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The 33rd RQS comes home

Two HH-60G Pave Hawk’s from the 33rd Rescue Squadron taxi down the runway after returning home here April 4. The two helicopters were part of a five aircraft and five team crew that deployed to mainland Japan for nearly a month in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sara Csurilla)
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The 33rd RQS comes home

Brig. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, 18th Wing commander, welcomes home members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron as they returned home from mainland Japan here April 4. There were five aircraft and five teams that deployed to Yokota Air Base, Japan for nearly a month in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sara Csurilla)
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Kadena Airmen Bring Moms-To-Be To Okinawa

Emily Bart and Jessica Mendez, both moms-to-be, talk with each other during their KC-135 flight from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan to Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 30. Members of the 909th Air Refueling Squadron and 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Kadena Air Base have been assisting in the voluntary departures of expectant mothers wanting to leave mainland Japan and have their babies in Okinawa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike Tateishi)
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Kadena Airmen Bring Moms-To-Be To Okinawa

Lt. Col. Francis Slosser, chief nurse with the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron chats with Jessica Mendez, an expectant mother on the tarmac Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 30. The 18th AES and 909th Air Refueling Squadron were able to take two ladies to Okinawa where they’ll continue their prenatal care. Moms-to-be have been given the option of staying on the mainland or going to another location to deliver. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike Tateishi)
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Kadena Airmen Bring Moms-To-Be To Okinawa

Tech. Sgt. Jaime Faison, a medical technician with the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron places a blanket behind the seat belt of Emily Bart, a mom-to-be enroute from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan to Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 30. Expectant mothers from mainland Japan have been given the option on where to have their baby. Bart talked with a number of friends and decided Okinawa was the best choice for her. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike Tateishi)
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FARP team prepares for mission

Tech. Sgt. Dave Harwood, 17th Special Operations Squadron flight engineer, calculates the take off landing distance to Yamagata Airport to an established forward area refueling point (FARP) March 17. The FARP members defueled the MC-130P and fueled four fuel bladders for a total of 36,000 pounds of JP-8 fuel. FARPs allow aircraft to operate at further distances by allowing the aircraft to stop and refuel where typically no fuel exists. The FARP team is capable of providing fuel to remote and austere locations. The fuels at Yamagata Airport will be used for American forces search and recovery teams during Japan’s earthquake and tsunami relief. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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FARP team prepares for mission

Airmen 1st Class JT Mills, 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster, keeps in communication with the pilots and forward area refueling point (FARP) members while defueling an MC-130P Combat Shadow at Yamagata Airport March 17. The FARP members defueled the MC-130P and fueled four fuel bladders worth 36,000 pounds of JP-8 fuel. FARPs allow aircraft to operate at distances further from the original airport that it departed from by allowing the aircraft to stop and refuel where typically no fuel is at. The FARP team is capable of providing fuel to remote and austere locations. The fuel at Yamagata Airport will be used for American forces search and recovery teams during Japan’s earthquake and tsunami relief. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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FARP team prepares for mission

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Wisnoski, 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster, turns off a defueling pump on an MC-130P Combat Shadow March 17. The FARP members defueled the MC-130P and fueled four fuel bladders worth 36,000 pounds of JP-8 fuel. FARPs allow aircraft to operate at distances further from the original airport that it departed from by allowing the aircraft to stop and refuel where typically no fuel is at. The FARP team is capable of providing fuel to remote and austere locations. The fuel at Yamagata Airport will be used for American forces search and recovery teams during Japan’s earthquake and tsunami relief. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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FARP team prepares for mission

Tech. Sgt. Paul Hammer, 353rd Special Operations Group forward area refueling point (FARP) member, returns a fuel line to MC-130P Combat Shadow after defueling March 17. The FARP members defueled the MC-130P and fueled four fuel bladders worth 36,000 pounds of JP-8 fuel. FARPs allow aircraft to operate at distances further from the original airport that it departed from by allowing the aircraft to stop and refuel where typically no fuel is at. The FARP team is capable of providing fuel to remote and austere locations. The fuel at Yamagata Airport will be used for American forces search and recovery teams during Japan’s earthquake and tsunami relief. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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FARP team prepares for mission

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Wisnoski, 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster, and Tech. Sgt. Timothy Rodgers, 353rd Special Operations Group forward area refueling point (FARP) member, setup equipment to defuel an MC-130P Combat Shadow March 17. The FARP members defueled the MC-130P and fueled four fuel bladders for a total of 36,000 pounds of JP-8 fuel. FARPs allow aircraft to operate at further distances by allowing the aircraft to stop and refuel where typically no fuel exists. The FARP team is capable of providing fuel to remote and austere locations. The fuels at Yamagata Airport will be used for American forces search and recovery teams during Japan’s earthquake and tsunami relief. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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FARP team prepares for mission

Tech. Sgt. Paul Hammer, 353rd Special Operations Group forward area refueling point (FARP) member, runs a fuel line to an MC-130P Combat Shadow March 17. The FARP members defueled the MC-130P and fueled four fuel bladders for a total of 36,000 pounds of JP-8 fuel. FARPs allow aircraft to operate at further distances by allowing the aircraft to stop and refuel where typically no fuel exists. The FARP team is capable of providing fuel to remote and austere locations. The fuels at Yamagata Airport will be used for American forces search and recovery teams during Japan’s earthquake and tsunami relief. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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USAF transports JGSDF members, supplies to mainland Japan

Members of the 15th Brigade, Japan Ground Self Defense Force board a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson C-17 Globemaster III on Kadena’s flight line, March 17. Kadena Airmen worked with the JBER crew to transport the JGSDF team and four trucks full of supplies to aid the earthquake and tsunami victims in mainland Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)
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USAF transports JGSDF members, supplies to mainland Japan

Master Sgt. Stephen Mallory, 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, guides a Japan Ground Self Defense Force member as he backs a truck full of supplies onto a C-17 Globemaster III on Kadena’s flight line, March 17. The C-17 carried a team from the 15th Brigade, JGSDF and supplies to aid earthquake and tsunami victims in mainland Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)
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USAF transports JGSDF members, supplies to mainland Japan

Master Sgt. Stephen Mallory, 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, guides a Japan Ground Self Defense Force member as he backs a truck full of supplies onto a C-17 Globemaster III on Kadena’s flight line, March 17. The C-17 crew loaded four supply trucks and around a dozen JGSDF members into its cargo bay to take to mainland Japan for the disaster relief effort. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)
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USAF transports JGSDF members, supplies to mainland Japan

Staff Sgt. Jay Steppat, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron electro environmental craftsman, marshals in a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson C-17 Globemaster III on the Kadena Air Base flight line, March 17. The C-17 crew from JBER loaded Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel and equipment into the aircraft to take to mainland Japan for the disaster relief effort. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)
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Airmen refuel life in Japan

Senior Airmen Allie Patterson, a fuels resource controller from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, makes sure that the aerial bulk fuel delivery system (ABABS) is secured tightly during a refueling mission on Kadena Air Base, March 17. The ABABS is filled with 6,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline which will be taken to mainland Japan to help with the relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Brooke P. Beers)
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Airmen refuel life in Japan

Senior Airmen Allie Patterson, a fuels resource controller from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, attaches a single point receptacle nozzle to an aerial bulk fuel delivery system (ABABS) during a refueling mission on Kadena Air Base, March 17. Airmen converted a normal jet fuel truck into a 6,000-gallon mobile gas truck in order to fill the ABABS with gasoline to take to mainland Japan to help with relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Brooke P. Beers)
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Nations unite for humanitarian mission

Kadena Airmen and Members of the Royal Australian Air Force discuss their upcoming mission inside the RAAF C-17 Globemaster III before heading to northern Japan March 17. The C-17, along with several members of the RAAF came to Kadena to load supplies and a team from the Japan Self Defense Force and then transport them to northern Japan in support of earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sara Csurilla)
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Nations unite for humanitarian mission

Senior Airman Andrew Ammerman, an Air Terminal Operations Center controller with the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, guides a 15 Brigade, Japan Ground Self Defense Force truck onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 17. The truck was being loaded onto the aircraft, along with a team of JGSDF members and supplies to be sent to northern Japan in support of earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sara Csurilla)
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Nations unite for humanitarian mission

Airmen from the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron walk down the ramp of a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III after it landed at Kadena Air Base, Japan March 17. The Aircraft, along with several members of the RAAF came to Kadena to load supplies and a team from the Japan Ground Self Defense Force for transport to northern Japan in support of earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sara Csurilla)
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