A comprehensive look at the Air Force and the Space Force, including people, equipment, budget, weapons systems, and more.
Personnel by the numbers: Total Force; end strength and manpower trends; breakdowns by gender, rank, region, command, base, Air Force Specialty Codes, sex, ethnicity, race, marital status, and education.
Each year, the President submits a budget request to Congress. Congress can add to or subtract from that request, and does, on an item-by-item basis.
Total aircraft inventory; aircraft inventory trends; ICBM and satellite inventory; andaircraft age.
The U.S. Space Force was created on Dec. 20, 2019. The Space Force
exists as a separate military service within the Department of the
Air Force, lead by the Chief of Space Operations.
The principles of the Powell Doctrine and the effective deterrence that it should yield remain relevant today as we contemplate a new Cold War with China and two regional conflicts in which American policy is deeply intertwined.