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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.
This article lists the airlift squadrons of the United States Air Force. The purpose of an airlift squadron is to organize and effect the delivery of supplies or personnel, usually via military transport aircraft such as the C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules .
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
Military Airlift Command. Established as Military Air Transport Service on 1 June 1948 and activated; Redesignated Military Airlift Command on 1 January 1966; Designated a specified command on 1 February 1977. Consolidated with Military Air Transport Service on 13 May 1982; Lost specified command status on 1 October 1988 Inactivated on 1 June ...
Headquarters, Military Airlift Command, 1 January 1966; Re-designated: Air Mobility Command, 1 June 1992 – present. 932d Troop Carrier/Military Airlift/Aeromedical Airlift Group/Wing (AFRC), 11 February 1963 – present; 375th Airlift Wing, 12 January 1966 – present; 126th Air Refueling Wing (ANG), 31 July 1999 – present
They created a highly efficient organization to centralize command and control operations that previously resided within numbered air forces and airlift divisions. TACC was redesignated as the 618 TACC on 1 April 2007, and remained under that designation until being renamed the 618 AOC (TACC) on 30 August 2010. [ 4 ]
South of Tacoma, McChord AFB is the home of the 62nd Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the airbase's primary mission being worldwide strategic airlift. The McChord AFB facility was consolidated with the U.S. Army 's Fort Lewis on 1 February 2010 to become part of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord complex. [ 2 ]
On 1 January 1966, MATS was redesignated as the Military Airlift Command (MAC) and on 6 January 1966, the 60th Military Airlift Wing (60 MAW) replaced the 1501st ATW as the host unit. As Travis was an important SAC base, it received anti-aircraft defenses in the 1950s. The 436th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion was active by 1955.