515th Air Mobility Operations Wing
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The 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing (515 AMOW) is part of Air Mobility Command
and is stationed at Hickam Air Force Base
, Hawaii. It was activated in 2008. It coordinates logistical air movements into, out of, and throughout the Pacific. It is part of the 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force.
Air Mobility Command
Air Mobility Command is a Major Command of the U.S. Air Force. AMC is headquartered at Scott AFB, Illinois, east of St. Louis....
and is stationed at Hickam Air Force Base
Hickam Air Force Base
Hickam Field, re-named Hickam Air Force Base in 1948, was a United States Air Force facility now part of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lt Col Horace Meek Hickam.- History :...
, Hawaii. It was activated in 2008. It coordinates logistical air movements into, out of, and throughout the Pacific. It is part of the 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force.
Units
The 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing is composed of two groups:- 515th Air Mobility Operations Group (515 AMOG) (Yokota Air BaseYokota Air Base, is a United States Air Force base in the city of Fussa, one of 26 cities in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo.The base houses 14,000 personnel. The base occupies a total area of and has a runway...
, Japan)- 730th Air Mobility Squadron730th Air Mobility SquadronThe 730th Air Mobility Squadron is a unit of the 515th Air Mobility Operations Group, based at Yokota AB, Japan and the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, based at Hickam AFB, Hawaii.-Mission:...
(730 AMS) (Yokota Air Base, Japan) - 731st Air Mobility Squadron (731 AMS) (Osan Air BaseOsan Air BaseOsan Air Base , is a United States Air Force facility located in the Songtan section of Pyeongtaek City, South Korea, south of Seoul. Despite its name, Osan AB is not within Osan City, which is to the north. The base is the home of the Pacific Air Forces' 51st Fighter Wing, and a number of tenant...
, South KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
) - 733d Air Mobility Squadron (733 AMS) (Kadena Air BaseKadena Air Base, is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Kadena Air Base is the hub of U.S. airpower in the Pacific, and home to the USAF's 18th Wing and a variety of associate units.-Units:The 18th Wing is the host unit at Kadena...
, Japan)
- 730th Air Mobility Squadron
- 715th Air Mobility Operations Group (715 AMOG) (Elmendorf AFB, AK)
- 735th Air Mobility Squadron (735 AMS) (Hickam AFB, HI)
- 734th Air Mobility Squadron (734 AMS) (Andersen AFB, GuamGuamGuam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
) - 732nd Air Mobility Squadron (732 AMS) (Elmendorf AFB, AK)