3/31/2011 - Master Sgt. James Ray, 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, completes preflight checks on an HH-60G pave hawk before taking off at Yokota Air Base, March 28, 2011. Sergeant Ray is deployed here from Kadena Air Base in support of Operation Tomodachi. The U.S. military is fully committed to supporting the disaster response efforts of the Government of Japan and the Japan Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
3/31/2011 - Captain Kevin Weaver, 33rd Rescue Squadron, prepares for a flight bound for Fukushima prefecture March 28, 2011 at Yokota Air Base. The U.S. military is fully committed to supporting the disaster response efforts of the Government of Japan and the Japan Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
3/31/2011 - An HH-60G Pave Hawk flight engineer points to a landing area March 28, 2011 over Onahama, Fukushima Prefecture. The U.S. military is fully committed to supporting the disaster response efforts of the Government of Japan and the Japan Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
3/31/2011 - An HH-60G Pave Hawk lands at Misaki Park to transport Australian volunteers and U.S. service members to assist with building a water pump system to transport fresh water into the Fukushima nuclear power plant instead of ocean water, March 28, 2011. The U.S. military is fully committed to supporting the disaster response efforts of the Government of Japan and the Japan Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
3/31/2011 - Airmen from the 33rd Rescue Squadron prepare for a mission at Yokota Air Base, March 28, 2011 in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
3/31/2011 - An HH-60G Pave Hawk flies to Fukushima prefecture to transport Australian volunteers and U.S. service members to assist with building a water pump system to transport fresh water into the Fukushima nuclear power plant instead of ocean water, March 28,2011. The U.S. military is fully committed to supporting the disaster response efforts of the Government of Japan and the Japan Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)