The crest of the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) is authorized for wear on the ascot of the Security Forces dress uniform (choose “Shiny”) and the Airman’s Battle Uniform (“Subdued”). Between 1992 and 1997, Security Forces personnel were authorized to wear the AMC crest on the blue berets officially mandated for SF members in 1976.
Air Mobility Command was formed in June 1992 by units taken from two inactivated commands, the Military Airlift Command and the Strategic Air Command. Among the massive aircraft the Command employs to transport men and materiel are the C-17 Globemaster III, C-130 Hercules and the C-5 Galaxy; their already impressive ranges are extended by aerial tankers such as the KC-135 Stratotanker and the KC-10 Extender. Other aircraft used by AMC for transporting troops and/or equipment include the C-40 and variants, the C-37A (Gulfstream V for government and military officials), and the C-21A (Learjet Model 35/36).
AMC is one of ten Major Commands in the Air Force and is also the Air Force’s component of the United States Transportation Command, which is tasked with providing all aerial mobility functions for U.S. Armed Forces, including deployment airlifts, aeromedical evacuation, aerial fuel resupply, logistics resupply, and more. It operates Air Force One and Air Force Two, and is the sole manager of the Military Space Available Travel program.
AMC comprises three numbered Air Forces—the 18th, 21st, and 22nd—and the 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force—and is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.