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15th Air Force

15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force
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22d ARW Boeing KC-135R-BN Stratotanker 57-1486 taking off.


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60th AMW KC-10 refueling a C-5 Galaxy
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Boeing C-17A Globemaster III 06-6155 of the 21st Airlift Squadron, 60th AMW
Active 30 October 1943 – 15 September 1945
31 March 1946 – 19 March 2012
Country  United States
Branch Flag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
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World War II – EAME Theater
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Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (10x)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Nathan Twining
James Doolittle
Archie J. Old Jr.
Insignia
Emblem of the 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force - Emblem.jpg


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60th AMW KC-10 refueling a C-5 Galaxy
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The Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force (15 EMTF) was one of two EMTFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) and was headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California. The 15 EMTF was inactivated on 20 March 2012 and its functions and responsibilities assumed by Eighteenth Air Force (18 AF).

15 EMTF provided strategic and theater airlift for all United States Department of Defense agencies as well as air refueling for the Air Force in both peace and wartime. Primary aircraft assigned to its units were the C-5 Galaxy, C-9 Nightingale, C-17 Globemaster III, C-21, C-130 Hercules, KC-10 Extender, and KC-135 Stratotanker.

15 EMTF was a redesignation of Fifteenth Air Force, effective 1 October 2003. Established on 1 November 1943, Fifteenth AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force deployed to the European Theater of World War II, engaging in strategic bombardment operations from bases in southern Italy and engaging in air-to-air fighter combat against enemy aircraft.


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