The following is a list of currently activemilitary aircraft in theUnited States Air Force.
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| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighter aircraft (1,619) | |||||
| F-15 Eagle | United States | air superiority | F-15C | 108 | 108 F-15C total force as of September 2024[1] 108 F-15C -Air National Guard |
| F-15E Strike Eagle | United States | multirole | 218 | 218 F-15E total force as of September 2024[2] 218 F-15E -Active | |
| F-15EX Eagle II | United States | multirole | 8 | 8 F-15EX total force as of September 2024[3] 8 F-15EX -Active (program of record increased to 129 aircraft in June 2025)[4] | |
| F-16 Fighting Falcon | United States | multirole | F-16C | 657 | 657 F-16C total force as of September 2024[5]
257 F-16C -Air National Guard |
| F-22 Raptor | United States | stealth air superiority | F-22A | 185 | 185 F-22A total force as of September 2024[6] 165 F-22A -Active20 F-22A -Air National Guard |
| F-35 Lightning II | United States | stealth multirole | F-35A | 443 | 443 F-35A total force as of September 2024[7] (USAF Visual in May 2025 indicates 471 aircraft)[8] 400 F-35A -Active (program of record of 1,763 aircraft), between 161 and 189 aircraft on order[9] |
| Attack aircraft (249) | |||||
| A-10 Thunderbolt II | United States | attack /CAS | A-10C | 172 | 172 A-10C total force as of September 2024[10] 141 A-10C -Active 31 A-10C -Air National Guard |
| AC-130 Ghostrider | United States | ground attack / CAS | AC-130J | 30 | 30 AC-130J total force as of September 2024[11] 30 AC-130J -Active |
| Bomber (124) | |||||
| B-1 Lancer | United States | strategic bomber | B-1B | 46 | 46 B-1B total force as of September 2024[12] 46 B-1B -Active |
| B-2 Spirit | United States | stealth strategic bomber | B-2A | 20 | 20 B-2A total force as of September 2024[13] 18 B-2A -Active |
| B-52 Stratofortress | United States | strategic bomber | B-52H | 58 | 58 B-52H total force as of September 2024[14] 58 B-52H -Active |
| AWACS (26) | |||||
| E-3 Sentry | United States | AWACS | E-3B/G | 15 | 15 E-3B/G total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 19 E-3B/G operational (WAF 2025).[16] |
| E-4 Nightwatch | United States | command and control | E-4B | 4 | 4 E-4B as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 4 E-4B operational (WAF 2025).[16] |
| E-9A Widget | Canada | SIGINT / ELINT | E-9A | 2 | 2 E-9A as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] |
| E-11A | Canada | command and control /BACN | E-11A | 5 | 5 E-11A as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 6 E-11A operational, 4 on order (WAF 2025).[16] |
| Electronic Warfare (14) | |||||
| EA-37B Compass Call | United States | SIGINT / PSYOP / attack | EA-37B | 3 | 3 EC-37B operational, 7 on order (WAF 2025).[16] |
| EC-130H Compass Call | United States | radar jamming / PSYOP | 4 | 4 EC-130H as of September 204 (USAF Almanac)[17] 4 EC-130H operational (WAF 2025).[16] | |
| EC-130 Commando Solo | United States | radar jamming / PSYOP | EC-130J | 5 | 5 EC-130J as of September 2024 (USAF Almanac).[18] 0 EC-130J -Air National Guard as of September 20, 2024[19] |
| Reconnaissance | |||||
| IPTN CN-235 | Spain/Indonesia | SIGINT /ELINT | 5[20] | ||
| MC-12W Liberty | United States | SIGINT /surveillance | W | 40[21] | |
| OA-1K Sky Warden | United States | armed reconnaissance | 3[21] | ||
| P-9 Pale Ale | Canada | Maritime patrol | P-9A | 4 | 4 P-9A total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] |
| RC-135 Rivet Joint | United States | ELINT / surveillance | S/U/V/W | 22[20] | The breakdown is as follows: 1 RC-135S Cobra Ball, 2 RC-135U Combat Sent, 1 RC-135V Rivet Joint, 18 RC-135W Rivet Joint. |
| U-2 Dragon Lady | United States | high altitudereconnaissance | U-2S | 27 | 27 U-2S as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 24 U-2S operational (WAF 2025).[16] Trainer aircraft listed separately. |
| U-28A Draco | Switzerland | ISR / SIGINT | U-28A | 26[20] | Special Operations Surveillance aircraft. |
| Tanker | |||||
| KC-46 Pegasus | United States | aerial refueling | KC-46A | 77 | 77 KC-46A total force as of September 2024[22] 58 KC-46A -Active 19 KC-46A -Air National Guard |
| KC-135 Stratotanker | United States | aerial refueling | KC-135R/T | 314 | 325 KC-135R / 51 KC-135T total force as of September 2024[23] 123 KC-135R / 28 KC-135T -Active 140 KC-135R / 23 KC-135T -Air National Guard |
| HC-130J Super Hercules | United States | SAR / transport / tanker | 39 | 39 total force as of September 2024[24] 21 HC-130J -Active 12 HC-130J -Air National Guard 6 HC-130J -Reserve | |
| MC-130J Commando II | United States | EW / transport / tanker | 62 | 62 MC-130J total force as of September 2024[25] 60 MC-130J -Active 2 MC-130J -Air National Guard | |
| Transport | |||||
| C-5 Galaxy | United States | strategic airlifter | C-5M | 52[20] | |
| C-12 Huron | United States | utility /transport | 23[20] | ||
| C-12J | United States | transport | C-12J | 3[20] | |
| C-17 Globemaster III | United States | strategic airlifter | 196 | 222 C-17A total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 146 C-17A -Active 50 C-17A -Air National Guard
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| C-21A | United States | VIP transport | C-21A | 19[20] | |
| C-32 | United States | VIP transport | 4[20] | ||
| C-37A/B | United States | VIP transport | C-37A C-37B | 13[26] | The breakdown is 12 C-37As and one C-37B (based on the Gulfstream G550). |
| C-40 Clipper | United States | VIP transport | C-40B/C | 12[27] | The breakdown is four C-40Bs (USAF) and seven C-40Cs (4-USAFR, 3-DC ANG). |
| C-130 Hercules | United States | transport | C-130H | 91 | 91 C-130H total force as of September 2024[28] 0 C-130H -Active 91 C-130H -Air National Guard |
| C-130J Super Hercules | United States | tactical airlifter | C-130J | 142 | 142 C-130J total force as of September 2024[29] 102 C-130J -Active 40 C-130J -Air National Guard
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| C-146 Wolfhound | Germany | transport | C-146A | 20[20] | |
| U-27A Caravan | United States | transport / utility | 2[20] | ||
| UV-18B Twin Otter | Canada | utility transport | 3[21] | STOL capable aircraft. Supports parachute training forUSAFA andAFROTC Cadets. | |
| VC-25 | United States | Presidential transport | 2[27] | ||
| Helicopter | |||||
| HH-60G Pave Hawk | United States | CSAR | HH-60G | 24 | 24 HH-60W total force as of September 2024[30] 8 HH-60G -Active 16 HH-60G -Air National Guard |
| HH-60W Pave Hawk | United States | CSAR | HH-60GW | 47 | 47 HH-60W total force as of September 2024[31] 32 HH-60W -Active 15 HH-60W -Air National Guard |
| MH-139 Grey Wolf | Italy | utility | MH-139 | 8 | 8 MH-139 total force as of September 2024[32] 8 MH-139 -Active (Maximum order volume of 79 aircraft) |
| UH-1N Iroquois | United States | utility | 63 | 63 UH-1N total force as of September 2024[33] | |
| V-22 Osprey | United States | CSAR | CV-22B | 52 | 52 CV-22B total force as of September 2024[34] 52 CV-22B -Active |
| Trainers | |||||
| A-29 Super Tucano | Brazil | assessmenttrainer | A-29C | 3[20] | |
| F-117 Nighthawk | United States | trainer | 4[20] | stealthOPFOR trainer | |
| F-16 Fighting Falcon | United States | trainer | F-16D | 134 | 136 F-16D total force as of September 2024[35] 98 F-16D -Active 36 F-16D -Air National Guard |
| F-15 Eagle | United States | trainer | F-15D | 24 | 12 F-15D total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 1 F-15D -Active 11 F-15D -Air National Guard 17 F-15D operational (WAF 2025).[16] |
| G120TP | Germany | basic trainer | 2[20] | contracted byJPAG Aviation | |
| T-1A Jayhawk | United States | multi-engine trainer | T-1A | 127 | 127 T-1A total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 98 T-6A operational (WAF 2025).[16] |
| T-6 Texan II | United States | advanced trainer | T-6A | 442 | 442 T-6A total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 442 T-6A operational (WAF 2025).[16] |
| T-7 Red Hawk | United States | advanced trainer | T-7A | 351 units (maximum number of units planned for deployment) | Of these, one unit is deployed and the remaining 350 units are on order.[20] |
| T-38 Talon | United States | jet trainer | T-38A/C | 495 | 495 T-38A / T-38C / AT-38B total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 52 T-38A / 6 AT-38B / 437 T-38C -Active 485 C-17A operational (WAF 2025).[16] |
| T-41 Mescalero | United States | basic trainer | T-41D | 4 | 4 total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] |
| Cessna T-51 | United States | basic trainer | T-51A | 3 | 3 total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] |
| T-53A Kadet II | United States | basic trainer | T-53A | 24 | 24 T-53A total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 25 T-53A operational (WAF 2025).[16] |
| TC-135 Stratolifter | United States | multi-engine trainer | TC-135W | 3 | 3 TC-135W total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 3 TC-135W operational (WAF 2025).[16] |
| TH-1 Iroquois | United States | rotorcraft trainer | UH-1H | 28 | 28 UH-1H total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 39 T-53A operational (WAF 2025).[16] |
| TU-2 Dragon Lady | United States | high altitudereconnaissance trainer | TU-2S | 4 | 4 TU-2S total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] 3 TU-2S operational (WAF 2025).[16] |
| UAV | |||||
| MQ-9 Reaper | United States | multi-mission | MQ-9A | 230 | 230 MQ-9A total force as of September 2024[36] 206 MQ-9A -Active 24 MQ-9A -Air National Guard |
| RQ-4 Global Hawk | United States | ISTAR /SIGINT | RQ-4B | 9 | 9 RQ-4B total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).[15] |
| RQ-11 Raven | United States | ISR | RQ-11B | 3,000[37] | |
| RQ-20 Puma | United States | ISR | RQ-20B | 60[38] | Puma 3 AE variant is on order[39][40] |
| RQ-170 Sentinel | United States | ISTAR / SIGINT | 20[41][42] | ||
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