Airmen deliver fuel, sustain relief efforts

Maintainers keep C-130s flying to supply Operation Tomodachi

320th STS, ready to fly anytime, anywhere

Combat Shadow crew conducts refueling in support of Operation Tomodachi

An MC-130P Combat Shadow crew from Yokota Air Base's 17th Special Operations Squadron successfully refueled four HH-60 helicopters conducting search and rescue operations off the shores of northeastern Japan, March 18. The Shadow crew left Yokota AB in the late morning to fly to Matsushima Airfield,

51st LRS supports Operation Tomodachi during ORE

The 51st Logistics Readiness Squadron processed 18,000 pounds of cargo here March 14 in support of Operation Tomodachi.The supplies were being transported to the Ronald Reagan Carrier Group to continue humanitarian aid missions off the east coast of Honshu, Japan.Originally this cargo was scheduled

Special-ops Airmen open strategic runways for relief operations

Airmen and aircraft from the 353rd Special Operations Group assisted Japanese officials in opening two key runways to support relief operations in northern Japan March 16.Facilities and airfields at Matsushima Air Base and Sendai Airport were damaged by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resulting

Bomber squadron concludes swap out, heads home

Approximately 250 Airmen and six B-52 Stratofortress aircraft are preparing to pack up and head home after an action-packed, five-month deployment here.Airmen from the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, N.D., began arriving in November 2010 in support of Andersen's continuous

Standing up at Sendai

320th STS takes on challenge, opens airport to fixed-wing traffic

C-17 provides transportation for Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel from Okinawa