 In 1992, with the disestablishment of Military Airlift Command, McChord became an Air Mobility Command base.In November of that same year, two McChord C-141 Starlifters, participating in an air refueling training mission over north central Montana, collided in mid-air, killing all 13 crewmen.As the C-141 was phased out at McChord during the 1990s, it was replaced with the C-17 Globemaster III.