List of active United States Air Force aircraft
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Aircraft


Current inventory


Images

File:F-16 June 2008.jpg, An F-16C over
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in 2008 File:140508-F-ER377-052 (14206897326).jpg, An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 494th Fighter Squadron File:F-35A - 130516-F-XL333-450 (cropped).jpg, An F-35A in flight File:CV-22 Osprey - RIAT 2015 (cropped).jpg, A CV-22 Osprey over
RIAT The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) is the world's largest military air show, held annually in July, usually at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England in support of The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust. The show typically attracts a t ...
in 2015 File:Boeing C-17A Globemaster III USA - Air Force, RMS Ramstein (Ramstein Air Base), Germany PP1317838862.jpg, A C-17A Globemaster III taking off from Ramstein Air Base File:KC-10 Extender with the 76th Air Refueling Squadron.jpg, A KC-10 Extender with the
76th Air Refueling Squadron The 76th Air Refueling Squadron is part of the 514th Air Mobility Wing at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. It operates the McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender aircraft conducting air refueling missions as a reserve associate unit of the 305th A ...
File:MH-139-Grey-Wolf 96th Test Wing Public Affairs.jpg, The MH-139A Grey Wolf replacement for the Bell UH-1N File:T-38 Talon over Edwards AFB.jpg, A T-38 Talon over
Edwards AFB Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in California. Most of the base sits in Kern County, but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County and a southern arm is in Los Angeles County. The hub of the base is E ...
File:Air Force One photo op incident.jpg, The highly modified Boeing 747 used to transport the U.S. President, under the callsign Air Force One File:Reaper UAV Takes to the Skies of Southern Afghanistan MOD 45151418.jpg, An MQ-9 Reaper in 2009, armed with two 500 lb. bombs and four Hellfire missiles File:Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor JSOH.jpg, An F-22A Raptor flies over Andrews Air Force Base during an airshow in 2008 File:Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II - 32156159151.jpg, An
A-10 Thunderbolt II The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1976, it is named for the Republic ...
in 2011. The attack aircraft is used for close air support


See also

* Future military aircraft of the United States *
List of military aircraft of the United States Lists of military aircraft of the United States cover current and former aircraft of the United States Armed Forces. By designation * List of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) * List of United States Navy aircraft des ...
* List of U.S. DoD aircraft designations *
List of currently active United States naval aircraft The list of United States naval aircraft contains types currently used by United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. For a complete list of naval aircraft designated under pre-1962 United States Navy designation systems, see List of ...
*
List of United States Air Force squadrons The United States Air Force and its predecessors include a number of specialized Air Force Squadrons. These units vary widely in size and may include several hundred enlisted airmen commanded by an officer in the rank of captain to lieutenant col ...
* List of active U.S. Air Force aircraft squadrons * UAVs in the U.S. military


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References

{{reflist United States Air Force lists Military aircraft