The Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the U.S. Air Force. It is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, east of St. Louis, Missouri.
Air Mobility Command Headquarters building, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
General Michael A. Minihan, incoming AMC commander, receives the command guidon from General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Air Force chief of staff, during a change of command ceremony on October 5, 2021.
Image: General Hansford Johnson, official military photo, 1990
Image: Gen Ronald R. Fogleman, USCINCTRANS
Scott Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville and O'Fallon, 17 miles (27 km) east-southeast of downtown St. Louis. Scott Field was one of 32 Air Service training camps established after the United States entered World War I in April 1917. It is headquarters of Air Mobility Command (AMC) and its showcase wing, and it is also the headquarters of the U.S. Transportation Command, a Unified Combatant Command that coordinates transportation across all the services.
A C-40C Clipper of the 932nd Airlift Wing based at Scott AFB, seen during 2011
Scott Field Curtiss JN-4D configured as an air ambulance
Scott Field - 1930. Still mostly in its World War I design, note the Eight World War I hangars in a straight line along the flightline. The addition of the large hydrogen plant with storage tank to support the airship mission.
TC-6 Airship over Scott Field airship hangar, 1925