December 4, 200817 yr The December 2008 issue of Air Forces Monthly has a supplement called "US Fighters: A Briefing on the USA's Fighter Capabilities", which in turn contains a current inventory of US armed forces' fighter aircraft types. I thought I'd share those numbers here: OA/A-10A Thunderbolt II Delivered: 714 (from October 1975) Current: 236 Losses: 103 Converted: 120 Withdrawn: 79 Stored: 176 A-10C Thunderbolt II Delivered: 120 (reached IOC in September 2007) Current: 120 Losses: 0 Withdrawn: 0 Stored: 0 On order: 220 F-15A Eagle Delivered: 365 (from January 1976) Current: 46 Losses: 46 Withdrawn: 96 Sold: 24 Stored: 153 F-15B Eagle Delivered: 59 (from November 1974) Current: 9 Losses: 6 Withdrawn: 18 Sold: 8 Stored: 18 F-15C Eagle Delivered: 408 (from June 1980) Current: 334 Losses: 51 Withdrawn: 1 Sold: 20 Stored: 1 F-15D Eagle Delivered: 62 (from May 1980) Current: 52 Losses: 5 Withdrawn: 0 Sold: 5 Stored: 0 F-15E Strike Eagle Delivered: 236 (from April 1988) Current: 224 Losses: 11 Withdrawn: 1 Stored: 0 F-16A Fighting Falcon: No longer current F-16B Fighting Falcon (from 1979 onward) Delivered: 132 Current: 2 Losses: 19 Withdrawn: 21 Sold: 41 Stored: 49 F-16C Fighting Falcon Delivered: 1242 (from July 1984) Current: 1046 Losses: 163 Withdrawn: 8 Stored: 25 F-16D Fighting Falcon Delivered: 205 (from September 1984) Current: 175 Losses: 29 Converted: 1 Stored: 0 F-22A Raptor Delivered: 127 (from January 2003; 127 delivered by early October 2008) Current: 122 Losses: 1 Withdrawn: 4 Stored: 0 On order: 57 F/A-18B Hornet Delivered: 40 (from 1980 onward) Current: 28 Losses: 7 Withdrawn: 3 Sold: 2 Stored: 0 F/A-18C Hornet Delivered: 466 (from September 1987) Current: 380 Losses: 71 Withdrawn: 15 Sold: 0 Stored: 0 F/A-18D Hornet Delivered: 160 (from 1988) Current: 138 Losses: 21 Withdrawn: 1 Sold: 0 Stored: 0 F/A-18E Super Hornet Delivered: 164 (from 1999) Current: 159 Losses: 2 Withdrawn: 3 On order: 40+ F/A-18F Super Hornet Delivered: 203 (from 1998) Current: 198 Losses: 5 Withdrawn: 1 On order: 50+
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