2024 USAF & USSF Almanac: DAF Personnel | Air & Space Forces Magazine (2024)

Airmen from the 100th Air Refueling Wing march as a flight during the Suffolk Show parade in Ipswich, England, May 30, 2024.Airman 1st Class Cody J. A. Mott

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June 7, 2024

DAF TOTAL FORCE END STRENGTH

(As of Sept. 30, 2023)

Fiscal Year	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 estimate	2025 estimate
USAF Active Duty
Officers	60,961	61,597	62,640	63,902	64,245	64,873	64,941	60,744	61,396	61,510
Enlisted	252,762	256,983	258,978	263,976	265,369	265,658	263,480	253,904	254,110	254,490
Cadets	4,160	4,207	4,262	4,223	4,176	4,103	4,003	4,050	4,000	4,000
Total USAF Active Duty	317,883	322,787	325,880	332,101	333,790	334,634	332,424	318,698	319,506	320,000

USSF Active Duty
Officers					84	3,656	4,220	4,424	4,576	4,680
Enlisted					1	2,907	3,841	4,455	4,924	5,120
Total USSF Active Duty					85	6,563	8,061	8,879	9,500	9,800

Civilian Personnel
Direct hire (excluding technicians)	131,965	140,116	135,879	139,536	140,848	147,434	142,293	161,448	169,325	165,705
ANG technicians	23,044	22,542	21,705	17,502	14,970	10,994	14,143	10,179	10,864	10,744
AFRC technicians	8,384	7,872	7,648	7,714	9,027	7,224	5,793	5,342	6,882	6,697
Total direct hire	163,393	170,530	165,232	164,752	164,845	165,652	162,229	176,969	187,071	183,146
Indirect hire	3,704	4,570	4,202	4,190	3,694	3,728	3,973	3,549	3,909	3,132
Total Civilian Personnel	167,097	175,100	169,434	168,942	168,539	169,380	166,202	180,518	190,980	186,278

Air National Guard
Selected Reserve Officers	14,593	15,257	15,401	15,495	15,990	16,377	16,253	16,238	15,705	15,608
Selected Reserve Enlisted	90,907	90,413	92,068	91,702	91,424	92,106	88,731	88,736	90,595	92,092
Total ANG	105,500	105,670	107,469	107,197	107,414	108,483	104,984	104,974	106,300	107,700

Air Force Reserve Command
Selected Reserve Officers	14,896	13,672	13,716	14,042	14,458	14,947	14,988	14,838	14,579	14,625
Selected Reserve Enlisted	54,304	55,126	54,987	55,347	54,598	55,623	53,060	51,378	52,121	52,375
Total AFRC Selected Reserve	69,200	68,798	68,703	69,389	69,056	70,570	68,048	66,216	66,700	67,000
Individual Ready Reserve Officers	7,492	7,492	6,593	7,631	7,631	7,631	7,340	7,379	7,419	7,458
IRR Enlisted	29,359	29,359	21,801	20,683	20,683	20,683	21,196	23,099	23,056	22,696
Total IRR	36,851	36,851	28,394	28,314	28,314	28,314	28,536	30,478	30,475	30,154
Total AFRC	106,051	105,649	97,097	97,370	97,370	98,884	96,584	96,694	97,175	97,154

Total Ready Reserve	211,551	211,319	204,566	204,567	204,784	207,367	201,568	201,668	203,475	204,854

DAF ACTIVE DUTY MALE/FEMALE, 1970-2023

(As of Sept. 30, 2023)

	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023*
Cadets
Female	0	504	553	658	966	1,176	1,194	1,182	1,196	1,203
%	0	11	13	15	21	28	29	29	30	30
Male	4,144	3,907	3,817	3,617	3,592	3,047	2,982	2,921	2,807	2,847
%	100	89	87	85	79	72	71	71	70	70
Total	4,144	4,411	4,370	4,275	4,558	4,223	4,176	4,103	4,003	4,050

Enlisted
Female	8,987	60,803	60,803	55,011	50,946	54,205	55,239	55,644	55,297	53,973
%	1.4	13.2	14	19.2	19.3	21	21	21	21	21
Male	652,559	399,517	374,385	231,620	212,491	209,771	210,130	210,014	208,183	204,386
%	98.6	86.8	86	80.8	80.7	79.4	79.2	79.1	79	79.1
Total	661,546	460,320	435,188	286,631	263,437	263,976	265,369	265,658	263,480	258,359

Officer
Female	4,667	8,493	13,331	11,819	12,363	13,932	14,325	14,671	15,040	15,468
%	4	9	13	17	19	22	22	23	23	24
Male	125,136	89,156	86,714	57,204	53,838	49,970	49,920	50,202	49,901	49,700
%	94.6	91.3	86.7	82.9	81.3	78.2	77.7	77.4	76.8	76.3
Total	129,803	97,649	100,045	69,023	66,201	63,902	64,245	64,873	64,941	65,168
Grand Total	795,493	562,380	539,603	359,929	334,196	332,101	333,790	334,634	332,424	327,577

ACTIVE DUTY AIR & SPACE PERSONNEL END STRENGTH: 1907-TODAY

(As of Sept. 30, 2023)

YEAR	NUMBER	YEAR	NUMBER	YEAR	NUMBER	YEAR	NUMBER
1907	3	1936	17,233	1965	824,662	1994	426,327
1908	13	1937	19,147	1966	887,353	1995	400,409
1909	27	1938	21,089	1967	897,494	1996	389,001
1910	11	1939	23,455	1968	904,850	1997	377,385
1911	23	1940	51,165	1969	862,353	1998	367,470
1912	51	1941	152,125	1970	791,349	1999	360,590
1913	114	1942	764,415	1971	755,300	2000	355,654
1914	122	1943	2,197,114	1972	725,838	2001	353,571
1915	208	1944	2,372,292	1973	691,182	2002	368,251
1916	311	1945	2,282,259	1974	643,970	2003	375,062
1917	1,218	1946	455,515	1975	612,751	2004	376,616
1918	195,023	1947	305,827	1976	585,416	2005	353,696
1919	25,603	1948	387,730	1977	570,695	2006	348,953
1920	9,050	1949	419,347	1978	569,712	2007	333,495
1921	11,649	1950	411,277	1979	559,455	2008	327,379
1922	9,642	1951	788,381	1980	557,969	2009	333,408
1923	9,441	1952	983,261	1981	570,302	2010	334,196
1924	10,547	1953	977,593	1982	582,845	2011	333,370
1925	9,670	1954	947,918	1983	592,044	2012	332,918
1926	9,674	1955	959,946	1984	597,125	2013	330,694
1927	10,078	1956	909,958	1985	601,515	2014	316,332
1928	10,549	1957	919,835	1986	608,199	2015	311,357
1929	12 ,131	1958	871,156	1987	607,035	2016	317,883
1930	13,531	1959	840,435	1988	576,446	2017	322,787
1931	14,780	1960	814,752	1989	570,880	2018	329,880
1932	15,028	1961	821,151	1990	535,233	2019	332,101
1933	15,099	1962	884,025	1991	510,432	2020	329,797
1934	15,861	1963	869,431	1992	470,315	2021	334,634
1935	16,247	1964	856,798	1993	444,351	2022	332,424
						2023	333,944
						2024*	334,100
						2025*	329,800

ACTIVE DUTY BY REGION, 1970-2023

(As of Sept. 30, 2023)

	1980	1990	2000	2010	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023**
US and Territories	445,886	418,027	291,260	277,123	276,090	277,818	303,007	277,184	279,004
Europe	76,788	69,296	32,901	30,963	27,649	27,762	29,896	28,548	28,954
East Asia, Pacific	32,263	33,558	22,030	12,649	20,698	20,644	22,053	21,105	20,966
Africa, Mideast, S. Asia	674	376	8,972	891	2,076	2,032	2,162	2,093	2,087
Western Hemisphere	2,211	2,356	345	339	440	436	454	389	459
Other	147	11,620	146	12,231	1,096	1,105	1,183	1,097	1,109
Total*	557,969	535,233	355,654	334,196	328,049	329,797	358,755	330,416	332,579

DAF ENLISTED TOTAL FORCE BY AIR FORCE SPECIALTY CODE (AFSC)

(As of Sept. 30, 2023)

AFSC		Total
1A3	In-Flight Refueling Spc	1,517
1A1	Flight Eng	2,566
1A2	Aircraft Ldm	3,341
1A3	Airborne Mission Sys Spc	1,787
1A6	Flight Attendant	300
1A8	Airborne ISR	2,102
1A9	Spc Mission Aviator	1,055
1B0	Cyber Warfare Operations Supt	31
1B4	CW Ops	1,659
1C0	Aviation Rsc Mgmt	3,047
1C1	Air Traffic Control	2,994
1C3	C2 Ops	2,799
1C5	C2 Battle Mgmt Ops	2,431
1C6	Space Sys Ops	711
1C7	Airfield Mgmt	1,251
1C8	Radar, Airfield, and Weather Sys	1,757
1D7	Defensive Cyber Ops	31,392
1H0	Aerosapce Physiology	234
1N0	Intelligence	6,915
1N1	Imagery Analysis	3,469
1N2	Sigint	2,231
1N3	Cryptologic Language Analyst	3,212
1N4	Network Intel Analysis	4,313
1N7	Humint Spc	165
1N8	Targeting Analyst	858
1P0	Aircrew Flight Equip	4,042
1S0	Safety	722
1T0	SERE Specialist	796
1U0	RPA Sensor Operator Manager	2,229
1U1	RPA Pilot Manager	200
1W0	Weather	3,087
1Z1	Pararescue	938
1Z2	Combat Control	622
1Z3	TACP	1,952
1Z4	Special Recon	126
2A0	Avionics	1,516
2A2	SOF/PR Integrated Comm/Nav/Mission Sys	394
2A3	Fighter/RPA Maint	19,578
2A5	Airlift/Special Mission Aircraft Maint	20,629
2A6	Aircraft Sys	26,637
2A7	Aircraft Metals Technology	8,923
2A8	Mobility AF Integrated Comms/Nav/Mission Sys	518
2A9	Bomber/Spc Integrated Comms/Nav/Mission Sys	7,606
2F0	Fuels	4,508
2G0	Logistics Plans	1,540
2M0	Missile and Space Sys Maint	1,617
2P0	Precision Measurement Equipment Lab	792
2R0	Maintenance	1,015
2R1	Maint Prod Mgmt	1,123
2R2	Maint Mgmt	404
2S0	Materiel Mgmt	9,492
2T0	Traffic Mgmt	2,676
2T1	Ground Trans	3,077
2T2	Air Trans	10,791
2T3	Vehicle Mgmt	5,179
2W0	Munitions Maint	9,309
2W1	Aircraft Armament Sys	9,511
2W2	Nuclear Weapons	687
3D0	Cyberspace Ops	1
3E0	Civil Engineer	4,915
3E1	Heating	2,388
3E2	Pavements and Construction Equip	3,180
3E3	Structural	2,664
3E4	Water and Fuel Systems	2,617
3E5	Engineering	1,580
3E6	Ops Mgmt	1,177
3E7	Fire Protection	5,447
3E8	Explosive Ordnance Disposal	1,944
3E9	Emergency Mgmt	1,659
3F0	Personnel	9,250
3F1	Services	7,228
3F2	Education and Training	2,663
3F3	Manpower	439
3F4	Equal Opportunity	374
3F5	Administration Manager	6,072
3H0	Historian	8
3N0	Public Affairs	1,867
3N1	Regional Band	472
3N2	Premier Band – The USAF Band	173
3N3	USAF Academy Band	50
3P0	Security Forces	36,341
4A0	Health Services Mgmt	3,944
4A1	Medical Materiel	1,465
4A2	Biomedical Equip	686
4B0	Bioenvironmental Eng	1,238
4C0	Mental Health Svc	983
4D0	Diet Therapy	220
4E0	Public Health	1,352
4H0	Cardiopulmonary Lab	492
4J0	Physical Medicine	295
4N0	Aerospace Medical Svc	11,308
4N1	Surgical Technologist	636
4P0	Pharmacy	699
4R0	Diagnostic Imaging	782
4T0	Medical Lab	1,083
4V0	Optometry	332
4Y0	Dental	2,797
5C0	Cyber Ops (USSF)	1
5J0	Paralegal	1,277
5R0	Religious Affairs	985
5S0	Space Sys Ops (USSF)	2
6C0	Contracting	1,753
6F0	Financial Mgmt and Comptroller	3,526
7S0	Special Investigations	1,219
8A2	Enlisted Aide	67
8A3	Protocol	59
8A4	Talent Mgmt Consultant	175
8B0	Military Training Instructor	675
8B1	Military Training Leader	483
8B2	Academy Military Training NCO	118
8B3	AFROTC Training Instructor	88
8C0	Amn and Family Readiness Center NCO	193
8F0	First Sergeant	2,556
8G0	Premier Honor Guard	269
8G1	USAF Installation Honor Guard Prgm Mgr	73
8H0	Amn Dorm Leader	302
8I0	Superintendent	260
8I1	Inspections Coordinator	322
8I2	Complaints Resolution Coordinator	11
8K0	Software Development Specialist	1
8L5	Air Advisor Advanced	1
8L7	Combat Aviation Advisor	25
8P0	Courier	78
8P1	Defense Attache	121
8R0	Enlisted Accessions Recruiter	1,806
8R2	Second-Tier Recruiter	967
8R3	Third-Tier Recruiter	500
8S0	Missile Facility Mgr	196
8T0	PME Instructor	610
8T1	Enl PME Instructional Sys Designer	32
8T2	Airman Development Advisor	87
8U0	Unit Deployment Mgr	232
8U1	WMD Civil Support Team	10
9A0	Enl Amn, Disqualified for Reasons Beyond Ctrl	112
9A1	Enl Amn, Disqualified for Reasons Within Ctrl	66
9A2	Enl Airman Awaiting Discharge, Separation, or Ret for Reasons Within Ctrl	62
9A3	Enl Awaiting Dis, Sep, or Ret for Reasons Beyond Ctrl	58
9A5	Enl Amn Temp Ineligible for Retraining, Disqualified for Reasons Beyond Ctrl	82
9B0	Sr Enl Adv to Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff	1
9C0	Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force	1
9C1	Executive Asst to the CMSO	1
9D1	AF Developmental Senior Enlisted Positions	17
9D2	Key Developmental Senior Enlisted Positions	22
9E0	Command Chief Master Sergeant	384
9E1	Command Chief Executive Assistant	18
9E2	Individual Mobilization Augmentee to CCMS	11
9G1	Group Senior Enl Leader	783
9H0	Academic Faculty Inst	11
9I0	Futures Airman	9
9J0	Prisoner	10
9L0	Interpreter/Translator	77
9L1	Enl Engagement Mgr/Int’l Affairs	5
9M0	MEPCOM Sr Enl Advisor	1
9M2	Intl Health Spc	3
9M4	Chief, Medical Enl Force	14
9Q0	Reserve Force Generation and Oversight NCO	16
9R0	Civil Air Patrol Assistance NCO	1
9S1	Scientific Applications Spc	504
9T0	Basic Enl Amn	4,750
9T1	Officer Trainee	503
9T2	Pre-Cadet Assigned	310
9T4	AF Institute of Tech or Ed With Industry Enl Students	4
9T5	Basic Special Warfare Enlisted Airman	190
9V0	Key Developmental Joint Enlisted Position	8
9V1	Exec Asst to the Sr Enl Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff	2
9W3	Non-Combat Wounded Warrior	1
9Z0	Special Warfare Mission Support on HAF Staff	2
9Z2	Special Warfare Mission Support Supt	5

DAF OFFICER TOTAL FORCE BY AIR FORCE SPECIALTY CODE (AFSC)

(As of Sept. 30, 2023)

AFSC		Total
10C	Ops Cmdr	588
11B	Bomber Pilot	611
11E	Experimental Test Pilot	164
11F	Fighter Pilot	3,719
11G	Generalist Pilot	411
11H	Helicopter Pilot	957
11K	Trainer Pilot	1,565
11M	Mobility Pilot	7,932
11R	Recon/Surveillance/EW Pilot	804
11S	Spc Ops Pilot	1,507
11U	RPA Pilot	230
12B	Bomber Combat Systems Officer (CSO)	632
12E	Experimental Test CSO	29
12F	Fighter CSO	419
12G	Generalist CSO	125
12H	Rescue CSO	104
12K	Trainer CSO	167
12M	Mobility CSO	413
12R	Recon/Surveillance/EW CSO	874
12S	Spc Ops CSO	675
12U	RPA	127
13A	Astronaut	3
13B	Air Battle Mgr	1,829
13H	Aerospace Physiologist	85
13M	Airfield Ops	297
13N	Nuclear and Missile Ops	1,235
13O	Multi-Domain Warfare Officer	17
13S	Space Ops	465
14F	Info Ops	163
14N	Intelligence	5,178
15A	Operations Research Analyst	470
15W	Weather and Environmental Svcs	523
16F	Regional Affairs Strategist	431
16G	AF Ops Staff Officer	840
16K	Software Development Officer	9
16P	Political-Military Affairs Strategist	274
16R	Planning and Programming	758
17C	Cyberspace Warfare Ops Cmdr	20
17D	Warfighter Comms Ops	2,905
17S	Cyberspace Effects Ops	1,244
18A	Attack RPA Pilot	2,006
18E	Experimental Test RPA Pilot	13
18G	Generalist RPA Pilot	75
18R	Recon RPA Pilot	560
18S	Special Ops RPA Pilot	421
19Z	Special Warfare	753
20C	Logistics Cmdr	369
21A	Aircraft Maint	2,019
21M	Munitions and Missile Maint	317
21R	Logistics Readiness	2,173
30C	Support Cmdr	474
31P	Security Forces	939
32E	Civil Eng	1,903
35B	Band	22
35P	Public Affairs	625
38F	Force Support Officer	2,151
40C	Medical Cmdr	226
41A	Health Services Admin	1,725
42B	Physical Therapist	220
42E	Optometrist	256
42F	Podiatric Surgeon	16
42G	Physician Asst	804
42N	Audiology/Speech Pathologist	31
42P	Clinical Psychologist	303
42S	Clinical Social Worker	280
42T	Occupational Therapist	22
43B	Biomedical Scientist	115
43D	Dietitian	41
43E	Bioenvironmental Eng	382
43H	Public Health Officer	267
43P	Pharmacist	293
43T	Biomedical Lab	146
44A	Chief, Hospital/Clinic Svcs	76
44B	Preventive Medicine	28
44D	Pathologist	73
44E	ER Services Physician	382
44F	Family Physician	544
44G	General Practice Physician	111
44J	Clinical Geneticist	2
44K	Pediatrician	307
44M	Internist	494
44N	Neurologist	50
44O	Physician	69
44P	Psychiatrist	177
44R	Diagnostic Radiologist	168
44S	Dermatologist	38
44T	Radiotherapist	5
44U	Occupational Medicine	15
44Y	Critical Care Medicine	72
44Z	Allergist	22
45A	Anesthesiologist	207
45B	Orthopedic Surgeon	112
45E	Ophthalmologist	46
45G	Obstetrician and Gynecologist	167
45N	Otorhinolaryngologist	50
45S	Surgeon	318
45U	Urologist	30
46A	Nursing Admin	228
46F	Flight Nurse	974
46N	Clinical Nurse	3,041
46P	Mental Health Nurse	70
46S	Operating Room Nurse	187
46Y	Adv Practice RN	672
47B	Orthodontist	28
47D	Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist	3
47E	Endodontist	32
47G	Dentist	951
47H	Periodontist	45
47K	Pediatric Dentist	17
47P	Prosthodontist	51
47S	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon	55
48A	Aerospace Medicine Physician Spc	144
48G	General Med Officer, Flight Surgeon	131
48O	Aeromedical Physician	1
48R	Residency Trained Flight Surgeon	809
48V	Pilot-Physician	1
51J	Judge Advocate	2,253
52R	Chaplain	1,174
60C	Sr Materiel Leader-Upper Echelon	15
61C	Chemist/Nuclear Chemist	63
61D	Physicist/Nuclear Eng	170
62E	Development Eng	1,821
62S	Materiel Leader	6
63A	Acquisition Mgr	2,061
63G	Sr Materiel Leader-Lower Echelon	56
63S	Materiel Leader	135
64P	Contracting	897
65F	Financial Mgmt	810
65W	Cost Analysis	59
71S	Spc Investigations	463
80C	Cmdr, Cadet Squadron, USAF Academy	45
81C	Instructor, Officer Training School	56
81D	ROTC Detachment Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies	150
81L	Education and Training Leader	22
81T	Instructor	888
82A	Academic Program Mgr	61
83R	Recruiting Svc	191
84H	Historian	15
85G	USAF Honor Guard	5
86M	Ops Mgmt	250
86P	C2	72
87G	Wing IG	259
87I	Director, Wing Inspections	145
87Q	Director, Complaints Resolution	114
88A	Aide-de-camp	43
88B	Protocol Officer	21
88C	Sexual Assault Response Coordinator	27
88I	Innovation Officer	1
89G	Combat Aviation Advisor	14
89W	WMD Civil Support Team	1
90G	General Officer	573
91C	Cmdr	156
91W	Wing Cmdr	461
92F	Foreign Area Officer Trainee	38
92J	Non-Designated Lawyer	5
92M	Health Prof Scholarship Prgm Med Student	248
92P	Physician Assistant Student	9
92R	Chaplain Candidate	100
92S	Student Officer Authorization	1,895
92T	Pilot Trainee	2,631
93P	Patient	9
95A	Non-Extended Active Duty USAFR Academy Liaison Officer or CAP Reserve Asst Prgm Officer	14
96A	Disq. Officer, Reasons Beyond Control	3
96B	Disq Officer, Reasons Within Control	5
96D	Officer N/A for Use in Awarded AFSC for Cause	15
97E	Executive Officer	795
99A	Unspecified AFSC	2
99G	Gold Bar Diversity Recruiter	3

DAF ACTIVE DUTY BY COMMAND

(As of Sept. 30, 2023)

USAF MAJOR COMMANDS	USAF	USSF	Total
Air Combat Command	77,077	116	77,193
Air Education and Training Command	54,973	434	55,047
Air Force Global Strike Command	27,036	14	27,050
Air Force Materiel Command	17,333	64	17,397
Air Force Special Operations Command	15,485	10	15,495
Air Mobility Command	40,480	13	40,493
Pacific Air Forces	30,363	10	30,373
U.S. Air Forces Europe-Air Forces Africa	23,898	12	23,910
TOTAL	286,645	673	286,958
FIELD OPERATING AGENCIES	USAF	USSF	Total
Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation	7	0	7
Air Force Audit Agency	0	0	0
Air Force Cost Analysis Agency	12	0	12
Air Force Flight Standards Agency	109	0	109
Air Force Historical Research Agency	0	0	0
Air Force Inspection Agency	80	0	80
Air Force Legal Operations Agency	532	2	534
Air Force Manpower Analysis Agency	154	0	154
Air Force Medical Readiness Agency	216	0	216
Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations	24	0	24
Air Force Office of Special Investigations	159	0	159
Air Force Operations Group	43	0	43
Air Force Personnel Center	642	0	642
Air Force Public Affairs Agency	46	0	46
Air Force Review Boards Agency	26	0	26
Air Force Safety Center	46	0	46
Air National Guard Readiness Center	39	0	39
DOD Cyber Crime Center	4	0	4
National Air and Space Intelligence Center*	697	0	697
TOTAL	2,836	2	2,838
DIRECT REPORTING UNITS	USAF	USSF	Total
Air Force District of Washington	105	1	106
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center	297	2	299
Air Force Reserve Command	50	0	50
U.S. Air Force Academy	225	14	239
TOTAL	677	17	694
OTHER	25,123	8,249	33,372
TOTAL ACTIVE DUTY	315,281	8,941	323,862

Active Duty by Base, 2023 vs. 2013

(As of Sept. 30, 2023)

BASE	2013 Total	2023 Total	USAF 2023	USSF 2023	%CHANGE
JB San Antonio-Lackland, Texas	11,588	14,099	13,929	170	22
Ramstein AB, Germany	9,580	9,520	9,480	40	-1
Hurlburt Field, Fla.	8,990	8,440	8,428	12	-6
JB Langley-Eustis, Va.	8,161	7,911	7,909	2	-3
Nellis AFB, Nev.	10,181	7,525	7,495	30	-26.1
Shaw AFB, S.C.	6,134	7,049	7,045	4	15
Travis AFB, Calif.	6,736	6,661	6,660	1	-1
Kadena AB, Japan	6,563	6,301	6,300	1	-4
Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.	6,561	5,968	5,960	8	-9
Offutt AFB, Neb.	5,401	5,935	5,925	10	9.9
Eglin AFB, Fla.	5,416	5,884	5,814	70	8.6
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio	5,953	5,741	5,492	249	-3.6
JB Andrews, Md.	6,333	5,723	5,722	1	-9.6
Scott AFB, Ill.	5,040	5,679	5,674	5	12.7
JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii	5,324	5,576	5,514	62	4.7
Osan AB, South Korea	5,485	5,479	5,409	70	-0.1
JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska	5,612	5,427	5,427	0	-3.3
Minot AFB, N.D.	5,528	5,390	5,390	0	-2.5
Cannon AFB, N.M.	4,871	5,259	5,257	2	8
Sheppard AFB, Texas	4,941	5,140	5,140	0	4
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.	4,957	5,095	5,095	0	2.8
RAF Lakenheath, U.K.	4,524	5,059	5,059	0	11.8
Barksdale AFB, La.	5,662	4,998	4,997	1	-11.7
Holloman AFB, N.M.	4,003	4,880	4,878	2	21.9
Aviano AB, Italy	3,810	4,616	4,615	1	21.2
Dyess AFB, Texas	4,739	4,518	4,516	2	-4.7
Tinker AFB, Okla.	4,938	4,508	4,503	5	-8.7
Moody AFB, Ga.	4,741	4,426	4,425	1	-6.6
Keesler AFB, Miss.	4,685	4,313	4,188	125	-7.9
Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.	4,647	4,300	4,299	1	-7.5
RAF Mildenhall, U.K.	4,255	4,275	4,275	0	0.5
Luke AFB, Ariz.	3,756	4,256	4,255	1	13.3
Hill AFB, Utah	3,742	4,182	4,179	3	11.8
Spangdahlem AB, Germany	4,350	3,997	3,997	0	-8.1
Peterson SFB, Colo. [1]	3,852	3,879	2,444	1,435	0.7
Whiteman AFB, Mo.	4,024	3,829	3,828	1	-4.8
MacDill AFB, Fla.	3,698	3,619	3,587	32	-2.1
Goodfellow AFB, Texas	3,890	3,507	3,374	133	-9.8
JB Charleston, S.C.	3,853	3,453	3,452	1	-10.4
Little Rock AFB, Ark.	5,375	3,439	3,438	1	-36
Fairchild AFB, Wash.	2,912	3,433	3,433	0	17.9
Yokota AB, Japan	2,938	3,431	3,422	9	16.8
Fort Meade, Md.	2,616	3,407	3,247	160	30.2
Mountain Home AFB, Idaho	3,522	3,321	3,321	0	-5.7
Dover AFB, Del.	3,554	3,317	3,316	1	-6.7
Beale AFB, Calif.	4,862	3,252	3,206	46	-33.1
Ellsworth AFB, S.D.	3,333	3,200	3,196	4	-4
Malmstrom AFB, Mont.	3,340	3,200	3,185	15	-4.2
Kirtland AFB, N.M.	3,300	3,189	3,014	175	-3.4
Creech AFB [2]	n/a	3,162	3,162	0	n/a
Eielson AFB, Alaska	1,897	3,124	3,123	1	64.7
JB Lewis-McChord, Wash.	3,673	3,093	3,093	0	-15.8
Pentagon, Va.	4,163	3,067	2,628	439	-26.3
F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.	3,197	3,012	3,012	0	-5.8
JB San Antonio-Randolph, Texas	2,546	2,859	2,832	27	12.3
McConnell AFB, Kan.	3,121	2,834	2,833	1	-9.2
Misawa AB, Japan	2,827	2,832	2,816	16	0.2
Bolling AFB, D.C.	2,370	2,777	2,705	72	17.2
Robins AFB, Ga.	3,781	2,757	2,756	1	-27.1
Edwards AFB, Calif.	2,648	2,656	2,638	18	0.3
Vandenberg SFB, Calif.	2,821	2,465	1,630	835	-12.6
Tyndall AFB, Fla.	3,023	2,453	2,452	1	-18.9
Maxwell AFB, Ala.	2,927	2,417	2,347	70	-17.4
Kunsan AB, South Korea	2,380	2,395	2,395	0	0.6
Pope Field, N.C.	2,712	2,350	2,350	0	-13.3
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.	2,129	2,214	2,146	68	4
Schriever SFB, Colo.	1,603	2,194	487	1,707	36.9
Andersen AFB, Guam	2,023	2,190	2,190	0	8.3
Buckley SFB, Colo.	1,563	1,835	1,085	750	17.4
*Patrick SFB, Fla. [1]	1,736	1,804	1,641	163	3.9
MCB Quantico, Va.	1,569	1,682	1,678	4	7.2
Grand Forks AFB, N.D.	1,704	1,631	1,631	0	-4.3
Incirlik AB, Turkey	1,339	1,580	1,580	0	18
JB San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas	1,231	1,553	1,553	0	26.2
Hanscom AFB, Mass.	1,519	1,451	1,442	9	-4.5
Columbus AFB, Miss.	1,521	1,422	1,422	0	-6.5
Laughlin AFB, Texas	1,431	1,288	1,288	0	-10
Altus AFB, Okla.	1,367	1,265	1,265	0	-7.5
Vance AFB, Okla.	1,284	1,219	1,218	1	-5.1
Los Angeles AFB, Calif.	1,359	1,205	552	653	-11.3
USAG Stuttgart, Germany	1,188	826	820	6	-30.5

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