Taking shelter

American Red Cross volunteers prepare to distribute boxed meals March 11, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The meals were provided by officials from the 374th Force Support Squadron for passengers of aircraft diverted from Narita International Airport in Tokyo, due to an 8.9-magnitude earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Salazar)

Yokota provides support following massive earthquake

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Delta Airline passengers take shelter inside the Taiyo Community Center here March 11. The base provided food and lodging for airline passengers diverted from Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan, after an earthquake struck near Tokyo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Salazar)

Yokota provides support following massive earthquake

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- American Red Cross volunteers give boxed meals provided by the 374th Force Support Squadron, to passengers at the Taiyo Community Center here March 11. The passengers arrived to the base after their commercial flights were diverted from Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan, following an earthquake that struck near Tokyo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Salazar)

Readiness exercise tests emergency response operations

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Firefighters from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, respond to a simulated water contamination incident during an Operational Readiness Exercise here March 9. During the incident, the firefighters escorted personnel from the 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bio-environmental engineering office through certain buildings in order to gather water samples for testing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)