If there’s a takeaway from the Biden administration’s fiscal 2022 defense budget, it’s this: The Air Force remains the billpayer for space capabilities, and it does so at the nation’s peril.
Air Force Almanac
A comprehensive look at the Air Force and the Space Force, including people, equipment, budget, weapons systems, and more.
Ribbons in order of precedence; devices; specialty berets.
Military basic pay; housing allowance; hazardous duty pay; federal civilian pay.
Personnel by the numbers: total force; end strength and manpower trends; breakdowns by gender, rank, region, command, Air Force Specialty Codes, and more.
The numbers in this issue are reference points. It’s what you do with them that matters.
Principal USAF and major command leaders through the years.
Brief descriptions of each; Active-duty personnel numbers.
Command profiles, equipment, personnel, wings, and centers
Command profile, equipment, wing equivalents, centers, and major programs.
Total aircraft inventory; aircraft inventory trends; ICBM and satellite inventory; aircraft age; tail codes.
Department of the Air Force spending trends; DOD and USAF fiscal 2020 budget request; spending as a share of GDP; DOD budget breakdown by service; pass-through funding; major procurement and RDT&E programs.