Bio techs test for toxins near Tokyo

Tech. Sgt. Joanie Long, readiness NCOIC at the 18th Aeromedicine Squadron’s Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight, inspects the equipment that has be taken to mainland Japan, March 15. The two-man team took the equipment to test for radioactive and other harmful chemicals and materials. Amid concerns for the environment, and because Yokota Air Base is 143 miles south of the atomic energy plants that were damaged during the earthquake and tsunami, a two-man team from the 18th AMDS is preparing to assist its sister base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)

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