YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Conrad Kirakosian, 730th Air Mobility Squadron crew chief, squirts a soap and water mixture to check for air leaks on a C-17 Globemaster III from Elemendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, here March 28. The C-17 just returned from Sendai Airport, where supplies were dropped off in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A C-17 Globemaster III from Elmendorf, Alaska, receives routine maintenance from 730th Air Mobility Squadron crew chiefs here March 28, 2011. The C-17 arrived after delivering relief supplies to Sendai Airport. Since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Yokota AB members have worked around the clock delivering vital supplies in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Salazar)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Conrad Kirakosian, 730th Air Mobility Squadron crew chief, performs routine maintenance on a C-17 Globemaster III from Elemendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, at Yokota Air Base, March 28. The C-17 just returned from Sendai Airport, where supplies were dropped off in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Conrad Kirakosian, 730th Air Mobility Squadron crew chief, performs routine maintenance on a C-17 Globemaster III from Elemendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, here March 28. The C-17 just returned from Sendai Airport, where supplies were dropped off in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A C-17 Globemaster III from Elemendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, sits on the flightline while receiving routing maintenance at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 28. The C-17 just returned from Sendai Airport, where supplies were dropped off in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)

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Maintenance never sleeps

Published March 29, 2011