Military Airlift Command
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| Military Airlift Command | |
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 Military Airlift Command Emblem |
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| Active | 1966-1992 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Transport |
Military Airlift Command (MAC) was a United States Air Force major command.
In addition to the primary transport aircraft units, MAC also served as the headquarters for several independent "services." Air Weather Service (AWS), Air Rescue Service (ARS which latter became Aerospace Rescue Recovery Service, ARRS), Special Airlift Mission (SAM), Air Photographic and Charting Service (APCS), and the Aeromedical Transport Wing (AMTW).
[edit] History
On 1 January 1966, the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) was deactivated, and the Military Airlift Command (MAC) was activated as a new command with military missions that had previously been denied to MATS. As an indication of the new mission for the new command, the old MATS air transportation designations were done away with and MAC's wings were given designations that had previously belonged to troop carrier groups in World War II and Korea. Although MAC had become a new command, it was only assigned logistical missions, with the troop carrier and theater airlift mission remaining with the overseas commands and under TAC for training purposes in the U.S.
MAC and the aerial refueling assets of the Strategic Air Command were merged to form the Air Mobility Command in 1992.
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