News>Yokota AB officials extend help to firefighters in Fukushima
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Japanese firefighters in Fukushima examine the control systems on a fire truck March 15, 2011, delivered to them from Yokota Air Base, Japan. The truck will be used to assist with recovery efforts in northern Japan following the earthquake and tsunami March 11. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Andrea Salazar)
Staff Sgt. Larry Gee refuels a fire truck from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to be delivered to firefighters in Fukushima, Japan, March 15, 2011, at a rest stop. The truck will be used to assist in recovery efforts in response to the earthquake and tsunami March 11. Sergeant Gee is firefighter assigned to the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Andrea Salazar)
by 2nd Lt. Christopher Love
374 Airlift Wing Public Affairs
3/17/2011 - YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- A team of five Airmen and two Japanese nationals delivered a fire truck March 15 to firefighters in Fukushima, Japan.
After more than seven hours of traveling, the team delivered a P-22 fire truck to six Japanese firefighters who were standing by. After delivering the fire truck, Nobuhito Takeda, a 374th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, instructed those receiving the truck on how to operate it properly.
The request for assistance came from Japanese authorities, and it was intended to aid in the recovery efforts following the earthquake and tsunami March 11.
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3/20/2011 6:22:56 AM ET March 17. The P-22 fire truck offered from Yokota AFB participated in the operation of draining water by JSDF for Fukushima nuclear power generation. The fire truck is active now. all Japanese people knows this. many many thanks for all. ARIGATO GOZAIMASU
m.taka@Op.ARIGATO, tokyoJAPAN
3/18/2011 8:39:33 PM ET thank you america we never forget
