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]

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Munitions

NameTypePicture
Missiles
AGM-114 Air-to-surface
Lockheed Martin Longbow Hellfire.jpg
AGM-65 Air-to-surface
AGM-65 Maverick MG 1382.jpg
AGM-86 Air-to-surface, cruise
ALCMCruiseMissile.JPG
AGM-88 Air-to-surface, anti-radiation
AGM-88E HARM p1230047.jpg
AGM-154 Glide bomb
AGM-154 JSOW 01.jpg
AGM-158 Air-to-surface, cruise
JASSM mockup 0048.jpg
AIM-7 Air-to-air, medium-range
AIM-7 Sparrow.jpg
AIM-9 Air-to-air, short-range
Sidewider missile 20040710 145400 1.4.jpg
AIM-120 Air-to-air, medium-range
Aim 120 amraam missile 20040710 145603 1.4.jpg
LGM-30 Intercontinental ballistic
Minuteman3display.png
Bombs
B61 Thermonuclear
B-61 bomb.jpg
B83 Thermonuclear
B83 nuclear bomb trainer.jpg
BLU-109 Bunker buster
BLU-116 Bunker buster
CBU-87 Cluster
Cbu-87 cluster bomb.jpg
CBU-89 Cluster
Cbu89bomb.png
CBU-97 Cluster
GBU-10 Precision-guided
GBU-10 xxl.jpg
GBU-12 Precision-guided
GBU-12 xxl.jpg
GBU-15 Precision-guided
GBU-15 xxl.jpg
GBU-16 Precision-guided
GBU-24 Precision-guided
GBU-24 xxl.jpg
GBU-27 Precision-guided
GBU-27 xxl.jpg
GBU-28 Precision-guided
GBU-28 xxl.jpg
GBU-31 Precision-guided
GBU-32 Precision-guided
GBU-38 Precision-guided
GBU-39 Precision-guided
BRU-61+4xGBU-39.jpg
GBU-53 Precision-guided
GBU-53 StormBreaker on F-15E Strike Eagle.jpg
GBU-54 Precision-guided
GBU-55 Precision-guided
GBU-56 Precision-guided
GBU-57 Precision-guided / bunker buster
USAF MOP (tight crop).jpg
GBU-69 Precision-guided / Glide-Bomb
GBU-72 Precision-guided / bunker buster
Mk-82 General-purpose
Mk-82 xxl.jpg
Mk-84 General-purpose
Mk-84 xxl.jpg

Weapons

NameTypePictureAmmunitionUsed by
Mounted Weapons
GAU-8 Avenger Seven-barrelled Rotary cannon GAU-8 Avenger contrast.jpg 30×173 mm A-10/OA-10 Thunderbolt II
GAU-22/A Four-barrelled Rotary cannon 25×137 mm F-35 Lightning II
M61 Six-barrelled Rotary cannon
Vulcan1.jpg
20×102mm Vulcan F-15 Eagle
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-22 Raptor
GAU-23/A Chain gun autocannon The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) fires a MK-46 30mm gun during a live-fire exercise (28540439144).jpg 30×173mm AC-130
M102 Howitzer M102 Howitzer A1206 Tai Iraq 2004.JPG 105×372mmR AC-130
GAU-16 .50 BMG UH-1 Iroquois
GAU-17 Six-barrelled Minigun/Rotary machine gun
GAU-17 machine gun fired from UH-1N Huey in 2006.jpg
7.62×51mm NATO HH-60 Pave Hawk
UH-1 Iroquois
M240 Mounted
US Navy 040229-N-4374S-008 Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Jon Garth, assigned to the Red Lions of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron One Five (HS-15), mans a 7,62mm M240D machine gun aboard an HH-60H Seahawk.jpg
7.62×51mm NATO UH-1 Iroquois
Small arms
Beretta M9 Pistol
M9-pistolet.jpg
9×19mm Parabellum
M11 pistol Pistol
SIG-P228-p1030033.jpg
9×19mm Parabellum
M18 pistol Pistol
M18 pistol.png
9×19mm Parabellum
M4/M4A1 Assault rifle, Carbine
M4-Transparent.png
Coltm4a1.jpeg
5.56×45mm NATO
M16A2 rifle Assault Rifle
M16a2-final.png
5.56×45mm NATO
MP5 submachine gun Submachine gun
MP3K ImgID1.jpg
Multiple (9×19mm Parabellum, 10mm Auto MP5/10, or .40 S&W M5/40)
M249 machine gun Light machine gun, Squad automatic weapon
PEO M249 Para ACOG.jpg
5.56×45mm NATO
M240 machine gun General purpose medium machine gun
M240B Medium Machine Gun (7414626696).jpg
7.62×51mm NATO
M2 machine gun Heavy machine gun
Machine gun M2 1.jpg
.50 BMG
M82 Anti-materiel sniper rifle M107 html 5f1f60d5.gif .50 BMG

Vehicles

Aircraft

Ground vehicles

NameTypeVersionsQuantityPicture
Humvee Armored car ?
USAFHMMWV.jpg
R-5 Refueler Aircraft refueling vehicle ?
R-9 Refueler Aircraft refueling vehicle ?
R-11 Refueler Aircraft refueling vehicle ?
R-11 Refueler - U.S. Air Force.jpg
C300 Ground refuel vehicle ?

Attire

Current attire [89]
NameFull patternNotes
Army Combat Uniform PNYXR25XMFHYPMVJLNT3VCOAPM USAF OCPU.jpg Uses Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP). Airman Battle Uniform phased out April 2021 [90]
Flight suit 69th Bomb Squadron Pilot.jpg 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 USAF PT Uniform.jpg Consists of shorts, T-shirt, jacket and pants.
Service dress uniform 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 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

See also

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