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The Military Airlift Command (MAC) is an inactive United States Air Force major command (MAJCOM) that was headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.Established on 1 January 1966, MAC was the primary strategic airlift organization of the Air Force until 1974, when Air Force tactical airlift units in the Tactical Air Command (TAC) were merged into MAC to create a unified airlift organization.
C-17 Globemaster III. North Carolina ANG. 158th Airlift Squadron. Savannah/Hilton Head IAP. Savannah Guard Dogs. C-130J Super Hercules. Georgia ANG. 164th Airlift Squadron. Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base.
MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) (IATA: MCF, ICAO: KMCF, FAA LID: MCF) is an active United States Air Force installation located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida. The "host wing" for MacDill AFB is the 6th Air Refueling Wing (6 ARW), assigned to the Eighteenth Air Force of the Air Mobility Command.
Background. Prior to 1991, some refueling wings' full designations also included an additional parenthetical. They included: Air Refueling Wing, Heavy: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender. Air Refueling Wing, Medium: Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter, Boeing KB-29 Superfortress, Boeing KB-50 Superfortress.
29th Military Airlift Squadron. 29th Tactical Airlift Squadron. 30th Airlift Squadron. 31st Airlift Squadron. 32d Tactical Airlift Squadron. 35th Tactical Airlift Squadron. 36th Airlift Squadron. 37th Airlift Squadron. 38th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron.
1946–1957 as major command Air Training Command: 1946–1993 Air University: 1920–1993 Bolling Field Command: 1946-1958 Caribbean Air Command: 1940–1976 Continental Air Command: 1948–1968 Electronic Security Command: 1948–1993 Headquarters Command, USAF: 1946–1976 Military Airlift Command: 1966–1992 Northeast Air Command: 1950–1957
McCoy AFB (1940–1947, 1951–1975) is a former U.S. Air Force installation located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Orlando, Florida. It was a training base during World War II. From 1951 to 1975, it was a frontline Strategic Air Command (SAC) base during the Cold War and Vietnam War. It was Orlando's biggest employer and economic backbone prior ...
AMC's second C-17 wing was established at McChord AFB, Washington, in July 1999. The versatile C-17, America's future core military airlifter, is a key player in the Air Force's post-Cold War strategy of "global reach, global power". The C-17 replaced the C-141 Starlifter fleet inherited from Military Airlift Command (MAC). C-141s were retired ...