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Students from Gakushuin Women's College present 4,000 cranes to leadership

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Gen. Burton Field, United States Forces Japan commander and 5th Air Force commander, presents the students with his coin symbolizing a token of his thanks and friendship March 16, 2012. Prior to the ceremony, the students received a tour of the base and a C-130 Hercules, an aircraft that played a vital role during the recovery effort after the tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)
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Students from Gakushuin Women's College present 4,000 cranes to leadership

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Gen. Burton Field, United States Forces Japan commander and 5th Air Force commander, gives Tomo Ishikawa, Gakushuin Women's College student, a hug after she presented him 1,000 origami cranes March 16, 2012. The students made a total of 4,000 origami cranes and gave 1,000 to a member of each service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)
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Students from Gakushuin Women's College present 4,000 cranes to leadership

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Nao Saito, Gakushuin Women's College student, presents Lt. Gen. Burton Field, United States Forces Japan commander and 5th Air Force commander, 1,000 cranes she and her students made symbolizing their appreciation for the United States Armed Forces' effort during Operation Tomodachi March 16, 2012. The presentation of origami cranes is a Japanese tradition that is believed to grant ones wishes true. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)
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Students from Gakushuin Women's College present 4,000 cranes to leadership

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Asuka Noguchi, Gakushuin Women's College student, presents Lt. Gen. Burton Field, United States Forces Japan commander and 5th Air Force commander, a certificate she and her students made symbolizing their appreciation for the United States Armed Forces' effort during Operation Tomodachi March 16, 2012. Prior to the ceremony, the students received a tour of the base and a C-130 Hercules, an aircraft that played a vital role during the recovery effort after the tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)
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Yokota Christmas Drop aircrew delivers life-saving medical supplies

Over Fais Island, Micronesia - Staff Sgt. Kyle Favorite and Master Sgt. Thomas Larson, 374th Airlift Wing loadmasters, prepare to push a pallet of medical supplies to the island Fais to treat an outbreak of dengue fever. The island of Fais is located within the Yap state of the Micronesian Islands, and is one of the more than 50 islands that will receive care packages this holiday season as part of Operation Christmas Drop. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Veronica McMahon)
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Japan Minister of Defense visits Yokota

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Toshimi Kitazawa, Japan Minister of Defense, and Lt. Gen. Burton Field, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, walk through an honor guard cordon at Hangar 15 here April 23, 2011. Minister Kitazawa visited Yokota Air Base to thank U.S. service members for their efforts in support of Operation Tomodachi and to observe a bilateral demonstration of the U.S. Marine's and Japan Ground Self Defense Force's chemical response forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)
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374th CONS and 730th AMS team up to deliver vital equipment in support of Operation Tomodachi

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 730th Air Mobility Squadron off-loads a C-17 Globemaster III here March 29. The 374th Contracting Squadron has worked around the clock with the U.S. Government to have these supplies purchased in support of Operation Tomodachi (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)
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Operation Tomodachi

CHITOSE AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nick Alarcon, 36th Airlift Squadron, and a member of the Japanese Defense Force, exchange patches at Chitose Air Base, March 29. Because of Yokota's long-standing working relationship with Japanese forces, Airmen are able to rapidly respond with critically needed supplies and capabilities in times of crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)
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Operation Tomodachi

CHITOSE AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Sheeley (left), Capt Eric Elmore (right), 36th Airlift Squadron, and a member from the Japanese Defense Force, push a pallet onto a C-130 at Chitose Air Base, March 29. The C-130 will deliver humanitarian goods and supplies to the Japanese Defense Force in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)
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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

The 320th Special Tactics Squadron airfield commander directs the offload of the first C-17 Globemaster III, also the first jet aircraft, to land at Sendai Airport following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that covered most of the flightline with debris. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron shovel mud and silt off the main apron at Sendai Airport March 16. The Airmen of the 320th STS did their part to help clear the flightline, even if it meant using their own two hands. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
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First C-17 touches down in Sendai

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron load ten pallets of water, food and blankets onto a C-17 Globalmaster III aircraft here March 20. These were the first humanitarian relief supplies to be delivered to Sendai. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
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HH-60s deliver supplies to Kessenuma City

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen work alongside a team of Japanese medical workers to unload food, water and medical supplies here March 20 from a pair of HH-60s,. The 33rd Rescue Squadron successfully transported supplies to displaced people in Kessenuma City, in support of Operation Tomodachi. Kessenuma experienced massive destruction from the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Christopher Love)
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HH-60s deliver supplies to decimated Kessenuma City

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Two airmen carry medical supplies to an HH-60 prior to take off here, March 20. The 33rd Rescue Squadron successfully transported supplies to displaced peoples in Kessenuma City, in support of Operation Tomodachi. Kessenuma experienced massive destruction from the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Christopher Love)
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Fuels truck loads on to C-130

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A fuels truck pulls up to an C-130H Hercules to be loaded here March 15. The fuels truck was taken to Yamagota Airport to support Japan's earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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Displaced reality: A wakeup call to why we're here

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Air Force and Marine airlift and rescue leadership look out over the debris left at Sendai Airport, Japan, following a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami March 11. The small dots covering the runway are vehicles left there after the tsunami water receded. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
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Airmen perform search and rescue operations in Northern Japan

SENDAI, Japan -- U.S. Air Force search and rescue personnel partner with a Japanese Disaster Medical Assistance Team to offload an earthquake victim from an HH-60G helicopter March 14. Search and rescue personnel transported the Japanese citizens from a remote island to a nearby hospital for treatment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Katrina R. Menchaca)
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Airmen perform search and rescue operations in Northern Japan

SENDAI, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Veronica Cox, 33rd Rescue Squadron, loads relief supplies onto a U.S. Air Force HH-06G Pave Hawk helicopter March 14. Airman Cox was part of a search and rescue team surveying the earthquake stricken area of Northeastern Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Katrina R. Menchaca)
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Airmen perform search and rescue operations in Northern Japan

SENDAI, Japan -- A Japanese Disaster Medical Assistance Team offloads an earthquake victim from a U.S. Air Force HH-60G helicopter March 14. Search and rescue personnel transported the injured man from a remote island to a nearby hospital for treatment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Katrina R. Menchaca)
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Airmen perform search and rescue operations in Northern Japan

SENDAI, Japan -- A Japanese Disaster Medical Assistance Team carries an earthquake victim to an awaiting U.S.Air Force HH-60G helicopter March 14. American search and rescue personnel transported the Japanese citizen to a nearby hospital for treatment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Katrina R. Menchaca)
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