Yokota ATC Operation Tomodachi
Senior Airman Lyndsi Tullos, Staff Sgt. Steven Valentine and Senior Airman Nissean Johnson maintain control of inbound and outbound aircraft March 24, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Yokota AB's flightline has received more than triple the normal amount of aircraft due to Operation Tomodachi. The military and civilian aircraft have been from multiple nations carrying supplies, personnel and equipment in direct support of bringing relief efforts and trying to minimize human suffering following an earthquake and tsunami March 11. Sergeant Valentine and Airmen Tullos and Johnson are 374th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)