List of equipment of the United States Air Force
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The equipment of the United States Air Force can be subdivided into: aircraft, ammunition, weapons, and ground vehicles.[1]
Munitions
Weapons
Vehicles
Aircraft
{{#section-h:List of active United States military aircraft|Air Force}}
Ground vehicles
Name | Type | Versions | Quantity | Picture |
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Humvee | Armored car | ? | ||
R-5 Refueler | Aircraft refueling vehicle | ? | ||
R-9 Refueler | Aircraft refueling vehicle | ? | ||
R-11 Refueler | Aircraft refueling vehicle | ? | ||
C300 | Ground refuel vehicle | ? |
Attire
Current attire[2] | |||||
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Name | Full pattern | Notes | |||
Army Combat Uniform | Uses Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP). Airman Battle Uniform phased out April 2021[3] | ||||
Flight suit | Pilots, air crews and missile crews wear olive green or desert tan one-piece flight suits made of Nomex for fire protection. | ||||
Physical Training Uniform | Consists of shorts, T-shirt, jacket and pants. | ||||
Service dress uniform | Consists of a three-button coat, similar to that of a men's "sport jacket" (with silver "U.S." pins on the lapels), matching trousers, and either a service cap or flight cap, all in Shade 1620, "Air Force Blue" (a darker purplish-blue). This is worn with a light blue shirt (Shade 1550) and Shade 1620 herringbone patterned necktie. Enlisted members wear sleeve insignia on both the jacket and shirt, while officers wear metal rank insignia pinned onto the coat, and Air Force Blue slide-on epaulet loops on the shirt. | ||||
Mess dress | Consists of a dark blue mess jacket and matching trousers with antiqued silver buttons, miniature medals, blue bow-tie and cummerbund, and shoulder boards and silver wrist braids for officers. When wearing the blue tie and cummerbund, the uniform is considered equivalent to black-tie formal wear. For white-tie occasions, a white bow-tie and waistcoat are worn. |
Other equipment
- CMU – 33A/P22P-18 - Air Force issue personal flotation device
- Distributed Common Ground System- A weapons system which delivers information to Unmanned aerial vehicles
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Equipment of the United States Air Force.
- United States Air Force
- List of active United States military aircraft
- Equipment of the United States Armed Forces
- Equipment of the United States Navy
- Equipment of the United States Army
- Equipment of the United States Coast Guard
- Equipment of the United States Marine Corps
References
Sources
- 2024 World Air Forces (Report). Flight Global. 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- Church, Aaron M. U. (2023). USAF & USSF Almanac 2023 Weapons & Platforms (PDF). Air & Space Forces Magazine (Report). Air & Space Forces Association. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- Church, Aaron M. U. (2024). USAF & USSF Almanac 2024 Weapons & Platforms (PDF). Air & Space Forces Magazine (Report). Air & Space Forces Association. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- "Department of Defense Report on Force Structure Changes for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Defense Budget" (PDF). Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer. April 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.