Mission
AMC has one numbered air force, the 18th Air Force, headquartered at Scott AFB. Two expeditionary mobility task forces, the 15th EMTF at Travis AFB, California, and the 21st EMTF at McGuire AFB, New Jersey, report to the 18th AF. The Tanker Airlift Control Center, located at Scott AFB, also reports to the 18th AF along with AMC's wings and groups located inside the continental United States. AMC's Air Mobility Operations Groups at Travis AFB and Hickam AFB, Hawaii, report to the 18th AF through the 15th EMTF; those at McGuire AFB and Ramstein Air Base, Germany, report to the 18th AF through the 21st EMTF.
The two EMTFs serve as lead agencies for conducting mobility operations worldwide. Each of the EMTFs is commanded by a general officer responsible for leading the efforts of the four Air Mobility Operation Groups and their subordinate units providing worldwide expeditionary mobility support.
The TACC is the agency for centralized command and control of Air Force and commercial contract air mobility assets. It plans, schedules and tracks airlift, aeromedical evacuation and aerial refueling aircraft worldwide to efficiently and effectively accomplish Air Mobility Command's Global Reach mission.
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