AMC Safety Outstanding Achievement Award, Category V, 733d Air Mobility Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan

The 733d Air Mobility Squadron (733 AMS) has been presented with the Air Mobility Command (AMC) Outstanding Achievement Award, Category V. Among its many achievements, the team resolved four safety-of-flight impounds, coordinating with Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and three major commands to author six engineer dispositions.

The team also procured vehicles for a Class A Safety Investigation Board and oversaw C-17 flight line operations during an Interim Safety Board, augmenting the 18th Wing’s flight safety duties to ensure mission generation, improving passenger terminal safety by fabricating “Do Not Enter” signs for condemned areas and facilities, and refurbishing tablets for the Air Transportation Quality Assurance department—saving the Air Force four thousand dollars and providing capabilities to conduct 150 digital proficiency assessments.

The team exposed an airfield limitation and initiated an engine run modification affecting twelve airframes, prompting a Kadena Air Base Instruction rewrite that prevented three thousand delay hours annually and bolstered the Air Force’s premier combat wing. Elsewhere, the unit synced with the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron and the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron to overhaul flightline fire extinguishing capabilities, replacing current extinguishers with Novec fire bottles valued at $112,000 to ensure squadron compliance with Japan’s ban on Halon emissions.

Other notable achievements include leading explosives handling area inspections and identifying four firefighting shortfalls at a joint cargo deployment center, overseeing the creation of an aerial port processing area’s traffic flow plan, propelling AMC Headquarters’ new evaluation program by conducting sixty performance evaluations and standardizing the wing’s assessment process, and identifying and correcting twelve port discrepancies during an environmental program compliance inspection for Freight Operations.

In addition, the unit coordinated with Aerial Port leadership to remove inoperable baggage scales and install four brand-new systems. Their upgrade decreased passenger check-in time by sixty percent and enabled the safe movement of nine thousand personnel to three areas of responsibility.

These are only some of the notable tasks the very busy 733 AMS accomplished this year!