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Re:Air Force Designed, Built, and Flew a Brand-New Fighter J... by dredmorbius on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:06PM (#24495424)
USAF has just over 5,600 aircraft in service total, about 5,000 manned, per Wikipedia. There have been about 1,200 F-15s (all variants) built, 555 F-35s, 195 F-22s, and 4,600 F-16s. Not all built aircraft remain in service, nor are all in the US armed forces.

Your count at least seems reasonable.

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