United States Air Force Expeditionary Center
The United States Air Force Expeditionary Center is a United States Air Force training center located at Fort Dix, New Jersey which specializes in combat support and global mobility training and education'.
Overview
Located on the Fort Dix entity of Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, N.J., the center provides global mobility training and education.The Expeditionary Operations School at the Expeditionary Center offers 92 in-residence courses and 19 web-based training courses, graduating more than 40,000 students annually. Courses include the Air Force Phoenix Raven Training, Advanced Study of Air Mobility and Aerial Port Operations Course.
History
The unit began when it was constituted as the Military Airlift Command Airlift Operations School on 5 July 1978 and activated on 15 July 1978. It was later redesignated as the USAF Air Mobility School on 1 June 1992, the Air Mobility Warfare Center on 1 October 1994, and the USAF Expeditionary Center on 5 March 2007.The Expeditionary Center was first opened as the Air Mobility Warfare Center on 1 May 1994, and officially received its mission on 1 Oct. 1994. At first opening, the center operated at least eleven courses, ranging from combat readiness exercises to cargo and passenger transportation courses.
The center was officially renamed as U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center on 4 March 2007. On 7 January 2011, the center expanded in scope, taking added responsibility for evolving AMC mission sets. It expanded again in the spring of 2012 to take administrative control of three more air wings, including the Air Force's only Contingency Response wing.
Through 5 September 2025, the Expeditionary Center provided command and control for three air base units, three air mobility operations units, and the 621st Contingency Response Wing. Following the activation of Twenty-First Air Force, AMC reassigned these units between 18 AF and 21 AF.
USAF Expeditionary Operations School
The USAF Expeditionary Operations School of the USAF Expeditionary Center, is for mobility and expeditionary operations skills training and Air Mobility Command's provider of support to the mobility enterprise.The EOS offers a variety of training, from combat support to logistics. The EOS is responsible for advanced leadership training, including Advanced Studies of Air Mobility Course and the Director of Mobility Forces Course.0
The EOS offers 74 in-resident courses and graduates approximately 40,000 students per year from the Expeditionary Center main campus at ASA Fort Dix, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ, from the mobile training team class and from detachments Hurlburt Air Force Base, FL, and Scott Air Force Base, IL.