Military Air Transport Service
The Military Air Transport Service (MATS) is an inactive Department of Defense Unified Command. Activated on 1 June 1948, MATS was a consolidation of the United States Navy's Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) and the United States Air Force's Air Transport Command (ATC) into a single joint command. It was inactivated and discontinued on 8 January 1966, superseded by the Air Force's Military Airlift Command (MAC) as a separate strategic airlift command, and it returned shore-based Navy cargo aircraft to Navy control as operational support airlift (OSA) aircraft.
| Military Air Transport Service | |
|---|---|
Military Air Transport Service emblem | |
| Active | 1948–1966 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | Department of Defense Unified Command |
| Type | Major Command |
| Role | Strategic Airlift |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Transport | C-141A Starlifter C-130 Hercules C-135 Stratolifter] C-133 Cargomaster C-124 Globemaster C-121 Super Constellation C-54 Skymaster C-47 Skytrain RC-130 Hercules |
In 1966, the World War II Air Transport Command (ATC) (1942–1948) and the Military Air Transport Service were consolidated with Military Airlift Command (MAC) (1966–1992).
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