Air Mobility Command

Air Mobility Command
Air Mobility Command
	Shield of Air Mobility Command
Active	29 May 1941 – present; (82 years, 8 months); Detailed 1 June 1992 – present (as Air Mobility Command); 1 January 1966 – 1 June 1992 (as Military Airlift Command) ; 1 June 1948 – 1 January 1966 (as Military Air Transport Service) ; 1 July 1942 – 1 June 1948 (Air Transport Command) ; 9 March 1942 – 1 July 1942 (as Army Air Forces Ferrying Command) ; 29 May 1941 – 9 March 1942 (as Air Corps Ferrying Command) ;
Country	United States
Branch	+ United States Air Force (18 September 1947 – Present) United States Army ( Army Air Forces (8 March 1942 – 18 September 1947); Army Air Corps (29 March 1941 – 9 March 1942);
Type	Major Command
Role	"AMC's mission is to provide air mobility: Right Effects, Right Place, Right Time."
Size	48,594 airmen; 430 aircraft
Part of	U.S. Transportation Command
Headquarters	Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, U.S.
Nickname(s)	"reach" (callsign used)
Motto(s)	"We answer the call of others... so that they may prevail."
Engagements	; World War II – American Theater; ; Global War on Terrorism
Decorations	; Air Force Organization Excellence Award
Website	www.amc.af.mil
Commanders
Commander	Gen Michael A. Minihan
Deputy Commander	Lt Gen Randall Reed
Command Chief	CMSgt Jamie L. Newman
Aircraft flown
Transport	C-5, C-17A, C-20B/C, C-32A, C-37A, C-37B, C-21, C-40B, C-130H, LC-130H, C-130J, WC-130J, VC-25A
Tanker	KC-135R, KC-10A, KC-46A

The Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the U.S. Air Force. It is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, east of St. Louis, Missouri.

Air Mobility Command was established on 1 June 1992, and was formed from elements of the inactivated Military Airlift Command (MAC) and Strategic Air Command (SAC). AMC melded MAC's worldwide airlift system of primarily C-5 Galaxy, C-141 Starlifter (later replaced by C-17 Globemaster III beginning in 1995), and C-130 Hercules airlift aircraft with SAC's tanker force of KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-10 Extender aerial refueling aircraft, the latter air refueling aircraft having been freed from their strategic nuclear strike commitment to SAC's B-52 Stratofortress and B-1 Lancer bomber fleet by the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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