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Guess I havent checked the latest at CSBA for quite some time. This is a September 1, 2004 report on USAF plans(click on latest from CSBA and then the relevant report):

http://www.csbaonline.org/

Here is the meat of the USAF OOB as planned circa 2022:

260 F/A 22 of 271 to be procured( 68 have been procured through 2004 plus six procured with R&D funds) (apparently for the F/A 22, F-35,UCAS and FB-X the totals take into account attrition)
1120 F-35 of 1370 to be procured through 2022, 1763 through 2026
250 F-16
100 A-10
170 F-15E
260 UCAS of 300 to be procured through 2022
140 FB-X of 200 to be prcured through 2022

2300 Total Tactical Combat Aircraft


222 C-17
510 C-130
96 C-5A/B

21 B-2
60 B-1
76 B-52(Note: These will be 60 years old)

280 new build tankers
260 KC-135R/T (Note: these will be 60 years old approx.!!!!!)
59 K-10A

120 SOF aircraft including 50 V-22

CSBA considers this plan unaffordable and presents four options.













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