The 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing is part of

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stationed at

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, Hawaii. It was activated in 2008. It coordinates logistical air movements into, out of, and throughout the Pacific. It is part of the

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Mission

The 515th serves as the Pacific arm of the

and

(AMC). The wing's mission is to provide enroute capability to accelerate air mobility for war fighters throughout the Pacific, utilizing command and control, aerial port operations and aircraft maintenance. The 515th controls, loads, unloads, and repairs mobility aircraft en route through the Pacific area. This includes military, commercial, and foreign aircraft. Two Air Mobility Operations Groups fall under the wing. The group has overseen a humanitarian relief to earthquake victims in China and tsunami relief in American Samoa. The wing also plays an essential role supporting the United States global war on terrorism with air mobility support combat commands.

Units

The 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing is composed of two groups: * 515th Air Mobility Operations Group :

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, Japan ::

730th Air Mobility Squadron The 730th Air Mobility Squadron (730 AMS) 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. History Prior to being activated as the 730 AMS, ...

(Yokota Air Base, Japan) ::

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, South Korea) :: 733d Air Mobility Squadron (

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, Japan) * 715th Air Mobility Operations Group :

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, Alaska :: 732nd Air Mobility Squadron (Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska) :: 734th Air Mobility Squadron (

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) :: 735th Air Mobility Squadron (

, Hawaii)

History

The

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was first activated during

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as the 15th Ferrying Group at

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, Florida in 1942. The 15th Group ferried aircraft between Florida and points in western Africa. From 1943, the unit then focused on the air transportation mission as the 15th Transport Group. Although the

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was stationed at Morrison, its personnel were also used to man other stations of the Caribbean Wing of

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(ATC). After a little more than a year of trying to use traditional

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units like the 15th, ATC found them too inflexible for its operations. It therefore decided to replace its groups and squadrons and assign personnel directly to each of its stations, based on the needs of the station.Carter, pp. 48–49 Accordingly, in October 1943 the group was disbanded as ATC combined its units at Morrison into Station 11, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command. The 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing was activated in June 2008 in a major reorganization of AMC units in the Pacific, which aimed to improve efficiency of the six air mobility squadrons in the Pacific by placing them under the command of a single wing and two regional air mobility operations groups. Previously, the squadrons were managed by a single group.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 15th Ferrying Group on 9 July 1942 : Activated c. 21 July 1942 * Redesignated 15th Transport Group on 1 May 1943 : Disbanded on 13 October 1943 * Reconstituted and redesignated 515th Tactical Air Support Group on 31 July 1985Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 648q, 31 July 1985, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Organizations * Redesignated 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing on 11 April 2008 : Activated on 5 June 2008

Assignments

* Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, c. 21 July 1942 – 13 October 1943 * 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, 5 June 2008 *

, 19 March 2012 – present

Components

; Groups * 515th Air Mobility Operations Group, 5 June 2008 – present * 715th Air Mobility Operations Group, 5 June 2008 – present ; Squadrons *

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(later 22d Transport Squadron), 21 July 1942 – 13 October 1943 *

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(later 23d Transport Squadron), 21 July 1942 – 13 October 1943 *

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(later 24th Transport Squadron), 21 July 1942 – 13 October 1943 *

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, 15 September 1942 – 1 May 1943

Stations

* Morrison Field, Florida, 21 July 1942 – 13 October 1943 * Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii, 5 June 2008 – present

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