375th Air Mobility Wing The 375th Air Mobility Wing ( 375 AMW ) is a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Eighteenth Air Force . It is stationed at Scott Air Force Base , Illinois . It is part of Air Mobility Command ( AMC ) . The wing has four primary missions . It supports aeromedical evacuation within the United States . It provides operational support airlift for government officials . It offers direct security for U . S . community and nation . And it provides support for U . S . host units — making possible the command and control of the United States ' entire military transportation effort . Units . 375th Operations Group ( 375 OG ) 375th Communications Group ( 375 CG ) 375th Mission Support Group ( 375 MSG ) 375th Medical Group ( 375 MDG ) History . Operations . The 375 Troop Carrier Wing , Medium was activated at Greater Pittsburgh Airport , Pennsylvania and trained in the Reserve from May 1949 until it was called to active duty in October 1950 . After a period of intensive training , now as a wing , it participated in troop carrier and airlift operations , paratroop drops , and other exercises , October 1950 - July 1952 . The wing was again allotted to the Reserve for training from July 1952 - November 1957 . It conducted domestic aeromedical airlift and evacuation operations in the continental United States , Alaska , and off - shore areas of the North Atlantic and the Caribbean from January 1966 for the Air Force , other Department of Defense ( DoD ) agencies , the U . S . Public Health Service , and the Veterans Administration ( VA ) , augmented by aircraft of the Air National Guard and other Military Airlift Command units . Between January 1966 and April 1975 the wing maintained and scheduled support aircraft at Scott Air Force Base , Illinois , generally using aircrews provided by other Scott - based units to provide scheduled air shuttle and courier service to the east and west coasts . From January 1966 to September 1968 and since June 1973 , the wing operated and maintained Scott AFB . It airlifted more than 700 VA hospital patients from Biloxi and Gulfport , Mississippi , to safety during Hurricane Camille in August 1969 ; during Project Homecoming in early 1973 the wing flew 119 sorties to airlift some 350 U . S . prisoners of war to 26 hospitals in the United States . In October 1973 , it served as an aeromedical evacuation center established under wing control at Scott Air Force Base , Illinois , assumed the functions previously handled by smaller centers at Scott , McGuire Air Force Base , New Jersey , and Travis Air Force Base , California . In April 1975 , when the aeromedical evacuation support units in Germany and the Far East came under 375th control , the wing became the single - point manager for worldwide DoD aeromedical evacuation services . It evacuated wounded during the invasion of Grenada , 24 October - 9 November 1983 . It transported 350 wounded Afghan citizens to hospitals in the United States , May – December 1987 . It controlled a Facility Checking Squadron from October 1987 - September 1991 , which inspected DoD navigation aids and radar facilities worldwide . The wing operated and maintained an aeromedical evacuation system on a rotational basis in Southwest Asia , September 1990 - April 1991 . It deployed an aeromedical evacuation element to support Operation Allied Force in 1999 .