Operation Tomodachi

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Cailee Dziamski, a Red Cross volunteer, plays with a baby before leaving the Enlisted Club for a voluntary assisted departure, March 22 2011. The Department of State approved the voluntary authorized departure for eligible family members until the situation in Japan has resolved. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

Potassium Iodide Distribution for Yokota

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Michelle Romany, 374th Surgical Operations Squadron, calls for the next customer to pick up Potassium Iodide (KI) tablets here March 22. U.S. Pacific Command directed distribution of potassium iodide tablets as a precautionary measure. Base officials are stressing there is no indication of increased exposure at Yokota AB. Anyone wishing to receive KI tablets is required to fill out a form, available on the base Website at www.yokota.af.mil under "Japan Relief." One representative over the age of 18 can pick up packets for their entire household between 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today at Hangar 15. For more information, call 225-7342. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

RAAF C-17 arrives with water pumps

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force members unload water pumps from a RAAF C-17 Globemaster III here March 22. The pumps will be used to support relief operations following the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Salazar)

RAAF C-17 arrives with water pumps

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force members unload water pumps from a RAAF C-17 Globemaster III here March 22. The pumps will be used to support relief operations following the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Salazar)

Operation Tomodachi

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen load a pallet of water onto a C-17 Globemaster III March 21, 2011. Crews unloaded the water and other relief items at Sendai Airport as American forces work closely with their Japanese counterparts to aid the people of Japan in the aftermath of an 8.9 earthquake, which hit Japan March 11. ?Tomodachi? is a Japanese word meaning ?friends.? (U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

Operation Tomodachi

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen load a pallet of water onto a C-17 Globemaster III March 21, 2011. Crews unloaded the water and other relief items at Sendai Airport as American forces work closely with their Japanese counterparts to aid the people of Japan in the aftermath of an 8.9 earthquake, which hit Japan March 11. ?Tomodachi? is a Japanese word meaning ?friends.? (U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

353rd SOG manages airfield, supplies Operation Tomodachi

A combat controller from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, waits for a C-17 Globemaster III to taxi back after landing at Sendai Airport March 20. The combat controller used his all-terrain vehichle as a "follow me" car to guide the C-17 to its cargo offload point. Sendai Airport has become a main hub for bringing humanitarian aid to those affected by the earthquake and tsunami from March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Samuel Morse)

353rd SOG manages airfield, supplies Operation Tomodachi

Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group drive forklifts carrying pallets of freshwater to be loaded onto Japan Ground Self-Defense Force trucks at Sendai Airport, Japan, March 20. The 320th Special Tactics Squadron manages the airfield with the help of the 353rd SOG, Marines, JGSDF and other Japanese agencies. Sendai Airport has become a main hub for bringing humanitarian aid to those affected by the earthquake and tsunami from March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

353rd SOG manages airfield, supplies Operation Tomodachi

Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group from Kadena Air Base, Japan, manage the communications room at Sendai Airport March 20. The 320th Special Tactics Squadron set up the communications room to maintain contact with other Operation Tomodachi units via conventional computer, radio and defense switched network methods. The 320th STS is supporting U.S. military efforts to provide assistance to Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

Bio techs test for toxins near Tokyo

Tech. Sgt. Joanie Long, readiness NCOIC at the 18th Aeromedicine Squadron’s Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight, holds an electronic personal dosimeter at the Bioenvironmental Engineering building, March 15. The dosimeter is one of the many pieces of equipment the two-man crew from 18th AMDS took to mainland Japana for the disaster relief efforts. The team has deploying to Yokota Air Base, near Tokyo, to test for radiation and other possible contaminates in the surrounding environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)

First C-17 touches down in Sendai

SENDAI AIRPORT, Japan -- A C-17 Globemaster III crew from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, lands here March 20. The aircraft delivered ten pallets of food, water and blankets. This marked the first C-17 landing at the airport since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron reopened the runway to fixed-wing aircraft March 16 and cleared the rest of the runway to accommodate larger aircraft such as the C-17, enabling larger shipments of humanitarian aid. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

Delivery supplies arrive at Yokota

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Justin Smith, 730th Air Mobility Squadron, unloads relief supplies here March 19. An international charter aircraft delivered 95 tons of blankets, plastic sheeting, hygiene supplies, soap and jerry cans to assist with earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)