Air Mobility Command

<p>The Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a <a href="/facts/List_of_Major_Commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force/EhIrMeA3">Major Command</a> (MAJCOM) of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">U.S. Air Force</a>. It is headquartered at <a href="/facts/Scott_Air_Force_Base/GbIkDMS9">Scott Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/facts/Illinois/MuPb1Ctn">Illinois</a>, east of <a href="/facts/St._Louis/22beLecX">St. Louis</a>, Missouri, near <a href="/facts/Mascoutah,_Illinois/pfjcu1pQ">Mascoutah, Illinois</a>.
</p><p>Air Mobility Command was established on 1 June 1992 and was formed from elements of the inactivated <a href="/facts/Military_Airlift_Command/BNPaXHXN">Military Airlift Command</a> (MAC) and <a href="/facts/Strategic_Air_Command/Qp0Y5xpB">Strategic Air Command</a> (SAC).  AMC melded MAC's worldwide airlift system of primarily <a href="/facts/C-5_Galaxy/aUB5LBqE">C-5 Galaxy</a>, <a href="/facts/C-141_Starlifter/xf5nKjkY">C-141 Starlifter</a> (later replaced by <a href="/facts/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III/LurFFvap">C-17 Globemaster III</a> beginning in 1995), and <a href="/facts/C-130_Hercules/EVzoWXp9">C-130 Hercules</a> airlift aircraft with SAC's tanker force of <a href="/facts/KC-135_Stratotanker/hRmEJPJv">KC-135 Stratotanker</a> and <a href="/facts/KC-10_Extender/1NMkHMaV">KC-10 Extender</a> aerial refueling aircraft, the latter air refueling aircraft having been freed from their strategic nuclear strike commitment to SAC's <a href="/facts/B-52_Stratofortress/uIXzSmPy">B-52 Stratofortress</a> and <a href="/facts/B-1_Lancer/K2I9IkJc">B-1 Lancer</a> bomber fleet by the end of the <a href="/facts/Cold_War/spJdJQ3q">Cold War</a> and the <a href="/facts/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union/Fyn5jw3n">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a>.  In 2016, the <a href="/facts/Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency/rYkLh4Vt">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a> consolidated the histories of AMC and MAC, extending AMC's lineage back to 1941.
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