3/19/2011 - Pallets of medical supplies are pushed onto a C-130H Hercules here March 19. Medical supplies were flown to Sendai and Hanamaki Airport to be distributed to local hospitals and evacuation centers as part of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)

3/19/2011 - Staff Sgt. Charles Kirchen, 36th Airlift Squadron, watches as the engines start up on a C-130H Hercules March 19 before a mission. Medical supplies were flown to Sendai and Hanamaki Airport to be distributed to local hospitals and evacuation centers as part of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)

3/19/2011 - Capt. Yuri Batten, 36th Airlift Squadron, looks at a map March 19 while flying on a C-130H Hercules full of medical supplies. The medical supplies were flown to Sendai and Hanamaki Airport to be distributed to local hospitals and evacuation centers as part of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)

3/19/2011 - Japan Self Defense Forces members communicate with Dr. Maya Arii and Capt. Aron Pena, 36th Airlift Squadron, about downloading medical supplies from a C-130H Hercules March 19. The medical supplies were flown to Sendai and Hanamaki Airport to be distributed to local hospitals and evacuation centers as part of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)

3/19/2011 - Staff Sgt. Charles Kirchen, 36th Airlift Squadron, directs a forklift towards a C-130H Hercules here March 19. Medical supplies were flown out to Sendai and Hanamaki Airport to be distributed to local hospitals and evacuation centers as part of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)