The 733rd Air Mobility Squadron (733 AMS) is an air mobility squadron of the
United States Air Force based at
Kadena Air Base in
Japan. It is part of the
515th Air Mobility Operations Group, based at
Yokota Air Base, Japan and the
515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, based at
Hickam Air Force Base,
Hawaii.Originally constituted as the 603rd Military Airlift Support Squadron (MASS) and activated on 27 Dec 1965, then organized and manned at Kadena Air Base on the Japanese Island of Okinawa. In January 1986 the 603rd MASS was inactivated and consolidated with 603rd Military Airlift Support Group (MASG). The unit continued to function as a Group until July 1994, but in 1992 was redesignated the 603d Airlift Support Group. With the establishment of Air Mobility Command the unit returned to its Squadron designation in July 1994 as the 633d Air Mobility Support Squadron (AMSS), and in March 2001 redesignated 733rd Air Mobility Squadron (AMS).[1]
References
^Robert B. Kane and Daniel L. Haulman,"Lineage and Honors of the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron," Air Force Historical Research Agency (AHFRA), 22 June 2009.
The 733rd Air Mobility Squadron (733 AMS) is an air mobility squadron of the
United States Air Force based at
Kadena Air Base in
Japan. It is part of the
515th Air Mobility Operations Group, based at
Yokota Air Base, Japan and the
515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, based at
Hickam Air Force Base,
Hawaii.Originally constituted as the 603rd Military Airlift Support Squadron (MASS) and activated on 27 Dec 1965, then organized and manned at Kadena Air Base on the Japanese Island of Okinawa. In January 1986 the 603rd MASS was inactivated and consolidated with 603rd Military Airlift Support Group (MASG). The unit continued to function as a Group until July 1994, but in 1992 was redesignated the 603d Airlift Support Group. With the establishment of Air Mobility Command the unit returned to its Squadron designation in July 1994 as the 633d Air Mobility Support Squadron (AMSS), and in March 2001 redesignated 733rd Air Mobility Squadron (AMS).[1]
References
^Robert B. Kane and Daniel L. Haulman,"Lineage and Honors of the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron," Air Force Historical Research Agency (AHFRA), 22 June 2009.