374th AMXS keeps aircraft ready for relief support

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Kyle Chambasian, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron turbo prop specialist, tightens a propeller on a C-130 Hercules here March 16. Airman Chambasian changes a damaged propeller so that the aircraft can be used in support of the earthquake and tsunami relief operations in Northern Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

374th AMXS keeps aircraft ready for relief support

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class James Nicoloff, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron turbo prop specialist, inspects a newly replaced C-130 Hercules propeller here March 16. If tasked, the aircraft will participate in the relief efforts in Northern Japan following the earthquake and tsunami that struck March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

517th Airlift Squadron supports relief efforts in Japan

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska -- Air Force Master Sgt. Stephen Mallory, loadmaster, stationed at the 517th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson Alaska, marshals 10KAT forklifts to offload 47,000 lbs of water for humanitarian relief efforts off a C-17 at Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mark Leahy)

517th Airlift Squadron supports relief efforts in Japan

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska -- Air Force Staff Sgt. Adam Koerner, 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, directs generators into a C-17 Globemaster III for humanitarian relief, headed for Misawa Air Base Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mark Leahy)

Fuels truck loads on to C-130

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A fuels truck pulls up to an C-130H Hercules to be loaded here March 15. The fuels truck was taken to Yamagota Airport to support Japan's earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)

Yokota's fuels truck sent to support relief efforts

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Jason Barbieri, 36th Airlift Squadron, guides a fuels truck onto a C-130H Hercules here March 15. The fuels truck was taken to Yamagota Airport to support Japan's earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)