SAC Aircraft Numbers

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Courtesy of Ted Bayliss, the tables below show the official strength of SAC by aircraft type through its' history.

	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960
Bombardment
B-29	148	319	486	390	286	340	417	110
B-50			35	99	196	219	224	138	78
B-36			35	36	38	98	154	185	209	205	247	127	22
B-47						12	62	329	795	1086	1367	1285	1367	1366	1178
B-52										18	97	243	380	488	538
B-58															19

Tanker
KB-29				67	126	187	179	143	91	82	74
KC-97 SAC						21	139	359	592	679	750	742	780	745	689
KC-135 SAC												24	182	322	405

Fighters
P/F-47	17	11
P/F-51	85	230	229	97
P/F-80	2	126	112
P/F-82		1	81	81	75
F-84			47	3	75	170	230	235	411	568	506	181
F-86				82	80

	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975
Bombardment
B-47	889	880	613	391	114
B-52	571	639	636	626	600	591	588	579	505	459	412	402	422	422	420
B-58	66	76	86	94	93	83	81	76	41
FB-111									3	42	66	60	71	72	69

Tanker
KC-97 SAC	651	503	306	190
KC-97 ANG															73
KC-135 SAC	444	515	589	654	642	636	641	632	629	630	622	616	641	643	625
KC-135 ANG AFRES															17

PACCS
EB-47L		5	26	22
EC-135			15	25	23	26	17	20	18	28	26	27	29	28	28
E-4															3

	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Bombardment
B-52	419	417	344	343	343	344	300	262	262	261	233	260	258	248	222	178
FB-111	68	66	65	63	62	62	61	60	60	51	60	59	58	30
B-1											2	76	94	94	94	94

Tanker
KC-97 ANG	27	26
KC-135 SAC	584	547	512	514	517	517	514	515	515	506	506	493	490	487	471	452
KC-135 ANG AFRES	59	93	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	124	134	134	134	147	165
KC-10						6	20	28	28	39	50	57	58	58	59	39

PACCS
EC-135	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	25
E-4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3