6/7/2012 - A formation of C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft fly in formation as they return from a training mission near Mount Fuji, Japan, on June 5, 2012. At 12,388 feet, Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)

6/7/2012 - A line of C-130 Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron taxi out for an eight-ship sortie at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on June 5, 2012. The sortie was part of a Samurai Surge exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

6/7/2012 - A Soldier controls an open parachute after a low-altitude jump from a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft during the Samurai Surge at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 5, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse)

6/7/2012 - Senior Airman Noel Jones, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, monitors a formation made up of C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft from the ramp of the lead aircraft near Yokota Air Base, Japan, on June 5, 2012. Aircrew from the 36th AS participated in the Samurai Surge, an all-day training exercise testing mission capability of many agencies throughout the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)

6/7/2012 - Staff Sgt. Jonathan Callahan, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshalls a C-130 Hercules during the Samurai Surge exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on June 5, 2012. (Courtesy photo by Chiyo Sakai)

6/7/2012 - A formation of C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft fly in formation as Army personnel parachute over Yokota Air Base, Japan, on June 5, 2012. Aircrew from the 36th Airlift Squadron participated in the Samurai Surge, an all-day training exercise, testing mission capability of many agencies throughout the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)