Joint Operational Support Airlift Center

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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[1]
4 District of Columbia
8 Florida
9 Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
34 Iowa[2]
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[3]
40 Missouri
16 Mississippi
41 Montana
17 North Carolina
42 North Dakota[4]
43 Nebraska
45 Nevada[5]
18 New Hampshire[6]
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[7]
49 Texas
50 Utah
26 Virginia[8]
U.S. Virgin Islands
27 Vermont
51 Washington
Wisconsin
28 West Virginia C-12V[9]
53 Wyoming

References

  1. ^ "Delaware National Guard Welcomes Home Soldiers of the Operational Support Airlift Agency | Delaware National Guard". Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. ^ http://www.iowanationalguard.com/News%20Releases/OSACOM%20Send-off.24JUN14.pdf Archived 22 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Detachment 39 returns from Afghanistan deployment". Minnesota National Guard. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Four Bismarck Soldiers Return from Afghanistan". 11 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Nevada Army Guard aviation unit set for deployment | NevadaAppeal.com". Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Happy Halloween & News Updates | Kelly Ayotte | United States Senator". Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  7. ^ "United States Africa Command".
  8. ^ "Aviator with 40 years military service flies final flight". Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Annual Report 2018". West Virginia Army National Guard. 9 March 2019.

External links

  • Joint Operational Support Airlift (OSA)
  • Joint Operational Support Airlift Center Archived 1 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  • Operational Support Airlift Activity Archived 1 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine