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  • AMC commander visits 730 AMS during DLE 2025

    Gen. Johnny Lamontagne, Air Mobility Command commander, coins Staff Sgt. Kyle Benton, 730th Air Mobility Squadron maintenance support journeyman, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 17, 2025. Lamontagne visited the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing squadrons during the Air Force’s 2025 Department-Level

  • 734th AMS Maintainers Keep the Joint Force Moving

    A team aircraft maintainers with the 734th Aircraft Mobility Squadron successfully returned a C-17 Globemaster III to operational status following a complex electrical repair that kept the aircraft grounded for nearly a month.The C-17, assigned to Travis Air Force Base, California, landed at

  • Surging airpower in the Pacific: Lamontagne observes Allied mobility in action

    Gen. Johnny Lamontagne, Air Mobility Command commander, visited the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing during a recent stop in the Indo-Pacific theater to observe the U.S. Air Force’s 2025 Department-Level Exercise series — this first-in-a-generation exercise series is designed to test the service’s

  • Mobility Vanguard 25: The Evolution of the Rodeo

    Mobility Vanguard brought together Airmen from around the world for three days of intense, mission-focused competition that tested the strength, skill, and readiness of today’s mobility force. What began as a traditional rodeo-style challenge for aerial porters has evolved into a dynamic,

  • The Third Annual 515 AMOG and JASDF 2025 Port Dawg Rodeo

    The third annual Port Dawg Rodeo, co-hosted by the 515th Air Mobility Operations Group and Japan Air Self-Defense Force, took place at Yokota Air Base, Japan during the week of March 17, 2025. In the four-day event, Airmen in the 2T2 Air Transportation career field from the 730th Air Mobility

  • Former commander reflects on service, changes at 515th AMOW

    Retired Maj. Gen. Steven W. Oliver Jr. returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Feb. 25 as the guest speaker for the 515th AMOW’s Annual Awards Banquet. Col. Kyle Benwitz, 515th AMOW commander, said that Oliver’s speech provided important context about the organization for current

  • 735th AMS performs rare en route C-17 engine change

    The 735th Air Mobility Squadron, located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, performed a rare en route C-17 Globemaster III engine change on Aug. 19, 2022 with assistance from the 15th Maintenance Group.