Japanese high school students tour JBPH-H

High school students from Sendai Japan answer interview questions on 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. Johnathan Bielke, military working dog handler, allows high school students from Sendai Japan to pet a military working dog 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

TAIWA TOWN, Japan -- Audience members dance and perform air guitar with Air Force Band of the Pacific-Asia's "Pacific Trends" vocalists Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Packard and Tech. Sgt. Paula Goetz in Taiwa Town, Japan, June 2011. The band toured Miyagi and Iwate areas, including Sendai City, to bring music and entertainment to Japanese citizens affected by the events of March 11. (Courtesy photo)

PACAF Band-Asia brings courage, hope to Japanese

TAIWA TOWN , Japan -- Members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force dance on stage with members from the Air Force Band of the Pacific-Asia's "Pacific Trends" during a concert held at Taiwa Town, Japan, June 2011. Taiwa serves as a temporary home for napproximately 2,000 members of the JGSDF stationed at Camp Taiwa. (Courtesy photo)

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

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Staff Sgt. Blake Landry 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster deploys a Davis Drifter Buoy from a C-130 Hercules off the eastern coast of Japan, April 29, 2011. The C-130 crew dropped seven 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 -- Staff Sgt. Blake Landry (left) 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, and Lt. Col. Dave Kincaid, 374th Operations Group deputy commander, wait for the signal to deploy a Davis Drifter Buoy from a C-130 Hercules off the eastern coast of Japan, April 29, 2011. The C-130 crew dropped seven 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

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Bill Knight, 374th Airlift Wing vice commander, answers questions from Japanese media in front of a C-130 Hercules on the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 29, 2011. The C-130's 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

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Col. Dave Kincaid, 374th Operations Group deputy commander, conducts a pre-flight meeting for Operation Water Buoy at the 36th Airlift Squadron building, Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 29, 2011. The C-130 Hercules 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)

Newcomers; Misawa is safe! This is how we know

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – Maj. David Kempisty, 35th Aerospace Medicine Squadron installation radiation safety officer, shuts off a high-volume air sampler stationed on Misawa Air Base’s flightline April 29. The HVAS is used to detect radioactive particles in the air by collecting 1,000 cubic-feet of air every 50 minutes and trapping the particles on filter paper. Major Kempisty has been monitoring radiation levels here at Misawa since the earthquake and he has not detected any radiation above the normal background levels. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)

Japan Minister of Defense visits Yokota

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Toshimi Kitazawa, Japan Minister of Defense, speaks at Hangar 15 here April 23, 2011. Minister Kitazawa visited Yokota Air Base to thank U.S. service members for their efforts in support of Operation Tomodachi and to observe a bilateral demonstration of the U.S. Marine's and Japan Ground Self Defense Force's chemical response forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)

Japan Minister of Defense visits Yokota

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Toshimi Kitazawa, Japan Minister of Defense, talks with Lt. Gen. Burton Field, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, at Hangar 15 here April 23. Minister Kitazawa visited Yokota Air Base to thank U.S. service members for their efforts in support of Operation Tomodachi and to observe a bilateral demonstration of U.S. Marine and Japan Ground Self Defense Force chemical response forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)

Japan Minister of Defense visits Yokota

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Toshimi Kitazawa, Japan Minister of Defense, talks with Lt. Gen. Burton Field, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, at Hangar 15 here April 23. Minister Kitazawa visited Yokota Air Base to thank U.S. service members for their efforts in support of Operation Tomodachi and to observe a bilateral demonstration of U.S. Marine and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force chemical response forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)