3/24/2011 - A C-130 Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, prepares to transport humanitarian relief supplies from Chitose Air Base, Japan, to Matsushima, Japan, March 23. The six pallets that were transported contained 15,000 pounds of water, rice and blankets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)

3/24/2011 - A member from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force at Chitose Air Base, Japan, guides a pallet carrying humanitarian relief supplies onto a k-loader March 23. The supplies were transported from the air base to Matsushima, Japan, by members of the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)

3/24/2011 - Staff Sgt. Shaun McCall, a combat mobility flight rigger from the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron, works with Japan Air Self-Defense Force members at Chitose Air Base, Japan, to weigh a pallet carrying humanitarian relief supplies March 23. The supplies were transported from the air base to Mitsushima, Japan, by members of the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)

3/24/2011 - Senior Airman Brandon Lee, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules loadmaster, from Yokota Air Base, Japan, guides a pallet with humanitarian relief supplies onto the aircraft at Chitose Air Base, Japan, March 23. The aircraft transported six pallets carrying 15,000 pounds of blankets, water and rice from the air base to Matsushima, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)

3/24/2011 - A Japanese worker in Matsushima, Japan, drives a k-loader carrying a pallet with humanitarian relief supplies March 23. Members from the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan, transported 15,000 pounds worth of blankets, water and rice from Chitose Air Base, Japan, to Matsushima, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)