{"id":15188449,"date":"2026-08-22T14:53:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/afa-f-35a-60-fighters-per-year-space-force-budget-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T15:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:50:40","slug":"afa-f-35a-60-fighters-per-year-space-force-budget-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/de\/afa-f-35a-60-fighters-per-year-space-force-budget-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Air Advocates Demand 60 F-35s a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n<p>The U.S. Air Force plans to buy 38 F-35 stealth fighters next year. Its most influential advocacy group says that is nowhere near enough, and that the real number should be at least 60, every single year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In a letter to Congressional leaders this week, the Air &amp; Space Forces Association (AFA) laid out a blunt case: the Air Force fighter fleet is shrinking, the Space Force&rsquo;s record-breaking budget is in jeopardy, and lawmakers are drifting toward a stopgap that could freeze both. It is the kind of Washington fight that rarely makes headlines but quietly shapes what America can put in the sky a decade from now.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px\">Quick Facts: The Fighter Funding Fight<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>WHO:<\/strong> Air &amp; Space Forces Association (AFA)<\/li><li><strong>Ask:<\/strong> Buy F-35As at &ldquo;not less than 60 aircraft per year&rdquo;<\/li><li><strong>FY2027 request:<\/strong> 38 F-35As for the Air Force, up from 24 in FY2026<\/li><li><strong>Experts say:<\/strong> About 72 fighters a year are needed to reverse the fleet&rsquo;s decline<\/li><li><strong>Space Force:<\/strong> A record $71.1 billion request, more than double FY2026<\/li><li><strong>Risk:<\/strong> A likely continuing resolution could freeze it all from Oct. 1<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The math on a shrinking fleet<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The Air Force&rsquo;s 2027 request of 38 F-35As is an improvement on the 24 it asked for in 2026, but it still falls well short of what its own advocates want. Analysts have put the number needed to reverse the fleet&rsquo;s decline at around 72 a year, and Air National Guard leaders have argued the service needs closer to 100 new fighters annually just to keep pace with retirements.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;Fund F-35A production at the maximum executable rate possible ... not less than 60 aircraft per year.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>AFA letter to Congress<\/strong> &mdash; Aug. 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The AFA also wants Congress to grant the Pentagon multiyear procurement authority for the F-35, an arrangement that could lock in lower prices by committing to more jets over several years at once. Across the whole U.S. military, the 2027 plan requests 85 F-35s.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=2049533385  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/f-35a-lightning-ii-pacific-exercise.jpg\" alt=\"F-35A Lightning II\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">An F-35A Lightning II. The Air Force wants 38 next year; its advocates want at least 60. Photo: U.S. Air Force via Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">It is not just jets, it is space<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The letter&rsquo;s other headline is the Space Force. Its $71.1 billion request for 2027 is the most ambitious in the young service&rsquo;s history, more than double its 2026 funding, with roughly $5 billion for missile warning and tracking, $7 billion for airborne targeting satellites and billions more for launches and new operations centers. Almost half of that procurement money was meant to flow through the reconciliation process, which is now deeply uncertain on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;Congress cannot allow the uncertainty of the appropriations and reconciliation process to become a reason to underfund the capabilities and resources our Airmen, Guardians, and military families need. These investments in our Air Force and Space Force are too critical to let slip.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Retired Lt. Gen. Burt Field<\/strong> &mdash; President and CEO of the Air &amp; Space Forces Association<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r2SDbWuIvfQ\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Warum jetzt?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The timing is everything. With the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 and a midterm election looming, the Pentagon is almost certain to open the year under a continuing resolution that freezes spending at 2026 levels and stalls new programs. A separate reconciliation package that was supposed to add $350 billion has been whittled to $60 billion, putting 14 of those 38 F-35As, and big chunks of the Space Force plan, directly at risk.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For the Air Force and Space Force, in other words, the most important battle this autumn is not over any ocean or border. It is over a spending bill, and the AFA is making sure Congress hears about it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, Air &amp; Space Forces Association, Aviation A2Z.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">\u00c4hnliche Beitr\u00e4ge<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/turkey-f35-return-still-frozen-s400-caatsa-2026\/\">Turkey&rsquo;s F-35 Return Is Still Frozen<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/china-j-35-silver-mirror-skin-stealth-2026\/\">China Built a Mirror? The Silver J-35 Explained<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Air Force plans to buy 38 F-35 stealth fighters next year. Its most influential advocacy group says that is nowhere near enough, and that the real number should be at least 60, every single year. 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