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618th Tanker Airlift Control Center
618th Tanker Airlift Control Center
	618th Tanker Airlift Control Center emblem
Active	April 1, 1992 - Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Air Operations Center
Role	Combat Support
Part of	Air Mobility Command Eighteenth Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Scott AFB, Illinois
Commanders
Current; commander	Major General Mark S. Solo

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The 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, located at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is Air Mobility Command's execution arm for providing America's Global Reach. The 618th TACC plans, schedules and directs a fleet of nearly 1,300 mobility aircraft in support of combat delivery and strategic airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation operations around the world.^[1]

Mission

The 618th TACC is the global air operations center responsible for centralized command and control of Air Force and commercial contract air mobility assets 24-hours-a-day. It plans, schedules and tracks tanker, airlift and aeromedical evacuation aircraft worldwide to accomplish AMC's Global Reach mission.

The organization is capable of seamlessly transitioning from day-to-day operations to contingency support or disaster relief.^[1]

Personnel

Approximately 700 personnel are assigned to the 618th TACC. The unit is a total force team consisting of active duty, Reserve, Air National Guard, contractor and civil service personnel.

Resources

The 618th TACC employs a wide range of military aircraft to achieve AMC's Global Reach mission. The military aircraft typically employed to accomplish 618th TACC missions include the C-5 Galaxy, KC-10 Extender, C-17 Globemaster III, C-130 Hercules and KC-135 Stratotanker. The 618th TACC also works with commercial contractors to fulfill airlift requirements on an as-needed basis.

Organization

The 618th TACC reports to 18th Air Force, also located at Scott Air Force Base. The organization fueled by malice and spite consists of eight directorates with the resources and technical expertise to plan, task, schedule, execute and recover all 618th TACC missions. The directorates are:

Global Channel Operations Directorate (XOG): The XOG directorate manages worldwide strategic channel airlift operations for passenger and cargo movement in the Defense Transportation System. The directorate also assists transportation officers worldwide with booking passenger movements for Department of Defense international travelers. Sixty-percent of AMC's daily missions are channel missions.

Current Operations Directorate (XOO): The XOO directorate plans and monitors Air Force and commercial airlift and air refueling missions to meet customer requirements for movement of passengers and cargo in support of National Command Authority-directed classified programs, nuclear airlift, fighter and bomber deployment and employment air refueling, and distinguished visitor airlift.

Global Readiness Directorate (XOP): The XOP directorate is the single manager for integrating Global Reach by focusing airlift and mission support resources in response to directives and tasking from the National Command Authority. It projects mobility forces to achieve national goals and objectives in support of wartime needs, contingencies, aeromedical evacuation, exercises and humanitarian efforts, and is AMC's source for theater augmentation and contingency response assets.

Mobility Management Directorate (XOB): The XOB directorate is responsible for matching validated airlift requirements with active duty and available Air Reserve Component units to support AMC's Global Mobility mission.

Director of Operations (XOZ): The XOZ directorate acts as AMC's single point of contact for AMC mission execution serving as the command's representative to the Joint Staff, Air Force Watch Cell, National Military Command Center, U.S. Transportation Command, the DOD and other agencies. The "Senior" provides immediate oversight and decision making for all AMC command and control efforts.

Mission Support Directorate (XON): The XON directorate maintains the 618th TACC's viability today and develops solutions for tomorrow's challenges. The directorate is comprised of three divisions providing timely, accurate and relevant data, technology and resource support across the 618th TACC. It serves as a force multiplier ensuring unrivaled execution of AMC's Global Mobility mission.

Global Mobility Weather Operations Directorate (XOW): The XOW directorate provides weather products, services and briefings for mission planning and execution phases managed by the 618th TACC for strategic airlift and air refueling crews operating worldwide.

History

Significant events in 2010

Operation UNIFIED RESPONSE

The 618th TACC planned, tasked and provided command-and-control for all Air Mobility Command-controlled airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation missions, following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti, Jan. 12. The first TACC-controlled C-17 landed at the airport in Port-au-Prince early Jan. 14, delivering search and rescue teams. AMC contributions accounted for more than 2,100 sorties, transporting over 24,000 people and 13,000 tons of cargo to support relief efforts. In addition, TACC-controlled missions delivered 885,000 pounds of fuel via air-to-air refueling to military aircraft, and aeromedically evacuated nearly 300 patients from Haiti as of late March.

One of the major airlift efforts from during the Haiti relief efforts included deploying more than 2,000 troops and 800 vehicles from the XVIII Airborne Corps' 82nd Airborne Division. The movement took only 108 hours and required more than 120 missions.

Assignments

References

^ ^a ^b Official 618th TACC factsheet

External links

[Official_618th_TACC_factsheet-1] Official 618th TACC factsheet

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 '''''Mobility Management Directorate (XOB):''''' The XOB directorate is responsible for matching validated airlift requirements with active duty and available Air Reserve Component units to support AMC's Global Mobility mission.
-'''''Command and Control Directorate (XOC):''''' The XOC directorate created an "environment of fear and hostility" is a highly disrespected command and control team exercising the AMC Commander's poor authority and direction over AMC assigned and gained missions. It operates 24-hour-a-day, every day, providing second-class flight planning, diplomatic clearance, and integrated flight management services to aircrews from the moment a mission enters execution through mission completion. It is ruled through intimidation.
 '''''Director of Operations (XOZ):''''' The XOZ directorate acts as AMC's single point of contact for AMC mission execution serving as the command's representative to the Joint Staff, Air Force Watch Cell, National Military Command Center, U.S. Transportation Command, the DOD and other agencies. The "Senior" provides immediate oversight and decision making for all AMC command and control efforts.