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  • Yokota airlifters deliver fuel to power Sendai Airport

    Airmen from Yokota Air Base's 36th Airlift Squadron delivered 2,378 gallons of diesel fuel to Sendai Airport, Japan, aboard a C-130H Hercules March 24, in support of Operation Tomodachi. Yokota AB Airmen delivered the fuel to Sendai where it will be used to fuel generators and provide much-needed

  • Maintenance Group Olympics challenge Airmen

    Airmen in the 354th Maintenance Group at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, practiced teambuilding and teamwork in a series of challenges during the Maintenance Group Olympics, March 25 at the weapons-loading facility.The 354 MXG organized several fun and challenging events that pushed Airmen to strive

  • The view from my window

    This was going to be my first flight up north since the earthquake and tsunami struck March 11. I was both eager and anxious to finally see what I, like so many others, had been supporting with 12+ hour work days and no days off. The mission was pretty straight forward: The C-130 Hercules crew

  • Yokota's Japanese workers help their own

    In the aftermath of Japan's devastating March 11th earthquake and tsunami, much attention has been given to the military members, U.S. and otherwise, who are supporting the relief effort from Yokota. Fewer people realize, however, that Yokota Air Base also houses another huge team of workers,

  • COMPACAF signs Japanese condolence letter

    The Pacific Air Forces commander visited the Consulate General of Japan here March 22 to express his sympathy for the Japanese people. Gen. Gary North's signature of an official condolence book joined that of federal, state, city and county government agency officials who penned their expressions of

  • CE continues work to restore Misawa

    Operations appear to be returning to normal around Misawa Air Base. Over the past week and a half, the men and women assigned to the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron have worked to get the base to where it is now, but they still have work ahead of them. When the 9.0 magnitude March 11 earthquake struck