1. E D U C A T E
A D V O C A T E
S U P P O R T

2. Why Are Air Forces necessary?
Air Force Provide Air Dominance
Dominate the skies so all other types of air and joint operations can function at peak effectiveness
No ground forces killed by enemy aircraft since June 1953
Dropping supplies with pin point accuracy depends on air dominance
Allow the operations of unmanned systems
Allowed allies to breakout of Normandy in WW II

3. The Aging Fleet
Air Force aircraft are increasingly expensive to maintain and less reliable to fly
Aircraft within the fleet average 25 years in age with some dating back to the Eisenhower administration
Currently only52 percent of the fleet is fully mission capable
Since Desert Storm, the Air Force has been flying an average of 2.2 million hours per year with an inventory 32 % smaller and 42% older.

4. The Aging Fleet Aircraft Ave. Age Oldest Newest A-10A 27.1 1979 1984
F-15C
25.0
1989
F-16C
18.4
2005
B-52H
46.6
1960
1962
B-1B
20.0
1986
1988
B-2
13.9
1997
KC-135R
1958
1964
C-5B
20.5
C-130E
44.1
1961
1974

5. Aircraft grounded/restricted 2008
F-15C - 9 Grounded/318 restricted
F-15E – 219 restricted
F-16C – 23 Grounded/17 restricted
B-52H – 20 grounded
KC-135R – 21 grounded
C-5A – 2 grounded

6. Air Force proposal for 2009 Retire 137 F-15s Retire 177 F-16s
Retire 9 A-10s

7. FYDP Aircraft Procurement
Aircraft Types
FY08
FY09
FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
TOTAL
F-35A 6 8 12 24 42 48
140
F-22A 20 40
MQ-9A 22 9 11 69
RQ-4B 5 30
MQ-1B 38 26 18
172
C-17A 15
C-130J 27 59
C-27 (JCA) 3
KC-X 13 14 44
CV-22A 10 36
CSAR-X 2
HC-130 Recap 4
MC-130 Recap 7
C-29 ATCALS 1
T-6 39
Total
175 93
101
114
131
136
750