The Air Force informed us that, on page A37 of the service’s Fiscal 2016 Budget Overview document, the correct number of A-10s in the Active Duty force in Fiscal 2015 is 143 (not 54 as listed). Also, on that same page, the correct number of A-10s in the Air National Guard’s inventory in Fiscal 2015 is 85 (not 64).
The U.S. sent Air Force F-16s over central Syria in a show of force following the Dec. 13 killing of two U.S. Army Soldiers and one American civilian interpreter by a gunman linked to the Islamic State group.
