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RAAF Team Completes Two-Week Japan Relief Mission

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Dr. Brendon Hammer, Australian Embassy deputy head of mission, thanks members of the Royal Australian Air Force for their hard work and dedication while in Japan here March 25. RAAF Aircrews flew multiple humanitarian airlift missions from Yokota Air Base in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)

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RAAF Team Completes Two-Week Japan Relief Mission

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Royal Australian Air Force members sit and wait for their departure back to Australia on a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III here March. 25. The RAAF joined several nations, including the U.S. in supporting Japanese disaster relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)

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RAAF Team Completes Two-Week Japan Relief Mission

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Royal Australian Air Force Maj. Michael Haldow, assistant defense attach?, speaks with one of the loadmasters on a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III flying back to Australia here March. 25. The RAAF was here to assist the Japanese in relief efforts as a part of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)

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Hometown Hereos

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Nick Cacho, 36th Airlift Squadron, inspects a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Misawa Air Base, March 25 after delivering mission sustaining supplies. A native of Hilo, Hawaii, Sergeant Cacho is a C-130 aircraft flight engineer at Yokota Air Base, Japan and helps support Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Hometown Hereos

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Brandon Benson, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is a C-130 aircraft engine mechanic at Yokota Air Base, Japan. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Sergeant Benson inspects jet engine turbine blades to detect cracks, distortions, corrosion, security, or other types of damage. He also performs regular comprehensive engine checks to ensure safe and efficient flight operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Hometown Hereos

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Nickolas Alarcon, 36th Airlift Squadron, conducts a C-130 aircraft loadmaster at Yokota Air Base, Japan. A native of Exeter, New Hampshire, Sergeant Alarcon performs preflight aircraft checks, ensures all onboard equipment is functioning properly, supervises aircraft loading and unloading, to include cargo and passengers and calculates the weight and balance of cargo so the aircraft can safely fly. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Hometown Hereos

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Nickolas Alarcon (center), marshals an offloading pallet from a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Misawa Air Base, Mach 25 after delivering mission sustaining supplies. A native of Exter, New Hampshire, Sertgeant Alarcon is a C-130 aircraft loadmaster at Yokota Air Base, Japan and helps support Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Hometown Heroes

OVER AOMORI PERFECTURE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Nick Cacho, 36th Airlift Squadron, checks flight engineer instruments during a flight from Yokota Air Base to Misawa Air Base to deliver four pallets of mission essential equipment, March 25. A native of Hilo, Hawaii, Sergeant Cacho is a C-130 aircraft flight engineer at Yokota Air Base, Japan and helps support Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Supporting Operation Tomodachi

OVER AOMORI PERFECTURE, Japan -- Aircrews from the 36th Airlift Squadron fly from Yokota Air Base to Misawa Air Base to deliver four pallets of mission essentual equipment, March 25. This payload will help sustain relief operations taking place at Misawa Air Base. Since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Yokota aircrews have worked around the clock delivering vital supplies in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Supporting Operation Tomodachi

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members from the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron work together to load heavy cargo at Yokota Air Base, March 25. This payload will help sustain relief operations taking place at Misawa Air Base. Since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Yokota's C-130s play a critical role in ongoing relief efforts rapidly providing supplies where they are needed most. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Supporting Operation Tomodachi

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Stanley Quach, 374th Logistics Squadron, loads cargo onto a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, March 25. This payload will help sustain relief operations taking place at Misawa Air Base. Since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Yokota aircrews have worked around the clock delivering vital supplies in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Supporting Operation Tomodachi

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members from the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron load cargo onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft bound at Yokota Air Base, March 25. This payload will help sustain relief operations taking place at Misawa Air Base. Since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Yokota aircrews have worked around the clock delivering vital supplies in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Airman keeps Yokota safe

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Anna Hurlbert, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, samples the air for radiation here at Yokota, March 24, 2011. Airman Hurlbert, on temporary duty from Kadena AB, is assisting Yokota's Medical Group to monitor base radiation levels in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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Airman keeps Yokota safe

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Anna Hurlbert, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, checks a Radeco every few hours to monitor radiation levels in the air here at Yokota, March 24, 2011. Airman Hurlbert, on temporary duty from Kadena AB, is assisting Yokota's Medical Group to monitor base radiation levels in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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Airman keeps Yokota safe

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Anna Hurlbert, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, uses a Radeco to check a filter that collects radiation particles here at Yokota, March 24, 2011. Airman Hurlbert, on temporary duty from Kadena AB, is assisting Yokota's Medical Group to monitor base radiation levels in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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Airman keeps Yokota safe

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Anna Hurlbert, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, uses a Radeco to monitor radiation levels in the air here at Yokota, March 24, 2011. Airman Hurlbert, on temporary duty from Kadena AB, is assisting Yokota's Medical Group to monitor base radiation levels in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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Partners from Down Under

SENDAI AIRPORT, Japan -- Members of the Royal Australian Air Force download their cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III March 24. Airmen stationed in Japan have had the rare opportunity to work the 36th Squadron and 1st Aircraft Operation Support Squadron from the RAAF during Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Michael J. Veloz)

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Partners from Down Under

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman James Mullennax looks on with Royal Australian Air Force Sergeant Chris Voight as cargo is transported toward a C-17 Globemaster III March 24. Kadena Airmen have had the rare opportunity to work the 36th Squadron and 1st Aircraft Operation Support Squadron from the RAAF during Operation Tomodachi. Airman Mullennax is assigned to the733rd Air Mobility Squadron as an air transportation specialist from Kadena. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Michael J. Veloz)

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Partners from Down Under

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the Royal Australian Air Force and Airmen form the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron work together loading cargo on to a C-17 Globemaster III March 24. Kadena Airmen have had the rare opportunity to work the 36th Squadron and 1st Aircraft Operation Support Squadron from the RAAF during Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Michael J. Veloz)

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Partners from Down Under

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the Royal Australian Air Force and Airmen form the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron at Kadena, discuss the cargo manifest March 24. Kadena Airmen have had the rare opportunity to work the 36th Squadron and 1st Aircraft Operation Support Squadron from the RAAF during Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Michael J. Veloz)

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