Joint Operational Support Airlift Center


Joint Operational Support Airlift Center is the airlift branch of United States Transportation Command. 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, 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.StateAircraft type
54Alaska
5Alabama
30Arkansas
31Arizona
32California
Colorado
6Connecticut
7Delaware
4District of Columbia
8Florida
9Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
34Iowa
35Idaho
36Illinois
10Indiana
37Kansas

Detachment No.StateAircraft type
6Kentucky
38Louisiana
12Massachusetts
13Maryland
14Maine
15Michigan
39Minnesota
40Missouri
16Mississippi
41Montana
17North Carolina
42North Dakota
43Nebraska
45Nevada
18New Hampshire
19New Jersey
44New Mexico
20New York

Detachment No.StateAircraft type
Ohio
46Oklahoma
47Oregon
22Pennsylvania
56Puerto Rico
23Rhode Island
24South Carolina
48South Dakota
25Tennessee
49Texas
50Utah
26Virginia
U.S. Virgin Islands
27Vermont
51Washington
Wisconsin
28West VirginiaC-12V
53Wyoming