page_title: List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force
section_title: MATS Air Transport Wings
hierarchical_section_title: List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force / Conversion of MAJCON Wings to AFCON Wings / MATS Air Transport Wings
caption_attribution_description: English: United States Air Force Military Airlift Command emblem. Made with Photoshop.
context_page_description: This is a list of Major Air Command Wings of the United States Air Force, a designation system in use from the summer of 1948 to the mid-1990s. From 1948 to 1991 MAJCOMs had the authority to form wings using manpower authorizations under their control. Each MAJCOM or other organization reporting directly to USAF was assigned a block of four digit numbers to use for units it organized. The system terminated in 1991 when USAF assumed control of all units except for provisional ones.
  While the majority of the wings on the list were support units, combat commands could create combat units on their own as shown below.
context_section_description: When the MAJCON system was established in 1948 strategic airlift and tactical airlift were treated differently.  Tactical airlift (called troop carrier) units operated within a theater of operations and were considered AFCON combat units.  Strategic airlift (called air transport) units operated mostly outside theaters of operations and were considered support units.  As support units, they were MAJCON units.  All air transport wings were assigned to Military Air Transport Service (MATS) and numbered within the block of 1250 to 1750.  In 1952, however, MATS MAJCON air transport squadrons were replaced by AFCON Squadrons,. By being MAJCON wings with AFCON squadrons assigned, MATS air transport wings resembled SAC strategic wings.  In January 1966, MATS was replaced by Military Airlift Command and its seven existing MAJCON Air Transport Wings were replaced by AFCON Military Airlift Wings.
caption: Military Airlift Command emblem
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