	0.297	10.096	12.319	12.480	12.723
Mobility
C-5	43.37	25.878	10.308	25.972	34.132	34.803	35.482
C-17	85.674	9.853	59.867	152.668	290.007	273.317	439.775
C-32	6.422	—	—	—	—	—	—
C-130J	414.01	1,191.00	636.68	115.1	—	—	—
KC-135	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
KC-46	2,779.62	2,749.97	3,520.53	6,011.69	6,116.35	6,174.43	6,296.78
PAR (VC-25B)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
VC-25A	11.388	—	—	—	—	—	—
Munition
AIM-9	306.159	100.352	419.238	283.144	135.441	134.099	136.709
AIM-120	584.391	382.125	115.856	1,181.28	1,173.28	1,206.14	1,239.91
JASSM	970.051	328.081	967.866	2,056.207	2,113.195	2,171.667	2,231.587
SDB1	261.681	41.51	44.596	84.53	86.209	87.828	89.537
SDB2	407.222	307.743	194.509	136.148	134.702	137.232	139.903
JDAM	387.705	126.389	129.568	211.213	291.396	297.588	304.032
SiAW	152.646	152.646	401.607	735.716	585.409	775.016	869.698
LRASM	564.109	294.401	500.916	749.153	775.188	786.371	751.022
AGM-114 Hellfire	5.790	—	—	—	—	—	—
ARRW	—	362.155	452.035	556.265	621.094	616.036	596.636
LRSO	210.335	341.372	962.857	1,478.206	2,345.81	2,325.170	2,527.29
SOF
CV-22B	9.604	0.000	5.088	5.019	5.012	5.147	5.247
HC-130 / MC-130	18.604	17.986	20.415	19.469	19.588	20.185	20.583
Trainers
T-6	49.281	135.988	131.747	204.403	45.926	4.721	125.559
T-7A	20.780	362.083	599.154	987.519	976.633	1,222.61	1,105.73
T-38	112.65	85.381	84.452	81.022	102.689	42.516	69.308
T-1	2.205	0.137	—	—	—	—	—

Source: President’s Budget Request | “—” indicates no funding requested

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