The US Air Force has over 5,778 aircraft commissioned as of 2004. Until 1962, the Army and Air Force maintained one system of aircraft naming, while the U.S. Navy maintained a separate system. In 1962, these were unified into a single system heavily reflecting the Army/Air Force method. For more complete information on the workings of this system, refer to United States Department of Defense aerospace vehicle designation.

The List of Aircraft of the United States Air Force:

Name	Type	Versions	Quantity	Picture
Fixed-wing
A-10 Thunderbolt II	Attack Aircraft	A-10A A-10C	111 138
Lockheed AC-130	Attack Aircraft	AC-130H AC-130U	8 17
B-1 Lancer	Strategic bomber	B-1B	67
B-2 Spirit	Strategic stealth bomber	B-2A	20
B-52 Stratofortress	Strategic bomber	B-52H	85
C-5 Galaxy	Cargo Aircraft	C-5A C-5B C-5C C-5M	58 48 2 3
C-12 Huron	Cargo Aircraft	C-12C C-12D C-12F C-12J	16 6 2 4
C-17 Globemaster III	Cargo Aircraft	C-17A	185
Gulfstream C-20	Cargo Aircraft	C-20B C-20H	5 2
Learjet C-21	Cargo Aircraft	C-21A	76
Boeing C-22	Cargo Aircraft	C-22B	3
C-26 Metroliner	Cargo Aircraft	C-26B	11
C-27 Spartan	Cargo Aircraft	C-27J
Boeing C-32	Cargo Aircraft	C-32A C-32B	4 2
Gulfstream C-37	Cargo Aircraft	C-37A	9
Gulfstream C-38	Cargo Aircraft	C-38A	2
C-40 Clipper	Cargo Aircraft	C-40B C-40C	4 6
C-130 Hercules	Cargo Aircraft	C-130E C-130H C-130J C-130J-30	171 283 28 5
C-135 Stratolifter	Cargo Aircraft	C-135	2
E-3 Sentry	Airborne Command and Control Aircraft	E-3B E-3C	22 10
Boeing E-4	Airborne Command and Control Aircraft	E-4B	4
E-8 Joint STARS	Airborne Command and Control Aircraft	E-8A E-8C	1 17
E9 Wiget	Electronic Warfare Aircraft	E-9A	2
EC-130 Commando Solo	Electronic Warfare Aircraft	EC-130E EC-130H EC-130J EC-130SJ	4 14 3 4
F-15 Eagle	Fighter Aircraft	F-15C F-15D F-15E	336 54 223
F-16 Fighting Falcon	Fighter Aircraft	F-16C F-16D	1,082 180
F-22 Raptor	Fighter Aircraft	F-22A	166
HC-130 Hercules	Search and Rescue Aircraft	HC-130N HC-130P	10 22
KC-10 Extender	Tanker Aircraft	KC-10A	59
KC-135 Stratotanker	Tanker Aircraft	KC-135R KC-135T	364 54
MC-130 Hercules	Multi-mission Aircraft	MC-130E MC-130H MC-130P	14 20 31
OA-10 Thunderbolt II	Observation Aircraft	OA-10A	108
OC-135 Open Skies	Observation Aircraft	OC-135B	2
Boeing RC-135	Reconnaissance Aircraft	RC-135S RC-135U RC-135V RC-135W	3 2 8 8
T-1 Jayhawk	Trainer Aircraft	T-1A	179
T-6 Texan II	Trainer Aircraft	T-6A	337
T-38 Talon	Trainer Aircraft	T-38A T-38C (A)T-38B	200 246 31
T-41 Mescalero	Trainer Aircraft	T-41D
TU-2 Dragon Lady	Trainer Aircraft	TU-2S	5
Blanik TG-10	Trainer Glider	TG-10B TG-10C TG-10D	12 5 4
Ximango TG-14	Trainer Motor Glider	TG-14A	14
Schempp-Hirth TG-15	Trainer Glider	TG-15A TG-15B	2 3
U-2 Dragon Lady	Reconnaissance Aircraft	U-2S	28
de Havilland Canada UV-18	Utility VSTOL Aircraft	UV-18B	3
Pilatus U-28	Utility Aircraft	U-28A	6
Boeing VC-25	VIP Transport	VC-25A	2
WC-130 Hercules	Weather Reconnaissance Aircraft	WC-130H WC-130J	10 10
WC-135 Constant Phoenix	Weather Reconnaissance Aircraft	WC-135	2
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
MQ-1 Predator	Combat aircraft		195
RQ-4 Global Hawk	Surveillance aircraft		54 planned
MQ-9 Reaper	Combat aircraft		28+ 319 planned
RQ-11 Raven	Surveillance aircraft
RQ-170 Sentinel	Surveillance aircraft
Boeing ScanEagle	Surveillance aircraft
Wasp III	Surveillance aircraft
Rotary-wing Aircraft
TH-1 Iroquois	Training Helicopter	TH-1H	1
UH-1 Iroquois	Utility Helicopter	UH-1N UH-1V	62 2
HH-60 Pave Hawk	Search and Rescue Helicopter	HH-60G	101
Tilt-rotor Aircraft
CV-22 Osprey	Cargo VTOL Aircraft	CV-22B	12+50 planned