First aid delivered by 36 AS
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Charles Kirchen, 36th Airlift Squadron, watches as the engines start up on a C-130H Hercules March 19 before a mission. Medical supplies were flown to Sendai and Hanamaki Airport to be distributed to local hospitals and evacuation centers as part of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)