Lockheed: F-35A order count includes F-15C/Ds & F-15Es

I assume all the strike wings are F-35. This would mean\nreplacement of all F-16s, A-10s and F-15Es with F-35. As of now, it is\nreasonable to assume all the A-10s and F-15Es would reach their life during the\nUSAF buy of F-35s (~ 2035) with no other tactical strike platform to replace\ntheir full capability other than F-35.

 

For air superiority, I'm assuming 2 wings of F-22s and the\nremaining 4 are F-35s. (In reality, there are only 1 2/3 wing equivalents\nF-22s.)

 

This leads to 14-15 wings of F-35s. The table below uses\nhistoric USAF bottoms-up approach for force structure requirements. As you can\nsee, with 15 wings, the requirement is over 1,700 F-35s. This is certainly in\nthe noise of 1,763 when we are talking about aircraft procured 25 years from\nnow.