Air Mobility Command
| Air Mobility Command | |
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Shield of Air Mobility Command | |
| Active | 29 May 1941 – present (84 years) Detailed
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| Country | United States |
| Branch | + United States Air Force (18 September 1947 – Present)
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| 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 |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Gen John Lamontagne |
| Deputy Commander | Lt Gen Rebecca Sonkiss |
| 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-46A |
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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, near Mascoutah, Illinois.
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. In 2016, the Air Force Historical Research Agency consolidated the histories of AMC and MAC, extending AMC's lineage back to 1941.