YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. Chris Baker, 459th Airlift Squadron, briefs crew about the day's flight on a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter leaving Yokota for Tokyo, March 23. The helicopters are critical in providing logistical support by transporting general officers, Department of Energy personnel and other officials in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 459th Airlift Squadron walk out to their UH-1 Iroquois helicopter at Yokota, in preparation for a flight to Tokyo, March 23. The helicopters are critical in providing logistical support by transporting general officers, Department of Energy personnel and other officials in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter flies over Japan, March 23, 2011. The helicopters are critical in providing logistical support by transporting general officers, Department of Energy personnel and other officials in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- 1st Lt Sean Abling, 459th Airlift Squadron, preforms a preflight check on a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter on Yokota, March 23, 2011. The helicopters are critical in providing logistical support by transporting general officers, Department of Energy personnel and other officials in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Andy Schloemer, 459th Airlift Squadron, unties the rotor on a UH-1 Iroquois on Yokota, March 23, 2011. The helicopters are critical in providing logistical support by transporting general officers, Department of Energy personnel and other officials in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Andy Schloemer, 459th Airlift Squadron, prepares a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter for flight on Yokota Air Base, March 23, 2011. The helicopters are critical in providing logistical support by transporting general officers, Department of Energy personnel and other officials in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Andy Schloemer, 459th Airlift Squadron, prepares for flight in a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter on Yokota Air Base, March 23, 2011. The helicopters are critical in providing logistical support by transporting general officers, Department of Energy personnel and other officials in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- 1st Lt. Sean Abling, 459th Airlift Squadron, does an instrument check before take-off on a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter at Yokota, March 23, 2011. The helicopters are critical in providing logistical support by transporting general officers, Department of Energy personnel and other officials in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter flies over Japan, March 23, 2011. The helicopters are critical in providing logistical support by transporting general officers, Department of Energy personnel and other officials in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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Hueys provide rapid transit in support of Operation Tomodachi

Published March 24, 2011