8/9/2012 - A flight of 730th Air Mobility Squadron Airmen stand at parade rest prior to the 730 AMS change of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 9, 2012. The history of the 730 AMS dates back to February 1942 when the squadron supported the Army Air Corps in World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

8/9/2012 - Members of the Yokota Honor Guard present the U.S., Japanese and Air Force flags during the 730th Air Mobility Squadron change of command at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 9, 2012. U.S. change of command ceremonies are a tradition dating back to the Colonial Army when units watched the control pass from one commander to the next. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

8/9/2012 - Col. Kenneth Brown, 515th Air Mobility Operations Group commander, pins the Meritorious Service Medal on Lt. Col Robert Neal, outgoing commander of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 9, 2012. Actions during Operation Tomodachi, the relief effort following the Great Tohoku Earthquake of March 2011, contributed to the earning of Neal's medal. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

8/9/2012 - Col. Kenneth Brownell, 515th Air Mobility Operations Group commander, passes the730th Air Mobility Squadron guidon to Lt. Col Brett Sowell, incoming commander for the 730 AMS, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 9, 2012. This will be Sowell's first squadron command position. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)