Japanese high school students tour JBPH-H

High school students receive copies of the Band of the Pacific CD from Chief Master Sgt. Larry MacTaggart, manager of the PACAF band, during a base tour on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii June 24. The students are from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School and are continuing their education in Hawaii while their homes and school are being rebuilt in Sendai, Japan. The students came to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to tour the base and meet the C-17 crew who flew to Sendai following the earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lauren Main)

Japanese high school students tour JBPH-H

High school students from Sendai Japan pose for a photo in front of a C-17 Globemaster III during a base tour June 24. The students are from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School and are continuing their education in Hawaii while their homes and school are being rebuilt in Sendai, Japan. The students came to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to tour the base and meet the C-17 crew who flew to Sendai following the earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lauren Main)

Japanese high school students tour JBPH-H

Staff Sgt. Paul Cruz, Military Working Dog handler with the 647th Security Forces Squadron, performs a demonstration with Aron, MWD, for high school students from Sendai Japan June 24. The students are from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School and are continuing their education in Hawaii while their homes and school are being rebuilt in Sendai, Japan. The students came to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to tour the base and meet the C-17 Globemaster III crew who flew to Sendai following the earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lauren Main)

PACAF Band-Asia brings courage, hope to Japanese

SENDAI, JAPAN -- A letter from a young girl, Chiyoko Suzuki, reads, "Thank you for the Operation Tomodachi from bottom of my heart...we will never forget your help and kindness." The letter was given to the Air Force Band of the Pacific-Asia after a concert held in the Sendai-area, Japan, June 2011. (Courtesy photo)

Eagle airlifters aid Japan, U.S. map Honshu currents

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Capt. Gabe Frusha, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules pilot, looks over a map with Capt. Andrew Milligan, 36th AS navigator, over the Pacific Ocean April 29, 2011. The C-130 crew dropped seven Davis Drifter Buoys off the eastern coast of Japan to help Japanese and American scientists monitor ocean currents. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

Eagle airlifters aid Japan, U.S. map Honshu currents

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Capt. Gabe Frusha, 36th Airlift Squadron pilot, brings a C-130 Hercules back to cruising altitude after loadmasters dropped seven Davis Drifting Buoys into the Pacific Ocean April 29, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)