Joint Operational Support Airlift Center (JOSAC) is the airlift branch of United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM). JOSAC specializes in airlift within the continental United States. JOSAC schedules aircraft assigned to the U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and Reserve, Army National Guard and Army Reserves and the U.S. Marines.
JOSAC is located at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. JOSAC was stood up in July 1996 to efficiently schedule to Operational Support Airlift assets of the Air Force, Navy, Marines and Army. Presently there are 80 units in the USA that provide aircraft for JOSAC, providing a fleet of approximately 130 aircraft. Aircraft utilized include the C-21A, C-12, C-26, UC-35, C-20, and C-40.
Schedulers receive requests from travel validators via the JALIS database (Joint Air Logistics System), which is an Oracle-based system developed by the US Navy. JOSAC consists of Military and Civilian personnel based at Scott AFB. JOSAC is run by an Active Duty O6.
There are a number of detachments in various Army National Guards:
Detachment No. State Aircraft type 54 Alaska 5 Alabama 30 Arkansas 31 Arizona 32 California Colorado 6 Connecticut 7 Delaware 4 District of Columbia 8 Florida 9 Georgia Guam Hawaii 34 Iowa 35 Idaho 36 Illinois 10 Indiana 37 Kansas
Detachment No. State Aircraft type 6 Kentucky 38 Louisiana 12 Massachusetts 13 Maryland 14 Maine 15 Michigan 39 Minnesota 40 Missouri 16 Mississippi 41 Montana 17 North Carolina 42 North Dakota 43 Nebraska 45 Nevada 18 New Hampshire 19 New Jersey 44 New Mexico 20 New York
Detachment No. State Aircraft type Ohio 46 Oklahoma 47 Oregon 22 Pennsylvania 56 Puerto Rico 23 Rhode Island 24 South Carolina 48 South Dakota 25 Tennessee 49 Texas 50 Utah 26 Virginia U.S. Virgin Islands 27 Vermont 51 Washington Wisconsin 28 West Virginia C-12V 53 Wyoming
References
External links Joint Operational Support Airlift (OSA) Joint Operational Support Airlift Center Operational Support Airlift Activity