Twenty - Second Air Force Twenty - Second Air Force ( 22 AF ) is a Numbered Air Force component of Air Force Reserve Command ( AFRC ) . It was activated on 1 July 1993 and is headquartered at Dobbins Air Reserve Base , Georgia . In the event of mobilization , some of the Twenty - Second Air Force subordinate units would come under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command ' s ( AMC ) 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force , headquartered at McGuire Air Force Base , New Jersey . Mission . 22 AF is responsible for recruiting and training reservists and for maintaining subordinate units at the highest level of combat readiness . A by - product of training is to coordinate daily support of the active duty air force . 22 AF ' s wartime mission is to provide combat - ready airlift and support units and augments personnel requirements to Air Mobility Command in the United States . Twenty - Second Air Force manages more than 25 , 000 Reservists and has 149 unit - equipped aircraft . Reserve crews fly C - 130 Hercules , C - 17 Globemaster III s , C5A / B Galaxies , and KC - 10 Extender s , which are located at fifteen different Reserve wings . The 24 flying squadrons and more than 225 support units are spread throughout fourteen states – from New York to Mississippi , and from Massachusetts to Minnesota , with its western most wing in Colorado Springs , Colorado . History . Established as the Domestic Division , Air Corps Transport Command in the early days of World War II , the organization ' s mission was the transport of newly produced aircraft from points within the United States to Ports of Embarkation for shipment to Britain and other overseas Allies . In 1946 , the organization was transferred to Air Transport Command and became , in essence , a military airline its Continental Division , managing transport routes within the United States . When the USAF was created as a separate service in 1947 , Military Air Transport Service was established to support the new Department of Defense , with responsibility for its support falling to the Department of the Air Force . Redesignated Western Transport Air Force ( WESTAF ) , the organization managed all MATS operations from the Mississippi River west to the east coast of Africa until MATS was replaced by the Military Airlift Command in 1966 . When MATS became MAC , WESTAF was redesignated 22d AF , with headquarters at Travis AFB , CA . During the 1960s , Twenty - Second Air Force transports flew missions worldwide , supporting the efforts of the United States in Southeast Asia , Europe and other places around the world . In December 1974 , the Twenty - Second Air Force absorbed Tactical Air Command ' s Twelfth Air Force C - 130 Hercules tactical airlift operations . On 29 March 1979 , the Twenty - Second Air Force assumed responsibility for managing Military Airlift Command resources in the Pacific . For this mission , the unit provided a single commander for MAC airlift units in the Pacific theater ; command and control of theater - assigned airlift forces for Pacific Air Forces ; theater tactical airlift war planning and Pacific exercise planning ; and aerial ports in the Pacific area to support the air movement of personnel , cargo , equipment , patients , and mail . The division participated in tactical exercises such as Team Spirit , Ulchi Focus Lens , and Capstan Dragon . The unit was relieved from assignment to Military Airlift Command and assigned to Air Mobility Command on 1 June 1992 . Activated the same day at Dobbins ARB , GA , with a change in assignment to the Air Force Reserve . It is under the peacetime command of Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command at Robins Air Force Base , GA . Components . World War II . Sectors Wings Groups / Base Units United States Air Force . Divisions Wings Groups Squadrons