Editor's Foreword

40 The MiliTAry BAlANce 2010
Attack/FAC 3 sqn with A-10 Thunderbolt II/OA-10
Thunderbolt II
Special Ops 2 sqn opcon USSOCOM with MC-130E
Combat Talon; 1 sqn opcon USSOCOM
with MC-130P Combat Shadow
(personnel only)
SAR 3 sqn with HH-60G Pavehawk, HC-
130P/N Hercules
Strategic tpt 3 sqn with C-5A/B Galaxy (+2 sqn
personnel only); 1 sqn C-17 Globemaster
(+9 sqn personnel only)
Tac tpt 10 sqn with C-130E/H/J Hercules;
1 (Aerial Spray) sqn with C-130H
Hercules
VIP/Op Spt Tpt 1 sqn with C-9C Nightingale/C-40B/C
Tkr 6 sqn with KC-135R Stratotanker (+2 sqn
personnel only); 4 sqn KC-10A Extender
(personnel only);
Weather recce 1 sqn with WC-130H Hercules/WC-130J
Hercules
Mission trg 1 sqn with F-15 Eagle/F-16 Fighting
Falcon; A-10 Thunderbolt II; C-130
Hercules; 1 sqn with B-52H Stratofortress;
1 sqn with C-5A Galaxy
UAV 1 sqn with RQ-4A (personnel only), 1
sqn with MQ-1 (personnel only)
civil reserve Air Fleet
Commercial ac numbers fluctuate
AIRCRAFT • TPT 37 carriers and 1,376 aircraft enrolled,
including 1,273 aircraft in the international segment (990
long-range and 283 short-range), plus 37 national, 50
aeromedical evacuation segments and 4 aircraft in the
Alaskan segment.
Air Force Stand-by-reserve 16,858 reservists
Trained individuals for mobilisation
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
AIRCRAFT 2,708 (incl F-35A Lightning in test) combat
capable
LRSA 154 (145 Active Force; 9 Reserve): 64 B-1B Lancer;
19 B-2A Spirit; 62 B-52H Stratofortress (plus 9 Reserve;
18 in store)
TAC 2,650 (1,793 Active Force; 135 Reserve; 722
Air National Guard): 139 F/A-22A Raptor (199 on
order); 396 F-15A/B/C/D Eagle (plus 126 Air National
Guard); 217 F-15E Strike Eagle; 738 F-16C/D Fighting
Falcon (plus 69 Reserve; 473 Air National Guard); 143
A-10A Thunderbolt II (plus 46 Reserve; 84 Air National
Guard); 70 OA-10A Thunderbolt II* (plus 6 Reserve;
18 Air National Guard); 8 AC130H* Spectre (SOC); 17
AC130U* Spectre (SOC); 14 EC130H Compass Call; 6
EC130J Commando Solo (SOC) (Air National Guard); 16
MC-130E/H Combat Talon I/II (SOC) (plus 14 Reserve);
23 MC-130P Combat Shadow (plus 4 Air National Guard);
12 MC-130W Combat Spear; 11 RC-26B Metroliner (Air
National Guard)
RECCE 106 (96 Active Force; 10 Reserve): 37 MC-12W
(King Air 350ER); 5 TU-2S; 28 U-2S; 10 WC-130J Hercules
(Reserve); 3 OC-135B Open Skies; 17 RC-135V/W Rivet
Joint; 2 RC-135U Combat Sent; 2 WC-135 Constant
Phoenix; 2 E-9A
TRIALS & TEST 12 (all Active Force): 4 F-35A Lightning;
1 B-2 Spirit; 2 B-1B Lancer; 4 B-52 Stratofortress; 1 E-3
Sentry
COMD/AEW 54 (37 Active Force; 17 Air National
Guard): 33 E-3B/C Sentry; 17 E-8C J-STARS (Air
National Guard); 4 E-4B
TPT 844 (417 Active Force; 169 Reserve; 258 Air
National Guard): 59 C-5A Galaxy (26 Reserve, 33 ANG);
47 C-5B Galaxy (incl 16 Reserve); 2 C-5C Galaxy; 3 C-5M
Galaxy; 158 C-17A Globemaster III (plus 8 Reserve; 8 Air
National Guard); 151 C-130E/H/J Hercules (plus 103
Reserve; 181 Air National Guard); 5 C-20B Gulfstream
III; 2 C-20H Gulfstream III; 35 C-21 Learjet (plus 21 Air
National Guard); 3 C-9C Nightingale (Reserve): 4 C-32A;
9 C-37A; 2 C-40 B/C (plus 3 Reserve, 2 Air National
Guard); 2 VC-25A (Air Force One); 13 HC- 130P/N
Hercules (plus 10 Reserve, 13 Air National Guard)
TKR 512 (241 Active Force; 65 Reserve; 206 Air
National Guard): 59 KC-10A Extender DC-10 (tkr/tpt);
182 KC-135 A/E/R/T Stratotanker (plus 65 Reserve, 206
Air National Guard)
TRG 1,141 (all Active Force): 179 T-1A Jayhawk; 405
T-6A Texan II1; 546 T-38A Talon; 11 T-43A
TILT-ROTOR 11: 3 CV-22 Osprey (testing); 8 CV-22A
Osprey (SOC)
HELICOPTERS 167 (126 Active Force; 23 Reserve; 18 Air
National Guard): 64 HH-60G Pave Hawk (plus 23 Reserve;
18 Air National Guard); 62 UH-1N Huey (TPT);
UAV 158 Large: 13 RQ-4A Global Hawk; Medium: 27
MQ-9 Reaper; 118 MQ-1 Predator (incl 7 ANG)
Small/micro UAV: 1 Scan Eagle; some RQ-11; some Desert
Hawk; some Battlefield Air Targeting Micro Air Vehicles
(BATMAV).
MSL 41,422+
ASM 26,422+: 1,142 AGM-86B ALCM; 460 AGM-129A
Advanced Cruise Missile; 400+ AGM-130A; 150+ AGM-
142 Popeye; 17,000+ AGM-65A Maverick/AGM-65B
Maverick/AGM-65D Maverick/AGM-65G Maverick; 70+
AGM-84B Harpoon; 700+ AGM-86C CALCM; 6,500+
AGM-88A HARM/AGM-88B HARM
AAM 15,000+: 5,000+ AIM-120A AMRAAM/AIM-120B
AMRAAM/AIM-120C AMRAAM; 3,000+ AIM-7M
Sparrow; 7,000+ AIM-9M Sidewinder
BOMBS
Conventional: BLU-109/Mk 84 (2,000lb); BLU-110/Mk
83 (1,000lb; BLU-111/Mk 82 (500lb)
Laser-guided: Paveway II, Paveway III (fits on Mk82,
Mk83 or Mk84)
INS/GPS guided: JDAM (GBU 31/32/38); GBU-15
(with BLU-109 penetrating warhead or Mk 84); GBU-
39B Small Diameter Bomb (250lb); Enhanced Paveway
III
US Special Operations Command 31,496;
3,376 (civilian); 11,247 reservists (SOF) (total
46,119)
Commands all active, reserve, and National Guard Special
Operations Forces (SOF) of all services based in CONUS