{"id":561767,"date":"2026-10-02T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/us-air-force-fighter-fleet-2030\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T18:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:00:15","slug":"what-the-us-air-forces-fighter-jet-fleet-will-actually-look-like-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=561767","title":{"rendered":"What The US Air Force’s Fighter Jet Fleet Will Actually Look Like By 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States Air Force<\/a><\/span> (USAF) has the largest and most powerful fleet of modern fighter jets in the world. At the same time, the fleet is gradually shrinking and aging<\/a><\/span>. The fleet is expected to grow in the 2030s as older aircraft are retired, and more F-35As and F-15EXs arrive. Around that time, Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs) are expected to enter service, and they could permanently change the structure of the Air Force’s fighter jet fleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By 2030, the A-10 may be gone, the F-35 will be the most common fighter, and next-gen F-47s and CCAs will be entering service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,748,412,240,20969,423,1328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-f-35","category-military","category-north-america","category-sf-insight","category-united-states","category-united-states-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t