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A FARP is ready at Yamagata Airport

Tech. Sgt. Paul Hammer runs a fuel line to a MC-130P Combat Shadow March 17, 2011, at Yamagata Airport, Japan, during efforts to establish a forward area refueling point there. FARPs allow aircraft to operate at further distances by allowing the aircraft to refuel where no fuel typically exists. The fuel at Yamagata Airport will be used for American search-and-recovery teams during Japan's earthquake and tsunami relief. Sergeant hammer is with the 353rd Special Operations Group at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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FARP ready at Yamagata Airport

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Wisnoski and Tech. Sgt. Timothy Rodgers setup equipment to defuel an MC-130P Combat Shadow March 17, 2011, at Yamagata Airport, Japan, during efforts to establish a forward area refueling point there. FARPs allow aircraft to operate at further distances by allowing the aircraft to refuel where no fuel typically exists. The fuel at Yamagata Airport will be used for American search-and-recovery teams during Japan's earthquake and tsunami relief. Sergeant Wisnoski is with the 17th Special Operations Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Sergeant Rogers is with the 353rd Special Operations Group at Kadena AB. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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Standing up at Sendai airport

Maj. Kerry Redman flies toward Sendai airport to deliver supplies March 16, 2011. The crew brought water, food, fuel and other general supplies to 353rd Special Operations Group members who are conducting search and rescue missions from the airport. The Airmen are establishing a usable runway at Sendai Airport to help with Japan's earthquake and tsunami relief. Major Redman is assigned to the 17th Special Operations Squadron.
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FARP ready at Yamagata Airport

Tech. Sgt. Paul Hammer runs a fuel line to a MC-130P Combat Shadow March17, 2011, at Yamagata Airport, Japan, during efforts to establish a forward area refueling point there. FARPs allow aircraft to operate at further distances by allowing the aircraft to refuel where no fuel typically exists. The fuel at Yamagata Airport will be used for American search-and-recovery teams during Japan's earthquake and tsunami relief. Sergeant hammer is with the 353rd Special Operations Group at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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Standing up at Sendai airport

Master Sgt. Mike Milich tests emergency oxygen systems on board an MC-130P Combat Shadow March 16, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, prior to flying supplies to Sendai airport.The crew brought water, food, fuel and other general supplies to 353rd Special Operations Group members who are conducting search and rescue missions from the airport. The Airmen are establishing a usable runway at Sendai Airport to help with Japan's earthquake and tsunami relief. Sergeant Milich is assigned to the 17th Special Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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Standing up at Sendai airport

Staff Sgt. Curtis Hornbeak reviews a flight-operations guide prior to flying supplies to Sendai Airport March 16, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The crew brought water, food, fuel and other general supplies to 353rd Special Operations Group members who are conducting search and rescue missions from the airport. The Airmen are establishing a usable runway at Sendai Airport to help with Japan's earthquake and tsunami relief. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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Incirlik Airmen strengthen partnership

Maj. Robert Chaplin briefs providers from Acibadem and Metropark, two hospitals in Turkey, on the surgical capabilities at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, during the 39th Medical Group open house there March 10, 2011. Major Chaplin is the 39th MDG anesthesia element chief. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Lenhardt)
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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ray Decker from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron (STS) prepares his rucksack prior to boarding a U.S. Air Force MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 16, 2011. Members of the 320th STS from Kadena Air Base, Japan, deployed to Sendai Airport to help clear the runway and make it ready for fixed-wing aircraft traffic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
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Debris covers the shores and low-lying ground around Sendai Airport, Japan, March 16, 2011. Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, deployed to Sendai Airport to help clear the runway and make it ready for fixed-wing aircraft traffic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
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Debris covers the shores and low-lying ground around Sendai Airport, Japan, March 16, 2011. Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, deployed to Sendai Airport to help clear the runway and make it ready for fixed-wing aircraft traffic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
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A U.S. Air Force combat controller with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron (STS) marshals a U.S. Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft after a successful landing at Sendai Airport, Japan, March 16, 2011. Members of the 320th STS from Kadena Air Base, Japan, deployed to Sendai Airport to help clear the runway and make it ready for fixed-wing aircraft traffic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ray Decker from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron (STS) prepares his rucksack prior to boarding a U.S. Air Force MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 16, 2011. Members of the 320th STS from Kadena Air Base, Japan, deployed to Sendai Airport to help clear the runway and make it ready for fixed-wing aircraft traffic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
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Incirlik Airmen strengthen partnership

Capt. John Kitsteiner briefs providers from Acibadem and Metropark, two hospitals in Turkey, on family health procedures during the 39th Medical Group open house March 10, 2011, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Captain Kitsteiner is a family practice physician assigned to the 39th MDG. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Lenhardt)
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Airmen prepare Iraq bases for transition

An Iraqi contractor holds steel chains from a 20-ton crane in place, as a crane operator awaits a signal to lift a 6-ton concrete T-wall barrier onto an awaiting flatbed truck, March 3, 2011, at Victory Base Complex in Baghdad. These crews are supporting a partnered effort to turn more than 1,200 U.S. forces T-walls to the Iraqi Army. Each T-wall section is 12-feet tall. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Larry Schneck)
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Airmen prepare Iraq bases for transition

Not even a sand storm in the Iraqi desert stops the removal of concrete T-wall barriers March 3, 2011, at Victory Base Complex in Baghdad. U.S. government officials have turned over 80 installations and facilities to the Government of Iraq under the current security agreement. Each T-wall section weighs 6 tons and is 12-feet tall. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Larry Schneck)
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Airmen prepare Iraq bases for transition

In the middle of an orange haze during a sand storm in the Iraqi desert, an Iraqi contractor rigs a T-wall concrete barrier onto a flatbed truck, March 3, 2011, at Victory Base Complex in Baghdad. The local-national contractor is supporting a partnered effort to turn-over 1,200 U.S. forces T-walls to the Iraqi army. A T-wall section weighs 6 tons and is 12-feet tall. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Larry Schneck)
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Contingency aeromedical staging facility Airmen get wounded warriors home

Master Sgt. Christopher Owens is the aeromedical evacuation operations team NCO in charge at the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight. Sergeant Owens manages aeromedical evacuation stage operations and supervises launch and recovery of aeromedical evacuation missions at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by/ Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)
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Yokota extends help to firefighters in Fukushima

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)
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Cope Tiger 2011

Maj. Greg Richert is served noodles March 14, 2011, by a student from Ang Huay Yang School in Korat, Thailand. Airmen visited the school with members of the Royal Thai and Republic of Singapore air forces during Cope Tiger 2011, an annual, multilateral, joint field training exercise being conducted in Thailand March 14 through 25. Major Richert is the chief of aerospace medicine at 13th Air Force, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the medical lead for Exercise Cope Tiger 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Kirsten Udd)
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Cope Tiger 2011

Lt. Col. Mike Akiowa explains Hawaiian history March 14, 2011, to students and teachers at the Ang Huay Yang School in Korat, Thailand. Airmen visited the school with members of the Royal Thai and Republic of Singapore air forces during Cope Tiger 2011, an annual, multilateral, joint field training exercise being conducted in Thailand March 14 through 25. Colonel Akiowa is a pilot assigned to the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Kirsten Udd)
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