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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Col. Joshua Bowman, 459th Airlift Squadron director of operations, runs through pre-flight checklists in a UH-1N Iroquois Aug. 21, 2011, during the Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)


"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Col. Joshua Bowman, 459th Airlift Squadron director of operations, runs through pre-flight checklists in a UH-1N Iroquois Aug. 21, 2011, during the Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Staff Sgt. David Carson, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory NCO in charge, fills a container with a cumulative sample of JP8 fuel from 12 tank cars at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2017. The lab ensures the fuel is clean, isn’t mixed with other types of fuel and meets the standards the military puts out. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
Staff Sgt. David Carson, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory NCO in charge, tests the conductivity of JP8 fuel at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2017. The lab ensures the fuel is clean, isn’t mixed with other types of fuel and meets the standards the military puts out. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
Single weight monitors sit in a box in the fuel laboratory at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2017. The monitors are used to field test the fuel to provide visual indication of contamination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
Staff Sgt. David Carson, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory NCO in charge, pours JP8 fuel back into a tank car after completing a visual test of the fuel at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2017. The visual inspection is performed to look for water or any other type of contamination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
JP8 fuel is put through a flash point test to simulate how it would work in an aircraft at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2017. The test determines the response of fuel to heat under a controlled condition to ensure it will work properly in an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
Senior Airman Robert Edmonds, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory technician, lifts a jar of JP8 fuel from a tank car to perform a visual test of the fuel at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2017. Lab members run daily tests on fuel that can take between five minutes and two hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Poe, 459th Airlift Squadron special mission’s aviator, helps guide a UH-N1 Iroquois pilots to a landing point during a night hoist training exercise April 4, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The training also included various landing and takeoff techniques throughout landing zones in the Tokyo metropolitan area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)
Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Poe, 459th Airlift Squadron special mission’s aviator, looks out the window of a UH-N1 Iroquois through night vision goggles during a night hoist training exercise April 4, 2017, Tokyo, Japan. The aircrew trained with night vision goggles in the event a mission must be conducted at night in the future. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)
Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Poe, 459th Airlift Squadron special mission’s aviator, looks out the window of a UH-N1 Iroquois through night vision goggles during a night hoist training exercise April 4, 2017, Tokyo, Japan. The aircrew trained with night vision goggles in the event a mission must be conducted at night in the future. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)
Capt. Lance M. Stafford, 36th Airlift Squadron pilot, is lifted into UH-N1 Iroquois during a 459th Airlift Squadron night hoist training exercise April 4, 2017, Tokyo, Japan. The aircrew performed hoist insertion and extraction from 25-35 feet above ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)
Capt. Lance M. Stafford, 36th Airlift Squadron pilot, a secures safety harness during a 459th Airlift Squadron night hoist training exercise April 4, 2017, Tokyo, Japan. The aircrew performed hoist insertion and extraction from 25-35 feet above ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)
Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Poe, 459th Airlift Squadron special mission’s aviator, looks out the window of a UH-N1 Iroquois through night vision goggles during a night hoist training exercise April 4, 2017, Tokyo, Japan. The aircrew trained with night vision goggles in the event a mission must be conducted at night in the future. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)