The following is a list of currently active military aircraft in the United States Air Force.

Read about the capabilities, development, and operational history of the aircraft used by the Air Force across a wide range of mission requirements. Scroll through the different airframe types and click the airframe to view it's Factsheet.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon of the United States Air Force in flight. The United States Armed Forces uses a wide variety of military aircraft across the respective aviation arms of its various service branches. The numbers of specific aircraft listed in the following entries are estimates from published sources and may not be exhaustive.

Lists of military aircraft of the United States cover current and former military aircraft of the United States Armed Forces.

Current aircraft of the United States Air Force including attack, fighter, bomber, transport, and special mission types. The global defense reference actively compiled since 2003 MENU

3 天之前 · Dubbed the Next Generation Air Dominance platform, or NGAD, the now-designated F-47 has been shrouded in secrecy for years, as the Air Force quietly tested experimental aircraft.

2024年12月10日 · The following represents an overview of the modern aerial fighting capabilities of the United States Air Force (2025). The service currently counts 5,004 total units in its active aircraft inventory. The WDMMA review takes into account specific categories of aircraft covering attack, logistics, special-mission, and general support types.

2 天之前 · The Air Force has more than 300 F-35s and plans to buy 1,763. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps also fly F-35s. In addition to the U.S., 19 countries fly F-35s, and more than 1,130 of the fighters ...

To achieve this, the Air Force relies on a broad range of assets, from state-of-the-art fighter jets like the F-35 Lightning II to remotely piloted drones such as the MQ-9 Reaper. In recent years, the focus has shifted towards multi-domain operations, meaning seamless coordination across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace.

3 天之前 · Over the past five years, in strong partnership between the Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, X-planes have been laying the foundation for the F-47. These experimental aircraft have flown hundreds of hours, advancing stealth, range, and autonomous systems while refining operational concepts.