3/22/2011 - Airmen load a pallet of water onto a C-17 Globemaster III March 21, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Crews unloaded the water and other relief items at Sendai Airport as American forces worked with their Japanese counterparts to aid the people of Japan in the aftermath of an earthquake that hit Japan March 11. "Tomodachi" is a Japanese word meaning friends.(U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

3/22/2011 - As part of Operation Tomodachi, Staff Sgt. Chris Baker guides a K-loader with humanitarian supplies behind a C-17 Globemaster III March 21, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Crews unloaded the water and other relief items at Sendai Airport as American forces worked closely with their Japanese counterparts to aid the people of Japan in the aftermath of an earthquake that hit Japan March 11. "Tomodachi" is a Japanese word meaning friends. Sergeant Baker is a member of the 535th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

3/22/2011 - Airmen load a pallet of water onto a C-17 Globemaster III March 21, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Crews unloaded the water and other relief items at Sendai Airport as American forces work closely with their Japanese counterparts to aid the people of Japan in the aftermath of an 8.9 earthquake, which hit Japan March 11. "Tomodachi" is a Japanese word meaning friends. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

3/22/2011 - As part of Operation Tomodachi, Staff Sgt. Chris Baker guides a K-loader with humanitarian supplies behind a C-17 Globemaster III March 21, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Crews unloaded the water and other relief items at Sendai Airport as American forces worked with their Japanese counterparts to aid the people of Japan in the aftermath of an earthquake that hit Japan March 11. "Tomodachi" is a Japanese word meaning friends. Sergeant Baker is a member of the 535th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)