"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Col. Joshua Bowman (right), 459th Airlift Squadron director of operations, and Capt. Nicholas Ringo, 459th AS co-pilot, synchronize their watches during a pre-flight meeting Aug. 21, 2011, at the Japanese-American Friendship Festival, Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Capt. Nicholas Ringo, 459th Airlift Squadron co-pilot, performs pre-flight checks on a UH-1N Iroquois Aug. 21, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Capt. Nicholas Ringo, 459th Airlift Squadron co-pilot, monitors the towing of a UH-1N Iroquois onto the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 21, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Jerry Palmer, 374th Maintenance Operations Squadron contractor, threads a communications cable out the window of a UH-1N Iroquois Aug. 21, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The cable allowed Palmer to maintain communication with the pilot and co-pilot during engine startup to monitor progress from outside the helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Capt. Nicholas Ringo, 459th Airlift Squadron co-pilot, looks out the window of a UH-1N Iroquois while waiting for the signal to fly during the Japanese-American Friendship Festival Aug. 21, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Col. Joshua Bowman, 459th Airlift Squadron director of operations, runs through pre-flight checklists in a UH-1N Iroquois Aug. 21, 2011, during the Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A UH-1N Iroquois helicopter flies over the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, during the Japanese-American Friendship Festival Aug. 20, 2011. The "huey" was only able to fly on the first day of the two-day festival due to inclement weather. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Prepping to fly "Hueys" at Friendship Festival

Published Aug. 30, 2011

"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival