The insignia of the Eighteenth Air Force

Eighteenth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force in Air Mobility Command (AMC). It serves as the warfighting component of AMC. To accomplish this role, Eighteenth Air Force absorbed the units previously assigned to both Fifteenth Air Force and Twenty-First Air Force, AMC's Tanker/Airlift Control Center, and two new Expeditionary Mobility Task Forces (EMTFs). Insignia of the Eighteenth Air Force. ... Insignia of the Eighteenth Air Force. ... Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, and the air force component of United States Transportation Command. ... Activated on November 1, 1943, the Fifteenth Air Force was established as part of the U.S. Army Air Force in the World War II Mediterranean Theater of Operations as a strategic air force and commenced combat operations the day after it was formed. ... Created as a wing during World War II, this establishment gradually evolved into its modern designation of Twenty-First Air Force. ...

The Eighteenth Air Force commander is also the Commander, Task Force 294 (TF 294), which provides aerial refueling to aircraft assigned to the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) in time of war. TF 294 includes air refueling units from the 18th Air Force, the Air National Guard, and the Air Force Reserve Command. United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is one of nine US unified commands of the United States Department of Defense which controls the nuclear weapons assets of the United States military. ... Shield of the United States Air National Guard In the U.S. military, the Air National Guard (ANG), as part of the National Guard, is the organized militia of a particular U.S. state and is a reserve component of the U.S. Air Force (USAF), too. ... This article or section should include material from U.S. Air Force Reserve Shield of the Air Force Reserve Command. ...

The USAF created the Eighteenth Air Force to serve as an intermediate echelon of command for extensive troop carrier operations within Tactical Air Command in March 1951. Later, the Eighteenth AF received other combat units in addition to troop carrier wings. On January 1, 1958 Eighteenth Air Force was deactivated and Twelfth Air Force absorbed all of its resources. On October 1, 2003 Eighteenth Air Force was reactivated at Scott Air Force Base. Seal of the Air Force. ... The Tactical Air Command (TAC) was a command of the United States Air Force charged with battlefield-level (tactical) air combat, including light bombardment, close air support of ground troops, interdiction of enemy forces, and air transport of ground troops. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Established in the United States, the Twelfth Air Force moved to England for training, then participated in the invasion of North Africa. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Scott Air Force Base (Scott AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in St. ...

See also

• Air Mobility Command