United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) is a United States Army command, managing the logistics and repair support of Army aviation, missile, and unmanned systems. It is a "major subordinate command" of Army Materiel Command. Aviation and Missile Command is headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville, Alabama.

Operations

In 2019, the command's budget was $3.7 billion, and it maintained a global workforce of 15,000 military and civilian employees.<ref name="amcomLcmc" /> Its installations include: Corpus Christi Army Depot, Letterkenny Army Depot, and the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

AMCOM is the leader in Foreign Military Sales, accounting for over 50 percent of total Army sales to allied forces and friendly foreign nations.Template:Citation needed

AMCOM's Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) Activity provides worldwide command and control over a broad metrology and calibration program.

AMCOM works closely with the DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC),<ref name="avMslCtr">Amy Tolson, Aviation & Missile Center Public Affairs (10 December 2019) CCDC commanding general pays first visit to Aviation, Missile Center (AvMC)</ref> which operates simulation facilities to evaluate missile components, such as seekers, in a variety of flight environments. AMCOM also has access to several wind tunnels to test full-size helicopters, a vertical motion simulator for flight control evaluation and a crash-testing tower used to improve safety.

Chronology

• October 1948 – The Chief of Ordnance designated Redstone Arsenal as the center for ordnance research and development in the field of rockets.
• 1 June 1949 – The Chief of Ordnance officially activated the arsenal, becoming the site of the Ordnance Rocket Center.
• 28 October 1949 – The Secretary of the Army approved the transfer of the Ordnance Research and Development Division Sub-Office (Rocket) at Fort Bliss, Texas, to the Redstone Arsenal as the Ordnance Guided Missile Center.<ref name="McCleskey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 22 October 1952 – The Transportation Corps Army Aviation Field Service Office (TCAAFSO) established at St. Louis, Missouri, as a Class II Activity under the jurisdiction of the Chief of Transportation.
• March 1955 – TCAAFSO and the Transportation Materiel Command (TMC) located in Marietta, Pennsylvania, which had logistical responsibility for rail and marine equipment, consolidated into the Transportation Supply and Maintenance Command (TSMC), headquartered at St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1 February 1956 – The U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) established at Redstone Arsenal.
• March 1958 – Organizations placed under the new Army Ordnance Missile Command (AOMC) included: the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA), the Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency (ARGMA), Redstone Arsenal, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and White Sands Proving Grounds.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• July to October 1958 – The ABMA's scientific and engineering staff, including Wernher von Braun and the Saturn I team at Redstone Arsenal, were transferred to the newly created NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, at the southern half of Redstone Arsenal. Nearly all of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, were transferred to NASA, eliminating the prospect of an Army space program.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1958 – The Pershing Project Manager's Office was created.
• 1 October 1959 – TSMC redesignated the Transportation Materiel Command (TMC).
• 23 May 1962 – The Missile Command (MICOM) was officially established at Redstone Arsenal, responsible for managing the Army's missile systems. MICOM became fully staffed and operational on 1 August 1962.
• 1 August 1962 – TMC placed under the jurisdiction of the Mobility Command (MOCOM), a major subordinate command of Army Materiel Command (AMC).
• 1 November 1962 – Transportation Materiel Command (TMC) redesignated to Aviation and Surface Materiel Command (AVSCOM).
• 28 February 1964 – AVSCOM redesignated to Aviation Materiel Command (AVCOM).
• 1 August 1966 – Assignment of AVCOM under MOCOM terminated, and AVCOM established as a major subordinate command of AMC.
• 23 September 1968 – Aviation Materiel Command (AVCOM) redesignated to Aviation Systems Command (AVSCOM), which returned to the original "AVSCOM" acronym.
• 31 Jan 1977 – As part of a larger reorganization to Army Materiel Command, the missions and people of MICOM were split between Missile Materiel Readiness Command (MIRCOM) and Missile Research and Development Command (MIRADCOM).
• 1 July 1977 – AVSCOM was discontinued, with its readiness mission combined with that of Troop Support Command (TROSCOM), forming TSARCOM (Troop Support and Aviation Materiel Readiness Command). The aviation R&D mission of AVSCOM was assigned to Aviation Research and Development Command (AVRADCOM).
• 1 July 1979 – AMC decided the most logical and efficient way to meet the Army missile program's requirements is under the single command concept. Consequently, MIRCOM and MIRADCOM were inactivated and their facilities, missions, and people combined in place under the reinstituted MICOM.
• 1 March 1984 – AVSCOM was reestablished, and all the missions and activities of AVRADCOM and aviation-related missions and elements of the Troop Support and Aviation Materiel Readiness Command (TSARCOM) were transferred to AVSCOM.
• 1 October 1992 – The Aviation and Troop Command (ATCOM) was formed at St. Louis, Missouri, combining the missions of the Aviation Systems Command (AVSCOM) and the Troop Support Command (TROSCOM).
• 8 September 1995 – Congress approved the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission list, proposing that ATCOM would inactivate, and its mission and elements would relocate to Redstone Arsenal.

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  AMCOM headquarters located at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama

• 17 July 1997 – Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) was provisionally established, merging the Aviation and Troop Command (ATCOM) with the Missile Command (MICOM).Template:Efn
• 1 October 1997 – The Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) was permanently established at Redstone Arsenal.
• 16 June 2005 – The Aviation and Missile LCMC was activated. It comprised all elements of the Aviation and Missile Command, the Program Executive Office for Aviation, and the Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Organization

AMCOM's main organizations are organized into centers:

• Acquisition Center – responsible for contracting support.
• AMCOM Logistics Center (ALC) – responsible for logistics support.

The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command is a LCMC.<ref>"AMCOM: U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command"</ref> Thus it has an associated contracting center.<ref>Gen. Dennis L. Via, AMC Commanding General (6 April 2016) AMC announces Mission Command alignment</ref> This LCMC, Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command, was formerly Aviation and Missile Command.Template:Explain This LCMC purchases about $1 billion worth of aircraft and missile parts each year.<ref name="amcomLcmc">U.S. Army (16 December 2019) AMCOM improves readiness in 2019, looks to future</ref>

List of commanding generals

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No.	Commanding General		Term
	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
As U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency
As U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command

See also

• Anti-aircraft warfare
• Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)

Notes

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External links

• Official site