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FUTURE USAF AIRCRAFT INVENTORY
Dennis Pritchard • 2 June 2021
FUTURE USAF AIRCRAFT INVENTORY
USAF plans to retire 201 aircraft and purchase 91 new airframes in its FISCAL 2022 Budget. The fighter fleet would therefore decrease by 77 aircraft, while the RQ-4 Global Hawk numbers would be cut by 10 airframes.
A-10 42
F-15C/D 48
F-16C/D 47
KC-135 18
KC-10 14
C-130H 8
E-8 JSTARS 4
RQ-4 20
PROCUREMENT FISCAL 2012 and 2022, RESPECTIVELY
F-35A 60 48
HH-60W 19 14
KC-46 15 14
F-15EX 12 12
MC-130J 4 3
PROPOSED FLEET RETENTION
B-1 41
B-2 20
B-52 76
C-17 222
U-2R 31
T-38A/C 507
(Details courtesy of the Air Force Association)
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