2024 USAF & USSF Almanac: Equipment | Air & Space Forces Magazine (2024)

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 309th Fighter Squadron hold formation before takeoff, May 7, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Senior Airman Jakob Hambright

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June 7, 2024

Total aircraft inventory; aircraft inventory trends; ICBM and satellite inventory; and aircraft age.

Aircraft Total Active Inventory (TAI)

(As of Sept. 30, 2023)

	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
BOMBER
B-1B Lancer[i]	45	0	0	45	36.4
B-2A Spirit[i]	20	0	0	20	27.75
B-52H Stratofortress[i]	58	0	18	76	61.8
Total	123	0	18	141	48.86
FIGHTER/ATTACK	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
A-10C Thunderbolt II[i]	141	66	54	261	42.37
F-15C Eagle[i]	29	116	0	145	29.09
F-15D Eagle[i]	1	11	0	12	36.51
F-15E Strike Eagle[i]	218	0	0	218	31.42
F-15EX[i]	2	0	0	2	2.5
F-16C Fighting Falcon[i]	418	258	50	726	32.85
F-16D Fighting Falcon[i]	98	37	1	136	32.53
F-22A Raptor[i]	165	20	0	185	18.01
F-35A Lightning II[i]	380	28	0	408	4.92
Total	1,452	536	105	2,093	26.84
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
AC-130J Ghostrider[i]	30	0	0	30	5.23
CV-22B Osprey[i]	52	0	0	52	10.84
MC-130H Combat Talon II[i]	2	0	0	2	35.05
MC-130J Commando II[i]	55	2	0	57	6.91
Total	139	2	0	141	8.4
ISR/BM/C3	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
E-3B Sentry (AWACS)[i]	1	0	0	1	52
E-3G Sentry (AWACS)[i]	14	0	0	14	43.91
E-4B NAOC[i]	4	0	0	4	49.38
E-9A[i]	2	0	0	2	31
E-11A BACN[i]	5	0	0	5	11.73
EC-130H Compass Call[i]	6	0	0	6	49.02
EC-130J Commando Solo[i]	0	5	0	5	23.46
MQ-1B Predator[i]	1	0	0	1	19.8
MQ-9A Reaper[i]	220	24	0	244	6.2
P-9A Pale Ale[i]	4	0	0	4	7
RC-135S Cobra Ball[i]	3	0	0	3	61.47
RC-135U Combat Sent[i]	2	0	0	2	58.65
RC-135V Rivet Joint[i]	8	0	0	8	58.94
RC-135W Rivet Joint[i]	12	0	0	12	60.17
RQ-4B Global Hawk[i]	9	0	0	9	12.4
TC-135W (trainer)[i]	3	0	0	3	61.3
TU-2S Dragon Lady (trainer)[i]	4	0	0	4	38.92
U-2S Dragon Lady[i]	27	0	0	27	40.58
WC-130J Hercules[i]	10	0	0	10	22.45
WC-135R Replacement of WC-135C[i]	3	0	0	3	60.55
Total	338	29	0	367	17.45
TANKER	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
HC-130J Combat King II[i]	21	12	6	39	7
KC-10A Extender[i]	21	0	0	21	38.61
KC-46A[i]	48	12	12	72	3.27
KC-135R Stratotanker[i]	123	140	62	325	61.71
KC-135T Stratotanker[i]	28	23	0	51	63.73
Total	241	187	80	508	48.47
TRANSPORT	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
C-5M Super Galaxy[i]	36	0	16	52	36.4
C-12C Huron[i]	16	0	0	16	47.17
C-12D Huron	6	0	0	6	39.43
C-12F Huron[i]	3	0	0	3	38.25
C-12J Huron[i]	4	0	0	4	35.72
C-17A Globemaster III[i]	146	50	26	222	21.16
C-21A Learjet[i]	19	0	0	19	38.5
C-32A Air Force Two[i]	4	0	0	4	25
C-32B Air Force Two[i]	0	2	0	2	20.24
C-37A Gulfstream V[i]	9	0	0	9	22.47
C-37B Gulfstream V[i]	7	0	0	7	7.57
C-40B[i]	4	0	0	4	19.65
C-40C Clipper[i]	0	3	4	7	17.76
C-130H Hercules[i]	0	86	40	126	30.23
C-130J Super Hercules[i]	101	40	10	151	13.2
LC-130H Hercules[i]	0	10	0	10	38.05
VC-25A Air Force One[i]	2	0	0	2	32.95
Total	357	191	96	644	23.94
HELICOPTER	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
HH-60G Pave Hawk[i]	27	18	16	61	28.93
HH-60U Pave Hawk[i]	3	0	0	3	11.37
HH-60W Jolly Green II[i]	32	0	0	32	1.82
MH-139A Grey Wolf (NEW)[i]	5	0	0	5	0.87
TH-1H Iroquois (trainer)	28	0	0	28	42.53
UH-1N Iroquois[i]	63	0	0	63	51.59
Total	158	18	16	192	32.82
TRAINER	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
T-1A Jayhawk[i]	127	0	0	127	29.38
A-29C[i]	3	0	0	3	1.7
T-6A Texan II[i]	442	0	0	442	17.98
T-7A Red Hawk(NEW)[i]	1	0	0	1	0.1
T-38A Talon[i]	52	0	0	52	56.84
(A)T-38B Talon[i]	6	0	0	6	60.12
T-38C Talon[i]	437	0	0	437	57.29
T-41D Mescalero[i]	4	0	0	4	54.1
T-51A Cessna[i]	3	0	0	3	18.2
T-53A Kadet II[i]	24	0	0	24	11.66
UV-18B Twin Otter[i]	3	0	0	3	46.96
Total	1,102	0	0	1,102	36.96
AERIAL TARGETS	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
QF-16A[i]	11	0	0	11	39.72
QF-16C	62	0	0	62	36.82
Total	73	0	0	73	38.27
GLIDERS	ACTIVE	ANG	AFRC	TOTAL FORCE	AVG. AGE
TG-15A[i]	2	0	0	2	18.8
TG-15B	3	0	0	3	18.8
TG-16A[i]	19	0	0	19	10.64
TG-17A	1	0	0	1	3
Total	25	0	0	25	11.97

GRAND TOTAL	4,008	963	315	5,286	29.2

ICBMs IN SERVICE OVER TIME

(As of Sept. 30, 2023)

_{Type of} _System	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
_{Minuteman III}	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₀₆	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀
_Total _ICBMs	₄₅₀	₄₅₀	₄₀₆	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀	₄₀₀

TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE DUTY AIRCRAFT IN SERVICE OVER TIME

(As of Sept. 30, 2023)

_ACTIVE	₂₀₁₄	₂₀₁₅	₂₀₁₆	₂₀₁₇	₂₀₁₈	₂₀₁₉	₂₀₂₀	₂₀₂₁	₂₀₂₂	₂₀₂₃
_Bomber	₁₄₁	₁₄₀	₁₄₀	₁₃₉	₁₃₉	₁₄₀	₁₄₀	₁₂₃	₁₂₃	₁₂₃
_{Fighter/Attack}	_1,273	_1,252	_1,257	_1,280	_1,309	_1,338	_1,352	_1,476	_1,456	_1,452
_{Aerial Targets}*	**	₆₀	₂₅	₁₇	₂₃	₃₂	₃₉	₄₃	₆₆	₇₃
^{Special Ops} ^Forces	₁₂₄	₁₄₄	₁₃₂	₁₃₈	₁₃₅	₁₄₄	₁₅₄	₁₃₉	₁₄₃	₁₃₉
^ISR/BM/C3	₄₄₄	₄₃₇	₄₃₄	₄₄₁	₄₃₂	₄₂₈	₄₂₂	₄₇₁	₄₃₉	₃₃₈
_Tanker	₂₄₄	₂₃₉	₂₃₆	₂₃₄	₂₁₅	₂₃₈	₂₈₉	₂₆₄	₂₃₅	₂₄₁
_Transport	₄₁₀	₃₈₁	₃₈₄	₃₆₃	₃₅₆	₃₆₁	₃₆₆	₃₆₆	₃₅₈	₃₅₇
_Helicopter	₁₃₇	₁₅₇	₁₆₀	₁₃₁	₁₅₄	₁₅₉	₁₅₉	₁₅₅	₁₅₈	₁₅₈
_Trainer	_1,195	_1,187	_1,194	_1,211	_1,181	_1,180	_1,179	_1,176	_1,180	_1,077
_Gliders	₂₄	₃₀	₂₄	₃₄	₂₄	₂₄	₂₄	₂₃	₀	₂₅
_Total _{Active Duty}	_3,968	_3,997	_3,962	_3,954	_3,944	_4,015	_4,133	_4,211	_4,158	_4,008
ANG
_Bomber	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀
_{Fighter/Attack}	₅₈₅	₆₁₁	₅₇₇	₅₇₅	₅₇₅	₅₇₇	₅₉₄	₅₉₃	₅₈₃	₅₃₆
_{Special Ops} _Forces	₄	₄	₄	₄	₁	₀	₀	₀	₀	₂
_ISR/BM/C3	₈₈	₉₁	₈₉	₉₃	₇₈	₅₉	₅₉	₃₅	₅₅	₂₉
_Tanker	₁₈₅	₁₈₄	₁₈₁	₁₈₁	₁₈₅	₁₈₁	₁₆₄	₁₈₈	₁₈₈	₁₈₇
_Transport	₂₀₇	₂₀₇	₂₁₂	₂₁₀	₂₀₈	₂₀₈	₃₁₉	₁₉₁	₁₉₁	₁₉₁
_Helicopter	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₁₇	₂₃	₂₃	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈
_{Total ANG}	_1,086	_1,114	_1,080	_1.080	_1,064	_1,048	_1,159	_1,025	_1,035	₉₆₃
AFRC
_Bomber	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈	₁₈
_{Fighter/Attack}	₁₀₄	₁₁₁	₁₁₁	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₉	₁₀₅
_{Special Ops} _Forces	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀	₀
_ISR/BM/C3	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₁₀	₀
_Tanker	₆₈	₆₈	₇₂	₇₂	₇₂	₇₄	₇₃	₇₅	₇₅	₈₀
_Transport	₁₄₅	₁₃₉	₁₀₁	₉₁	₉₆	₉₈	₁₄₀	₉₈	₉₈	₉₆
_Helicopter	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₅	₁₆	₁₆	₁₆	₁₆
_{Total AFRC}	₃₆₀	₃₆₁	₃₂₇	₃₁₅	₃₂₀	₃₂₄	₃₆₆	₃₂₆	₃₂₆	₃₁₅
_{TOTAL FORCE}	_5,414	_5,472	_5,369	_5,349	_5,328	_5,387	_5,658	_5,562	_5,519	_5,286

Major USAF Programs (RDT&E)

PROGRAM	2023	2024 C.R.	2025 Requested	2026 FYDP	2027 FYDP	2028 FYDP	2029 FYDP
BOMBER
B-1B	19.456	12.619	17.939	1.976	–	–	–
B-2A	100.59	87.623	41.212	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.004
B-2B	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
B-21	3037.499	2984.143	2654.073	2051.427	1648.845	1478.595	1486.123
B-52	701.934	950.815	1,045.57	895.365	506.982	473.368	426.807
FIGHTER/ATTACK
A-10	52.797	–	–	–	–	–	–
F-15C/D/E	193.307	50.965	178.603	202.168	298.351	138.559	172.172
EPAWSS	65.587	13.982	–	–	–	–	–
F-15EX	91.178	100.006	56.228	–	–	–	–
F-16	241.482	98.633	106.952	199.054	185.414	112.794	115.02
F-22	542.659	725.889	768.561	647.983	474.352	582.879	594.387
F-35	60.501	97.231	47.132	49.156	47.709	49.561	50.539
NGAD	1,608.79	2,326.13	3,306.36	3,684.21	5,396.54	7,247.66	8,829.40
F-35 BLK 4 C2D2	994.924	1,275.27	1,124.21	1,192.42	1,160.61	975.101	989.293
F-35 Mods	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
HELO
HH-60W	27.722	48.268	–	–	–	–	–
UH1 Replacement (MH-139)	15.805	25.737	–	–	–	–	–
ICBM
Minuteman III Squadrons	71.339	33.237	62.55	24.436	20.83	16.194	9.343
LGM-35A Sentinel	3,434.62	3,746.94	3,721.02	3,791.55	3,568.80	2,890.12	2,011.93
MMIII Fuze Modernization	97.499	71.732	10.408	–	–	–	–
Minuteman III Modifications	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ISR/BM/C3
Air and Space Operations Center	76.216	72.059	71.442	96.738	99.707	104.657	106.723
DCGS	28.774	31.589	30.932	31.396	32.008	33.127	33.782
CRC	–	2.005	2.012	–	–	–	–
E-3	11.191	–	–	–	–	–	–
E-3 Block 40/45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
E-7	411.704	681.039	418.513	297.334	161.838	167.697	171.006
E-8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ABMS	229.842	500.575	743.842	958.948	727.834	562.905	577.983
E-4B	29.245	39.868	40.441	43.496	24.649	3.005	3.065
Compass Call	54.758	66.932	132.475	107.766	101.785	108.169	109.544
MQ-9	144.827	81.123	7.074	0.297	0.303	0.315	0.322
RQ-4	36.791	1.242	9.516	–	–	–	–
RC-135	14.59	14.33	16.323	16.729	17.073	17.692	18.041
U-2 Mods	35.17	16.842	–	–	–	–	–
MOBILITY
C-5	3.095	29.502	33.003	51.939	19.737	50.032	68.031
C-17	25.387	2.753	17.395	27.998	82.177	127.463	129.98
C-32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
C-130J	9.782	19.1	34.423	32.469	17.216	15.691	16
KC-10 (ATCA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
KC-135	18.409	51.105	31.977	49.847	93.235	12.826	12.825
KC-46	140.395	124.662	93.62	58.744	53.345	36.584	–
PAR (VC-25B)	79.623	490.701	433.943	400.905	441.009	59.604	34.803
VC-25A	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
MUNITION
AIM-9	33.365	41.958	34.932	16.146	16.478	17.074	17.412
AIM-120	36.055	53.679	53.593	51.994	53.062	54.982	56.069
JASSM	123.852	132.937	183.532	41.017	17.941	21.858	22.289
SDB1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SDB2	37.988	37.518	29.91	24.918	25.419	25.817	26.326
JDAM	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SiAW	243.076	298.585	375.528	405.136	381.648	299.313	301.956
LRASM	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
AGM-114 Hellfire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ARRW	112.015	150.34	–	–	–	–	–
LRSO	921.891	911.406	623.491	601.584	288.272	76.487	77.997
SOF
CV-22B	9.678	18.127	26.249	30.865	26.018	21.878	21.099
HC-130/MC-130	1.055	0.926	0.748	0.894	0.765	0.792	0.808
Communication Modernization (HC-130J/MC-130J)	46.119	35.61	24.186	45.223	44.91	36.252	36.77
TRAINERS
T-6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
T-7A	32.513	77.252	83.985	30.826	5.255	5.366	5.471
T-38	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
T-1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major USAF Programs (Procurement)

PROGRAM	2023	2024 C.R.	2025 Requested	2026 FYDP	2027 FYDP	2028 FYDP	2029 FYDP
BOMBER
B-1B	36.313	12.757	13.406	13.154	1.003	1.37	1.397
B-2A	72.919	107.98	63.932	58.891	52.463	15.807	16.124
B-2B	36.325	15.207	15.709	16.026	16.854	17.204	17.547
B-21	413.165	708	721.6	845	964	1,005.67	1,026.78
B-52 Mods	70.303	65.815	194.832	267.169	1,092.68	1,047.28	988.289
FIGHTER/ATTACK
A-10 Mods	83.972	–	–	–	–	–	–
F-15C/D/E Mods	192.394	34.83	45.829	118.303	47.944	20.753	21.827
EPAWSS	259.837	280.658	271.97	207.723	118.624	102.513	123.474
F-15EX	2,735.77	2,898.04	1,808.47	60.714	–	–	–
F-16 Mods	724.944	297.342	217.235	528.492	530.11	364.998	326.756
F-22 Mods	719.933	794.676	861.125	1,019.41	1,101.84	886.729	842.638
F-35	4,482.17	5,279.12	4,956.74	5,314.03	5,690.15	5,600.82	5,738.91
NGAD	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
F-35 BLK 4 C2D2	220.584	287.607	398.416	384.098	381.713	388.583	469.085
F-35 Mods	333.096	451.798	549.657	557.906	555.554	567.105	578.374
HELO
HH-60W	1,206.00	282.533	162.685	54.671	–	–	–
UH1 Replacement (MH-139)	186.192	228.807	294.095	159.817	177.854	146.696	79.876
ICBM
Minuteman III Squadrons	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
LGM-35A Sentinel	–	–	–	1,634.10	4,131.83	5,073.78	5,697.76
MMIII Fuze Modernization	137.364	158.789	144.375	123.564	110.274	100.583	0.728
Minuteman III Modifications	54.171	48.639	24.212	16.339	10.359	10.581	10.793
ISR/BM/C3
Air and Space Operations	21.709	5.032	21.175	22.937	23.742	24.253	24.732
DCGS	219.343	129.655	59.504	79.617	115.616	115.803	118.083
CRC	13.986	–	73.412	60.894	38.333	39.146	39.92
E-3	29.187	1.35	68.192	17.355	0.839	1.399	1.426
E-3 Block 40/45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
E-7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
E-8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ABMS	100.991	73.593	49.991	65.252	56.314	63.28	64.53
E-4B	5.973	13.055	28.728	36.835	44.487	45.414	46.316
Compass Call	330.2	144.686	94.654	126.803	214.492	216.548	221.612
MQ-9	16.039	–	–	–	–	–	–
RQ-4	0.193	–	–	–	–	–	–
RC-135	234.224	220.138	222.966	226.333	231.415	236.228	240.921
U-2 Mods	81.65	54.727	69.806	13.072	13.367	13.644	13.915
MOBILITY
C-5	15.486	24.377	45.445	29.401	63.33	36.643	34.577
C-17	133.779	140.56	103.306	139.078	140.81	181.645	209.181
C-32	4.068	19.06	6.422	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
C-130J	1,775.29	34.921	2.405	–	–	–	–
KC-10 (ATCA)	1.722	–	–	–	–	–	–
KC-135	144.557	153.595	146.564	176.454	139.928	206.59	171.045
KC-46	2,458.72	2,882.59	2,854.75	2,833.05	2,429.71	–	–
PAR (VC-25B)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
VC-25A	1.619	29.707	11.388	9.395	–	–	–
MUNITION
AIM-9	220.855	95.643	107.101	127.838	130.045	132.837	135.479
AIM-120	371.104	489.049	518.176	738.09	186.616	39.966	–
JASSM	834.971	1,685.67	825.05	821.193	829.091	850.81	867.157
SDB1	52.715	48.734	42.257	41.744	44.571	84.551	86.232
SDB2	480.406	291.553	328.382	181.872	166.239	136.181	134.739
JDAM	251.956	132.364	125.268	127.838	130.318	132.969	135.625
SiAW	77.975	41.947	173.421	149.489	347.978	400.068	408.025
LRASM	211.589	187.667	354.1	296.205	336.935	339.325	345.996
AGM-114 Hellfire	1.04	1.049	–	–	–	–	–
ARRW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
LRSO	31.454	66.816	210.335	295.523	1,074.93	1,685.01	2,210.51
SOF
CV-22B	153.026	153.006	42.795	100.356	96.582	79.524	65.408
HC-130/MC-130	111.285	101.055	213.284	367.274	261.148	169.774	169.902
MC-130J	17.481	–	–	–	–	–	–
TRAINER
T-6	6.215	2.942	130.281	413.188	185.123	370.785	324.55
T-7A	10.507	–	235.207	548.486	524.987	835.7	852.307
T-38	89.385	125.34	115.486	82.398	96.737	99.014	156.432
T-1	6.262	10.95	2.205	0.137	0.14	3.577	3.648

2023 Aircraft Mission Capable Rates

MODELS	2023 12HR FIX%	2023 BREAKS%	2023 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%

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

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