US Air Force Fighter Fleet Plan: 1,509 Jets by 2035, 60% Stealth With F-35A and F-47

The US Air Force's latest fighter force-structure plan targets 1,509 combat-coded aircraft by 2035, with about 60 percent expected to be stealth designs. The proposed composition is approximately 40 percent F-35A, 20 percent F-22 Raptor and future F-47, and 40 percent non-stealth F-15 and F-16 variants. The target exceeds the service's 2026 combat-coded inventory and represents a long-term planning objective rather than aircraft already funded or delivered. Expansion will depend on procurement, retirement schedules, training capacity and the development and production progress of the sixth-generation F-47.