| Air Transport Command | |
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 Air Transport Command C-47 Skytrain flying over the Pyramids, 1944  C-54 Skymaster of the ATC Pacific Division taking off  C-46 Commando flying "The Hump" over the Himalayan Mountain Range from Burma to China, 1945 | |
| Active | 1942–1948 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army Air Forces |
| Role | Worldwide transport of aircraft, personnel and cargo |
| Size | 11,000 personnel at creation (June 1942) 30,518 personnel; 346 transports (December 1942)[1] 209,201 personnel; 3,224 transports (August 1945)[1] |
| Engagements | World War II
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| Insignia | |
| Patch with Air Transport Command emblem(Approved 30 November 1942) |  |
| Air Corps Ferrying Command Distinctive Badge (Approved 14 November 1941) |  |
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Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces.
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 ferrying 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 Military Air Transport Service in 1948 and was redesignated Military Airlift Command (MAC) in 1966. It was consolidated with MAC in 1982, providing a continuous history of long range airlift through 1992 when the mission was transferred to today's Air Mobility Command.