- Security domain
- Air
- What it is
- military service · service (level 3)
- Founded
- 1947
- Acknowledged by
- af.mil (official site)
- Active headcount
- 321,848 (2023) estimated, medium confidence
- Reserve
- 68,927
- Civilian
- 147,879
- Headcount source
- Wikipedia: United States Air Force
- Website
- www.af.mil
- Identifiers
- factbase.org/org/3HSYY81M38 · Q11223
Beneath it
- Air Combat Command84,850
- Air Force Materiel Command77,416
- Air Education and Training Command69,989
- Air Mobility Command48,594
- Pacific Air Forces31,299
- United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa23,805
- Air Force Special Operations Command17,967
- Air Force Reserve Command–
- Air Force Global Strike Command30,646
- Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (Sixteenth Air Force / Air Forces Cyber)–
Platforms it operates
From the service's own equipment list where one is published.
- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
- T-51A Cessna
- F-15EX Eagle II
- Cirrus SR20
- AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma
- Air Tractor-L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II
- C-130J Super Hercules
- Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft
- MH-139A Grey Wolf
- Pilatus U-28 Draco
- L3Harris EA-37B Compass Call
- RC-135
- TC-135S/W
- Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
- Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus
- Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois
- M102
- RQ-170 Sentinel
- Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk
- Northrop T-38 Talon
- Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- Northrop B-2 Spirit
- Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
- Lockheed U-2
- Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
- Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
- Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey
- Rockwell B-1 Lancer
- WC-135 Constant Phoenix
- Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider
- Boeing E-3 Sentry
- T-41D Mescalero
- Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk
- Composite Engineering BQM-167 Skeeter
- Boeing C-32
- McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
- Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
- MC-130 Hercules
- Lockheed LC-130 Hercules
- Bombardier Global Express
- Gulfstream V family
- AC-130J Ghostrider
- DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000
- E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post
- KC-46 Pegasus
- HC-130J Combat King II
- Beechcraft C-12 Huron
- QF-16 A/C
- VC-25
- CASA/IPTN CN-235
- Learjet 35/36
- de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
- de Havilland Canada DHC-8
- Schempp-Hirth Discus-2
- T-6 Texan II
- MQ-9 Reaper
- Bell UH-1N Iroquois