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To: Fierce Allegiance

I don't think the Navy has even close to the number of AC as the Air Force.


121 posted on 12/08/2005 6:59:51 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: SJSAMPLE
From what I've found so far, my statement is accurate.

Airforce Inventory from this link, written in 1999: http://www.comw.org/pda/afreadsu.html

Today, the active Air Force employs 13,146 pilots against a stated total requirement of about 14,100. This compares with the approximately 3,470 aircraft of all types in the Primary Aircraft Inventory (PAI), which fills the authorized strength of USAF operational and training units. The Air Force calculates pilot shortages based on its total pilot requirement. Thus, even when there is an official "shortage," the service has significantly more than enough aviators to fly its planes. Indeed, only 7,862 of the USAF's pilots -- or 60 percent of the total -- are actually assigned to billets for operational force cockpits. The rest are assigned to staff positions, to advanced schooling, and to other special duty.

Navy inventory (written in 1987) http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/62xx/doc6209/doc20b-Part_4.pdf

3644 combat aircraft

There is room for arguement, because the navy number appears to include rotary-wing aircraft, but it is also only a count of combat aircraft. In any case, the numbers are a lot closer than people may expect.

134 posted on 12/08/2005 7:34:55 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (I will prevail. I miss my best friend.)
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