Fussa celebrates annual Tanabata Festival

FUSSA CITY, Japan -- Japanese folk dancers perform a traditional dance during the 61st Annual Fussa Tanabata Festival Aug. 5, 2011. Ikuo Kato, Fussa City mayor, dedicated this year's festival to the victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, which plagued northern Japan March 11. Local Fussa residences and Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, carried shrines called Mikoshi during the festival, also known as the star festival. According to Chinese legend, the two stars Altair and Vega, usually separated from each other by the Milky Way galaxy, meet up in the night on the same day each year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stacy Moless)

Fussa celebrates annual Tanabata Festival

FUSSA CITY, Japan -- Local Fussa residents carry a portable Shinto shrine, called a Mikoshi, during the 61st Annual Fussa Tanabata Festival Aug. 5, 2011. Roughly 30 people helped to carry the shrine at any given time during the festival, also known as the star festival. According to Chinese legend, the two stars Altair and Vega, usually separated from each other by the Milky Way galaxy, meet up in the night sky on the same day each year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stacy Moless)

PACIFIC ANGEL 11-1

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia – Tech. Sgt. Brady Redhage briefs Royal Cambodian Armed Forces about aerial port equipment during a subject-matter expert exchange here Aug. 9, 2011. The exchange was part of PACIFIC ANGEL 11-1, an operation which supports U.S. Pacific Command’s capacity-building efforts by partnering with other governments in the region to provide medical, dental, optometry and engineer assistance to their citizens. Sergeant Redhage is an aerial porter assigned to the 36th Mobility Response Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz)

PACIFIC ANGEL 11-1

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia – Master Sgt. Jermaine Parker and Tech. Sgt. Nate Dennis explain the cargo area of a C-130H to Royal Cambodian Armed Forces during a subject-matter expert exchange here Aug. 9, 2011. The exchange was part of PACIFIC ANGEL 11-1, an operation which supports U.S. Pacific Command’s capacity-building efforts by partnering with other governments in the region to provide medical, dental, optometry and engineer assistance to their citizens. Sergeant's Parker and Dennis are assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing, Charlotte, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz)

Community Partnership Day

A volunteer cleans a memorial marker during the annual Community Partnership Day August 3, 2011, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Airmen, Soldiers and civilians worked together to clean the park, which honors fallen Soldiers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Rachelle Coleman)

Community Partnership Day

An Eielson Airman cleans a memorial marker during Community Partnership Day August 3, 2011, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. The annual project brings Airmen, Soldiers and civilians together while helping the community. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Rachelle Coleman)