Yesterday’s Air Force: Operation Tomodachi Published March 11, 2016 By Air Force TV FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- Operation Tomodachi was the U.S. and Japanese response to the devastation brought by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, and tsunami, that struck off the coast of Japan. Airmen from all over the Pacific helped in the recovery efforts. Yesterday's Air Force is a history and heritage featurette series profiling significant people and missions from the Air Force's past.