Unitit States Air Force
Seal o the Depairtment o the Air Force
Active	18 September 1947 ? present (76 years, 8 months) [1]
Kintra	Unitit States o Americae
Allegiance	Constitution o the Unitit States
Teep	Air force
Size	332,854 active personnel 185,522 ceevilian personnel 71,400 reserve personnel 106,700 air guard personnel $140 billion budget 5,484 aircraft 450 ICBMs 63 satellites [2]
Pairt o	Depairtment o the Air Force
Heidquarters	The Pentagon
Motto(s)	"Aim High ... Fly-Fecht-Win" [3]
Colours	Ultramarine Blue an Air Force Yellae [4]
Mairch	The U.S. Air Force Audio file "The Air Force Song.ogg" nae foond
Engagements	Korean War Vietnam War Iranian Hostage Rescue Invasion o Grenada Bombin o Libie (1986) Invasion o Panama Persian Gulf War Somali Ceevil War Bosnie War Kosovo War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Bombin o Libie (2011)
Wabsteid	http://www.af.mil/
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	Preses Donald Trump
Secretar o Defence	The Honourable James Mattis
Secretar o the Air Force	The Honourable Deborah Lee James
Chief o Staff	Gen David L. Goldfein
Vice Chief o Staff	Gen Stephen W. Wilson
Chief Master Sergeant	CMSAF James A. Cody
Insignia
Unitit States Air Force flag
Unitit States Air Force seembol
USAF "Hap" Arnold Seembol
U.S. Air Force Pipe Band Tartan
Roundel
Aircraft flewn
Attack	A-10 , AC-130
Bomber	B-52H , B-1B , B-2
Electronic warfare	E-3 , E-8 , EC-130
Fechter	F-15C , F-15E , F-16 , F-22
Helicopter	UH-1N , HH-60
Reconnaissance	U-2 , RC-135 , MC-12 Liberty , RQ/MQ-1 , RQ-4 , RQ-170
Trainer	T-6 , T-38 , T-1 , TG-16 , T-53
Transport	C-130 , C-135 , C-5 , C-9 , C-17 , VC-25 , C-32 , C-37 , C-21 , C-12 , C-40 , CV-22
Tanker	KC-10 , KC-135

The United States Air Force ( USAF ) is the aerial warfare service branch o the Unitit States Airmed Forces an ane o the seiven American uniformed services . Initially pairt o the Unitit States Airmy , the USAF wis furmed as a separate branch o the militar on 18 September 1947 unner the Naitional Security Act o 1947 . ^[5] It is the maist recent branch o the U.S. militar tae be furmed, an is the lairgest an ane o the warld's maist technologically advanced air forces. The USAF articulates its core functions as Nuclear Deterrence Operations , Special Operations , Air Superiority , Global Integrated ISR , Space Superiority , Command an Control , Cyberspace Superiority , Personnel Recovery , Global Precision Attack , Biggin Partnerships , Rapid Global Mobility an Agile Combat Support . ^[6]

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