The Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force (15 EMTF) is one of two EMTFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC). It is headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California. 15 EMTF provides strategic and theater airlift for all United States Department of Defense agencies as well as air refueling for the Air Force in both peace and wartime. Primary aircraft assigned to its units are the C-5 Galaxy, C-9 Nightingale, C-17 Globemaster III, C-21, C-130 Hercules, KC-10 Extender, and KC-135 Stratotanker. 15 EMTF was a redesignation of Fifteenth Air Force, effective October 1, 2003. Established on 1 November 1943, Fifteenth AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force deployed to the European Theater of World War II, engaging in strategic bombardment operations from bases in southern Italy and engaging in air to air fighter combat against enemy aircraft. During the Cold War, Fifteenth AF was one of three Numbered Air Forces of the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC), commanding USAF strategic bombers and missiles on a global scale. Elements of 15th Air Force engaged in combat operations during the Korean War; Vietnam War, as well as Operation Desert Storm. 15 EMTF is commanded by Brig. Gen. Barbara J. Faulkenberr. Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Craig A. Adams.

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