Air Force Inventory Visual Recognition

A-10 A/C Thunderbolt II

Function: Close air support, Airborne forward air control
Service Date: 1997
Crew: 1
Extra: First used during Desert Storm. The cockpit is protected with titanium armor.

B-1B Lancer

Function: Long-range, multi-role, heavy bomber
Service Date 1985
Crew: 4
Extra: First used is Operation DESERT FOX

B-2A Spirit

Function: Mutli-role, heavy bomber
Service Date: 1993
Crew: 2 (pilots)
Extra: First Used in 1999, Operation ALLIED FORCE

B-52H Stratofortress

Function: heavy bomber
Service Date: 1955
Crew: 5
Extra: Largest aircraft with credited air-to-air kills. Dedicated to the nuclear mission at all times.

C-5 A/B/C/M Galaxy

Function: outsize cargo
Service Date: 1970
Crew: 7
Extra: AF’s largest transport aircraft

C-17A Globemaster III

Function: cargo and troop transport
Service Date: 1993
Crew: 3

C-20 Gulfstream III

Function: special air and operation support airlift
Service Date: 1992
Crew: 5
Exttra: used for mainly DoD officials and high ranking gov personel

C-21A

Function: passenger airlift
Service Date: 1984
Crew: 2
Extra: Can be outfitted for aeromedical service

C-32

Function: high-priority personnel transport
Service Date: 1998
Crew: 16
Extra: VP is main user of this aircraft

C-27A Gulfstream V

Function: special air missions
Service Date: 1998
Crew: 5
Extra: Capable of cruise operations, able to supply secure and non-secure communications

C-40 B/C Clipper

Function: high priority personnel transport
Service: 2003
Crew: 10
Extra: combatant commanders and the members of the cabinet and congress. use the Clipper the most

C-130 Hercules

Function: Theater tactical airlift
Service Date: 1956
Crew: 5
Extra: Capable and used in diverse situations, including airlift support, artic ice cap resupply, aeromedical missions, firefighting, and special operations in natural and humanitarian disasters.

E-3 B/C/G (AWACS)

Function: Airborne Battle Managment Command and Control
Service Date: 1975
Crew: 17-23
Extra: heavily modified Boeing 707-320B aircraft, fitted for ABM responsibilities

E-8C Joint STARS

Function: Airborne battle managment
Service Date: 1997
Extra: Retired Oct 1 2024. Modified Boeing 707-300. Equipped with long-range air to ground radar capable of locating, classifying, and tracking veichles on Earth’s surface up to 124 miles

F-15 A/B/C/D Eagle

Function: air to ground attack
Service Date: 1988
Crew: 1 A/C 2 B/D
Extra: accounts for 34/37 air-to-air victories in Iraqi Freedom. F-15C’s led colaittion aircraft in maintaining aerial dominance.

F-15E Strike Eagle

Function: air to ground attack
Service Date: 1988
Crew: 2
Extra: weapons system integreated all weather for deep interdiction missions and air to air cobat,

F-16 A/B/C/D

Function: Multi-role fighter
Service Date: 1979
Crew: 1 A/C 2 B/D
Extra: later versions specialized in the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) and air-to-surface attacks. over 2000 F-16’s are used in 24 countries

F-22A Raptor

Function: air dominance, multi-role
Service Date: 2002
Crew: 1

F-35 Lightning II

Function: mulit-role fighter
Service Date: 2011
Crew: 1
Extra: F-35A’s will evantually replace the F-16 and A-10 aircraft for the preditable next 50 years.

KC-135 R/T Stratotanker

Function: Aerial refueling/ airlift
Service Date: 1957
Crew: 3
Extra: has many variants

KC-10A Extender

Function: aerial tanker/ transport
Service Date: 1981
Crew: 4
Extra: variant of the DC-10 (militerized), modified for tanking and aeromedical missions. It can serve all branches and allied aircraft on joint missions.

VC-25 Air Force One

Function: Presidential Air Transport
Service Date: 1990
Crew: 26
Extra: highly modified version of the Boeing 747-200B. It is only called the Air Force One when the president is aboard.

CV-22A Osprey

Function: special operations, long-range
Service Date: 2007
Crew: 4

HH-60G Pave Hawk

Function: special operations/ personnel recovery
Service Date: 1982
Crew: 4
Extra: a modified version of the H-60 Blackhawk.

UH-1N Huey

Function: airlift
Service Date: 1970
Crew: 3
Extra: primarily used for emergency situations in airlifting security forces and surveillance of off-base nuclear weapons convoys and distinguished visitor airlift.

U-2S and TR-1 Dragon Lady

Function: high-altitude reconnaissance
Crew: 1
Service Date: 1955
Extra: TR-1 is a larger version of the U-2S

MQ-1B Predator

Crew: 2
Function: armed reconnaissance, ariborne surverillance, target aquisition
Service Date: 1996

MQ-9 Reaper

Function: remotely piloted hunter/ killer
Service Date: 2007
Crew: 2
Extra: Been in combat operations since Sep 2007. MQ-9 is larger than MQ-1, and has 8x the range and flies 2x as high.

RQ-4A Global Hawk

Function: high-altitude, long-endurance ISR
Service Date: 2001

T-6A Texan II

Function: entry-level pilot trainer
Service Date: 2001
Crew: 2

T-1A Jayhawk

Function: Advanced-level pilot trainer
Service Datea: 1993
Crew: 3

T-38A-C and AT-38B

Function: Adavanced jet pilot training
Service Date: 1961
Crew: 2

A-10A/C Front

A-10A/C Side

A-10A/C Top

B-1B Front

B-1B Top

B-1B Side

B-2A Front

B-2A Top

B-2A Side

B-52H Front

B-52H Top

B-52H Side

C-5 A/B/C/M Front

C-5 A/B/C/M Top

C-5 A/B/C/M Side

C-17A Front

C-17A Top

C-17A Side

Gulfstream III Front

Gulfstream III Side

C-21A Front

C-21A Side

C-130 Front

C-130 Top

C-130 Side

Osprey Front

Osprey Top

Osprey Side

E-3 B/C/G Top

E-3 B/C/G Front

E-3 B/C/G Side

JSTARS Front

JSTARS Top

JSTARS Side

F-15 A/B/C/D Front

F-15 A/B/C/D Top

F-15 AB/C/D Side

F-15E Front

F-15E Side

F-15E Top

F-16 A/B/C/D Top

F-16 A/B/C/D Front

F-16 A/B/C/D Side

F-22A Front

F-22A Top

F-22A Side

F-35A Front

F-35A Top

F-35A Side

Pave Hawk Front

Pave Hawk Top

Pave Hawk Side

KC-10A Front

KC-10A Top

KC-10A Side

KC-135 R/T Front

KC-135 R/T Top

KC-135 R/T Side

Predator Front

Predator Top

Predator Side

Reaper Front

Reaper Top

Reaper Side

Global Hawk Front

Global Hawk Top

Global Hawk Side

Dragon Lady Front