The equipment of the United States Air Force can be subdivided into: aircraft, ammunition, weapons, satellites, and ground vehicles.
Munitions[]
Name | Type | Versions | Picture | |||
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Missiles | ||||||
AGM-65 | Air-to-surface | |||||
AGM-86 | Air-to-surface cruise missile | |||||
AGM-88 | Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile | |||||
AGM-129 | Air-to-surface cruise missile | |||||
AGM-130 | Air-to-surface missile | |||||
AGM-154 | Air-to-surface missile | |||||
AGM-158 | Air-to-surface cruise missile | |||||
AIM-7 | Medium-range air-to-air missile | |||||
AIM-9 | Short-range air-to-air missile | |||||
AIM-120 | Medium-range air-to-air missile | |||||
LGM-30 | Intercontinental ballistic missile | |||||
Bombs | ||||||
B61 | Thermonuclear bomb | |||||
B83 | Thermonuclear bomb | |||||
BLU-109 | ||||||
BLU-116 | ||||||
CBU-87 | Cluster bomb | |||||
CBU-89 | Cluster bomb | |||||
CBU-97 | Cluster bomb | |||||
GBU-10 | ||||||
GBU-12 | Laser-guided bomb | |||||
GBU-15 | ||||||
GBU-24 | Laser-guided bomb | |||||
GBU-27 | Laser-guided bomb | |||||
GBU-28 | Laser-guided bomb | |||||
GBU-43 MOAB | Air blast bomb | |||||
Mk-82 | General purpose bomb | |||||
Mk-84 | General purpose bomb |
Weapons[]
Name | Type | Versions | Ammunition | Used by | Picture | |
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Aircraft guns | ||||||
GAU-8 Avenger | Seven-barrelled Gatling gun | 30 mm | A-10/OA-10 Thunderbolt II | |||
M61 | Six-barrelled Gatling gun | 20 mm | F-15 Eagle F-16 Fighting Falcon F-22 Raptor |
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GAU-16 | 12.7 mm | UH-1 Iroquois | ||||
GAU-17 | Six-barrelled Gatling gun | 7.62 mm | HH-60 Pave Hawk UH-1 Iroquois |
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M240 | 7.62 mm | UH-1 Iroquois | ||||
Small arms | ||||||
M2 machine gun | .50 BMG | |||||
M4 carbine | 5.56x45mm NATO | |||||
MP5 submachine gun | Multiple (9x19mm Parabellum, 10mm Auto MP5/10, or .40 S&W M5/40) | |||||
Beretta M9 | 9x19mm Parabellum | |||||
M11 pistol | 9x19mm Parabellum | |||||
M16A2 rifle | 5.56x45mm NATO | |||||
M240 machine gun | 7.62x51mm NATO | |||||
M249 machine gun | 5.56x45mm NATO |
Vehicles[]
Aircraft[]
Spacecraft[]
Name | Type | Versions | Quantity | Notes | Picture | |
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Launch vehicles | ||||||
Atlas V | EELV/Medium-heavy launch vehicle | |||||
Delta II | ||||||
Delta IV | ||||||
Satellites | ||||||
Defense Satellite Communications System | Communications satellite | 9 | ||||
Defense Support Program | Reconnaissance satellites | Infrared sensors for missile launch detection and warning | ||||
Global Positioning System | Navigation and timing satellite | 30 | ||||
Milstar | Communications satellite | 5 | ||||
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program | Meteorology surveillance |
Ground vehicles[]
Name | Type | Versions | Quantity | Picture |
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Hummvee | Armored car | |||
R-5 Refueler | Aircraft refuel vehicle | |||
R-9 Refueler | Aircraft refuel vehicle | |||
R-11 Refueler | Aircraft refuel vehicle | |||
C300 | Ground refuel vehicle |
Attire[]
Main article: United States Air Force uniform
Current attire | |||||
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Type | Name | Pattern | Full pattern | Notes | |
Digitalized tigerstripe | Airman Battle Uniform (ABU) | Will be mandatory on 1 November 2012 (Fiscal Year 2013). | |||
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 | File:US Air Force Mens Service Dress.jpg | 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 | File:US Air Force Mens Mess Dress.jpg | 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 United States Air Force equipment. |
- 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
References[]
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