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[]

Name	Type	Versions	Picture
Missiles
AGM-65	Air-to-surface
AGM-86	Air-to-surface cruise missile
AGM-88	Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile
AGM-154	Glide bomb
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
Mk-82	General-purpose bomb
Mk-84	General-purpose bomb

Weapons[]

Name	Type	Versions	Ammunition	Used by	Picture
Aircraft guns
GAU-8 Avenger	Seven-barrelled Rotary cannon		30 mm	A-10/OA-10 Thunderbolt II
GAU-22/A	Four-barrelled Rotary cannon		25 mm	F-35 Lightning II
M61	Six-barrelled Rotary cannon		20 mm	F-15 Eagle F-16 Fighting Falcon F-22 Raptor B-52 Stratofortress
GAU-23/A	Chain gun autocannon		30 mm	AC-130
M102	Howitzer		105 mm	AC-130
GAU-16			12.7 mm	UH-1 Iroquois
GAU-17	Six-barrelled Minigun/Rotary machine gun		7.62 mm	HH-60 Pave Hawk UH-1 Iroquois
M240			7.62 mm	UH-1 Iroquois
Small arms
Beretta M9			9×19mm Parabellum
M11 pistol			9×19mm Parabellum
M18 pistol			9×19mm Parabellum
M4 carbine			5.56×45mm NATO
M16A2 rifle			5.56×45mm NATO
MP5 submachine gun			Multiple (9×19mm Parabellum, 10mm Auto MP5/10, or .40 S&W M5/40)
M249 machine gun			5.56×45mm NATO
M240 machine gun			7.62×51mm NATO
M2 machine gun			.50 BMG

Vehicles[]

Aircraft[]

• List of active United States military aircraft

Ground vehicles[]

Name	Type	Versions	Quantity	Picture
Humvee	Armored car		?
			?
			?
R-11 Refueler			?
			?

Attire[]

Current attire[2]
Type	Name	Pattern	Full pattern	Notes
	Army Combat Uniform	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

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