Air Transport Command

Air Transport Command (ATC) was a <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">United States Air Force</a> unit that was created during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a> as the strategic airlift component of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Army_Air_Forces/0mtva6Cw">United States Army Air Forces</a>.
It had two main missions, the first being the delivery of supplies and equipment between the United States and the overseas combat theaters; the second was the <a href="/facts/Ferry_flying/fLC8vCuX">ferrying</a> of aircraft from the manufacturing plants in the United States to where they were needed for training or for operational use in combat. ATC also operated a worldwide air transportation system for military personnel.
Inactivated on 1 June 1948, Air Transport Command was the precursor to what became the <a href="/facts/Military_Air_Transport_Service/IuQzFrLP">Military Air Transport Service</a> in 1948 and was redesignated <a href="/facts/Military_Airlift_Command/BNPaXHXN">Military Airlift Command</a> (MAC) in 1966. It was consolidated with MAC in 1982, providing a continuous history of long range <a href="/facts/Airlift/B4AxnbhF">airlift</a> through 1992 when the mission was transferred to today's <a href="/facts/Air_Mobility_Command/Twe9T2Ta">Air Mobility Command</a>.

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Air Transport Command