$MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Miller and Airman First Class Jessica Ball, connect power cables from a generator to the main breaker at the Misawa Inn Mar. 14. Members of the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron from Kadena Air Force Base, Japan arrived here to help with base recovery efforts. Sergeant Miller and Airman Ball are assigned to the 18 CES. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)$

Airman 1st Class Aaron Cope, right, and Tech. Sgt. Danny Dottin, connect power cables to a generator at the Misawa Inn at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 14. Misawa lost power after feeling the effects of a 9.1 magnitude earthquake March 11. Sergeant Dottin and Airman Cope are assigned to the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron’s generator maintenance shop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

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$MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Aaron Cope, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, wraps tape around exposed wires on a generator Mar. 14. More than 50 Civil Engineer members and 11 generators arrived Mar. 12 from Kadena Air Force Base, Japan to aide in recovery operations. Airman Cope is assigned to the. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)$

Airman 1st Class Aaron Cope, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, wraps tape around exposed wires from a generator at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 14. More than 50 18th Civil Engineer Squadron members and 11 generators arrived in Misawa March 12 from Kadena to aide in recovery operations after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake devastated mainland Japan. Airman Cope is assigned to the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, generator maintenance shop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

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$MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Danny Dottin, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron generator maintenance shop, connects power cables to a generator located at the Misawa Inn Mar. 14. Members of the 18 CES came to assist with recovery operations. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)$

Tech. Sgt. Danny Dottin from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron’s generator maintenance shop connects power cables to a generator at the Misawa Inn at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 14. Members of the 18th CES came to assist with recovery operations after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake devastated mainland Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

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$MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Aaron Cope, right, and Tech. Sgt. Danny Dottin, connect power cables to a generator located at the Misawa Inn Mar. 14. Misawa Air Base lost power after feeling the effects of a 9.1 magnitude earthquake. Sergeant Dottin and Airman Cope are assigned to the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, generator maintenance shop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)$

Staff Sgt. Ryan Miller and Airman 1st Class Jessica Ball, connect power cables from a generator to the main breaker at the Misawa Inn at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 14. Members of the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron arrived in Misawa to help with base recovery efforts after one of the most devastating earthquakes in recent history affected mainland Japan. Sergeant Miller and Airman Ball are assigned to the 18 CES. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

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$MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman First Class Jessica Ball connects power cables from a generator to the main breaker located at the Misawa Inn Mar. 14. Eleven generators from Kadena Air Force Base were brought in to help restore power to base facilities. Airman Ball is assigned to the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, power production shop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)$

Airman 1st Class Aaron Cope connects power cables from a generator to the main breaker at the Misawa Inn at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 14. More than 50 18th Civil Engineer Squadron members and 11 generators arrived in Misawa March 12 from Kadena to aide in recovery operations after one of the most devastating earthquakes in recent history affected mainland Japan. Airman Cope is assigned to the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, generator maintenance shop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

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Kadena Airmen restore power at Misawa after devastating earthquake

Published March 15, 2011