Summary of U.S. Military Force Structure statistics


Item	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD)STRATEGIC FORCES ¹

Land-based ICBM's:
Minuteman II (warhead each) plus
Minuteman III (warheads each)	737	625	535	530	530	500	500	500	500
Peacekeeper (10 warheads each)	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	34

Heavy bombers (PAI) ²:
B-52	84	64	74	56	56	56	56	56	56
B-1 ³	84	84	60	60	60	70	74	80	82
B-2	0	3	6	9	10	12	13	16	16

Submarine-Launched ballistic missiles ⁴
Poseidon (C-3) and Trident C-4 missiles
on pre-Ohio-class submarines	96	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poseidon (C-4) and Trident C-5 missiles
on pre-Ohio-class submarines	312	336	360	384	408	432	432	432	432

DOD AIRLIFT AND SEALIFT FORCES

Intertheatrer Airlft (PMAI) ⁵:
C-5	109	107	104	104	104	104	104	104	104
C-141	214	214	199	187	163	143	136	104	88
KC-10 ⁶	57	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54
C-17	2	9	17	22	24	30	37	46	58

Intratheatrer Airlift (PMAI) ⁵:
C-130 ⁷	380	424	428	432	430	425	425	425	425

Sealift ships (Active) ⁸:
Tankers	20	18	18	12	13	10	10	10	10
Cargo	40	51	51	49	48	43	49	52	57

Sealift ships, reserve:
RRF ⁹	97	93	77	82	87	88	87	87	69

SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES

Army:
Special forces groups, (Active)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Special forces groups, (National Guard)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Special forces groups, (Reserve)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Psychological operations groups (Active)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Special operations aviation regiments	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Ranger regiments	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil affairs battalions (Active)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil affairs brigades (Active)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Civil affairs commands	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4

Aif Force:
Special operations wings/groups:
Active	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
National Guard	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Special operations wing (Reserve)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Special tactics groups	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Naval:
Special boat squadrons	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

1 Force levels shown are for the ends of the fiscal years in question. Inventory levels force levels for FY 2000 and FY 2001 will depend on future decisions.
2 Number of operational missiles. Not in maintenance or overhaul status.
3 PAI=Primary aircraft inventory. PAI excludes backup and attrition reserve aircrafts as well as aircraft in depot maintenance. Total inventory counts will be higher than the PAI figures given here.
4 B-1 are accountable under START I but will not be accountable under START II.
5 PMAI = Primary missionaircraft inventory for active and reserve components. The numbers shown reflect only combat support and industrial funded PMAI aircraft and not developments/test or training aircraft.
6 Includes 37 KC-10s allocated to an air lift code.
7 Does not include Department of the Navy aircraft.
8 Includes fast sea lift (FSS), afloat prepositioning, and common-user (charter) ships, plus (through FY 1998) aviation support ships. For FY 1999 on, includes LMSR and and ready reserve force (RRF) ships tendered to the Military sealift command (MSC). FSS and LMSR vessels are maintained in a reserve, four-day ready status.

Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Annual Report to the President and the Congress. http://www.dtic.mil/execsec/adr2000/

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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