Air Mobility Command

Air Mobility Command provides unrivaled airlift, air refueling, aeromedical evacuation, global air mobility support and Global Mobility Mission Command to project, connect, maneuver and sustain the Joint Force to achieve national objectives. We have approximately Total Force personnel. The command operates the C-5 Galaxy, KC-10 Extender, C-17 Globemaster C-130 Hercules, C-130J Super Hercules, KC-46 Pegasus, KC-135 Stratotanker, VC-25 (Air Force One), C-20, C-21, C-32, C-37, and the C-40. AMC includes the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, 18th Air Force and the 618th Air Operations Center. The command operates 10 installations and has two regional bands, the USAF Band of Mid-America and USAF Band of the Golden West. Air Mobility Command was activated June 1, 1992, with headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and is one of 11 major Air Force commands. As the air component of the U.S. Transportation Command, AMC is comprised of a Total Force effort to execute Rapid Global Mobility and enable Global Reach –the ability to respond anywhere in the world in a matter of hours. This is accomplished through AMC’s four core mission areas – Airlift, Air Refueling, Air Mobility Support and Aeromedical Evacuation.