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Yokota hits a snowfall

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members from the 374th Security Forces Squadron patrol the taxiway during a winter snowstorm at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 29, 2012. Eight and a half inches of snow fell in fifteen hours, causing base leadership to call out the plows to clear the runway, taxiways and roadways. According to the 374th Operations Support Squadron weather flight, the snowfall was caused from an abundance of moisture from "Shanghai Low", the low pressure system which usually moves along the southern coastline of Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Yokota Christmas Drop aircrew delivers life-saving medical supplies

Over Fais Island, Micronesia - Master Sgt. Thomas Larson, 374th Airlift Wing loadmaster, waves to children on the ground after dropping a pallet full of medical supplies 300 feet 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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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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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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Yokota Christmas Drop aircrew delivers life-saving medical supplies

Over Fais Island, Micronesia - Aircrew from the 374th Airlift Wing 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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Yokota Christmas Drop aircrew delivers life-saving medical supplies

Over Fais Island, Micronesia - Master Sgt. John Hernandez, 44th Aerial Port Squadron Air Transportation, writes a get well message on a pallet filled with medical supplies that?s about to be dropped by parachute 300 feet 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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UH-1N Iroquois

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A UH-1N Iroquois helicopter flies over Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 7, 2011. The UH-1Ns at Yokota are primarily used to transport senior officials to and from locations in Tokyo, cutting down travel time significantly. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Yokota comes together for Samurai Surge

OVER JAPAN -- A C-130 Hercules flies a training mission near Mount Fuji, Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. Six C-130s flew in formation to practice different types of air drops in what the 374th Airlift Wing calls a Samurai Surge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Yokota comes together for Samurai Surge

OVER JAPAN -- A formation of C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft fly in formation during a Samurai Surge training mission near Mount Fuji, Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. The 374th Airlift Wing uses C-130s to perform intra theater airlift missions in the western Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Yokota comes together for Samurai Surge

OVER JAPAN -- Capt. Heidi Pallister, 36th Airlift Squadron pilot, looks out her window while flying a C-130 Hercules through mountains near Mount Fuji, Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. Pallister's C-130 was the lead aircraft during the second half of the Samurai Surge, a training exercise involving formation flight and air drops. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Yokota comes together for Samurai Surge

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Jace Hartog, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, checks training bundles on a C-130 Hercules in preparation for a Samurai Surge at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. The crew practiced dropping three different categories of equipment bundles over drop zones at Yokota Air Base and Mount Fuji. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Yokota comes together for Samurai Surge

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Matthew Ramos, 374th Operations Support Squadron, checks flight equipment on a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. Senior leaders called for maximum participation during the Samurai Surge that day, a training exercise involving formation air drops. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Yokota comes together for Samurai Surge

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Crews load a heavy equipment training bundle onto a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. The training bundle was dropped at a training drop zone near Mount Fuji as part of a Samurai Surge, a training exercise involving formation air drops. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Yokota comes together for Samurai Surge

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A crewchief watches the wings of a C-130 Hercules during pre-flight checks at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. Maintenance crews prepared six C-130s to fly formation air drop training missions, known as a Samurai Surge, over Yokota Air Base and a drop zone near Mount Fuji. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Heavy payload deploys over Japan

OVER JAPAN -- A heavy payload deploys from the rear of a C-130 Hercules during Samurai Surge near Mount Fuji, Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. Aircrew from the 36th Airlift Squadron participated in Samurai Surge, an all-day training exercise testing mission capability of many agencies throughout the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)

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C-130s returns from Mt. Fuji

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A formation of C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft fly in formation as they return from a training mission near Mount Fuji, Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. Aircrew from the 36th Airlift Squadron participated in Samurai Surge, an all-day training exercise testing mission capability of many agencies throughout the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)

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Samurai Surge

OVER JAPAN -- Three C-130 Hercules fly in a formation during a Samurai Surge over Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. Aircraft from Yokota Air Base practiced flying in formation and airdrop skills. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

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Samurai Surge

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Chelsea Priebe, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, drops a simulated light load pack out of a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. Yokota's C-130 crews tested multiple airdrop proficiencies during a Samurai Surge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

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Samurai Surge

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A C-130 Hercules taxis down the flight line preparing for takeoff at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. Six C-130s participated in the Samurai Surge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

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Samurai Surge

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Otto Feather, 374th Airlift Wing commander, performs a pre-flight inspection of a C-130 Hercules with Capt. Dereck Monnier, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules pilot, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 2, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

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