Air mobility history: Attacks on Pearl Harbor led to growth in military airlift [Image 2 of 2]

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AFGHANISTAN

06.06.2011

Photo by Master Sgt. Scott Sturkol                                                                                               

Air Mobility Command

Airmen work on a C-5 Galaxy at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on June 6. The C-5 is the Air Force's largest airlift aircraft. On Dec. 12, 1941, the U.S. Navy created the Naval Air Transport Service to provide logistics airlift for Navy’s fleets and “far flung” bases as well. On May 3, 1948, the Military Air Transport Service was created and aligned under the still-new U.S. Air Force. MATS later became Military Airlift Command. On June 1, 1992, Air Mobility Command activated to continue on this important airlift heritage as the Military Airlift Command inactivated. Seventy years after the attacks on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Air Mobility Command and mobility airmen are still using the routes built by air mobility pioneers before and after the attacks to “answer the call.”

• Date Taken: 06.06.2011
• Date Posted: 12.07.2011 15:39
• Photo ID: 495774
• VIRIN: 110606-F-OK556-202
• Resolution: 3150x2100
• Size: 1.77 MB
• Location: BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AF