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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)


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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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)