459 AS members participated in TMG disaster relief drill
(Right to left) U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Edward Sponenburg, 459th Airlift Squadron (AS) superintendent, and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459 AS flight engineer, perform pre-flight inspection on a UH-1N Iroquois during the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Disaster Management Drill at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 4, 2016. Airmen with the 459 AS delivered simulated disaster relief supplies to the Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park during the drill. The park is located in the Ariake area and is a disaster countermeasure headquarters of the Government of Japan and other local governments during large-scale earthquakes in the metropolitan area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)