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Looking Ahead: The US Air Force’s Planned Shopping List For 2025

The US Air Force is planning to purchase around 120 aircraft in 2025 with many being F-15 and F-35 fighter jets.

While the F-22 Raptor may be the most advanced air superiority fighter, the Air Force wants to retire 32 in 2025.

Perhaps four carriers have been modified to operate F-35C leaving seven more to be modified or to be retired without modifications.

The US Navy is arguably the second-most powerful in the world – although it is built for a particular mission set.

An individual NGAD fighter is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars dwarfing the cost of an F-35.

The C-17 Globemaster III is claimed by the Air Force to be its most flexible heavy transport aircraft and is key to projecting power.

When it comes to the Presidential Boeing 747-200B (and their replacement 747-8I) jets there is more than meets the eye.

This extraordinary unit had a top-secret mission.

Aircraft are expensive to maintain with many billions coming out of the budget to maintain the Air Force’s and Navy’s fleets.

Russia has lost a lot of fighter jets during the conflict with Ukraine, including some types that have been operated by the Russian Navy.