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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

Aircrews conduct a physically distant pre-flight briefing before stepping out to their aircraft as part of the 374th Airlift Wing’s Samurai Surge training exercise. While COVID-19 has forced teams maintain aircraft and mission plan in a physically distant manner, Yokota’s Samurai Surge serves as proof the pandemic has not altered the 374th Airlift Wing’s mission capability, adaptability and readiness to respond to the needs of the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

Aircrews conduct a physically distant pre-flight briefing before stepping out to their aircraft as part of the 374th Airlift Wing’s Samurai Surge training exercise. With an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Yokota’s Airmen have had to adapt how they go about their mission while simultaneously maintaining mission capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

A C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, flys through the clouds above the Yokota Air Base, Japan, flightline during the formation flight portion of the Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020. The exercise used 17 aircraft in total from the 36th AS, 459th AS, and the 353rd Special Operations Group and tested Yokota’s capability to respond to the needs of the Pacific on a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Workman)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

A C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, flys through the clouds above the Yokota Air Base, Japan, flightline during the formation flight portion of the Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020. The exercise used 17 aircraft in total from the 36th AS, 459th AS, and the 353rd Special Operations Group and tested Yokota’s capability to respond to the needs of the Pacific on a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Workman)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

Staff Sgt. Marcus Wright, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules loadmaster, briefly looks at the camera before opening the door to get formation flight documentation during Yokota Air Base, Japan’s Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020. The Samurai Surge event included both a 17 aircraft elephant walk and a C-130J formation flight designed to test Yokota’s mission capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Workman)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

A C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, taxis across the Yokota Air Base, Japan, flightline during the elephant walk portion of the Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020. The exercise used 17 aircraft in total from the 36th AS, 459th AS, and the 353rd Special Operations Group and tested Yokota’s capability to respond to the needs of the Pacific on a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Workman)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

A C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, taxis across the Yokota Air Base, Japan, flightline during the elephant walk portion of the Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020. The exercise used 17 aircraft in total from the 36th AS, 459th AS, and the 353rd Special Operations Group and tested Yokota’s capability to respond to the needs of the Pacific on a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Workman)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

A C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, taxis across the Yokota Air Base, Japan, flightline during the elephant walk portion of the Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020. The exercise used 17 aircraft in total from the 36th AS, 459th AS, and the 353rd Special Operations Group and tested Yokota’s capability to respond to the needs of the Pacific on a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Workman)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

Aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron, 459th Airlift Squadron and 21st Special Operations Squadron participate in the elephant walk portion of the Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The exercise was conducted in order to demonstrate the Wing’s ability to rapidly provide humanitarian aid and disaster relief across Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Torres)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

Aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron, 459th Airlift Squadron and 21st Special Operations Squadron participate in the elephant walk portion of the Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Samurai Surge event also served as a training opportunity for aircrews to fine tune their skillsets and better prepare themselves to respond to humanitarian aid and disaster relief scenarios throughout the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Torres)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

A C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, taxis across the Yokota Air Base, Japan, flightline during the elephant walk portion of the Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020. The exercise used 17 aircraft in total from the 36th AS, 459th AS, and the 353rd Special Operations Group and tested Yokota’s capability to respond to the needs of the Pacific on a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Torres)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

Aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron, 459th Airlift Squadron and 21st Special Operations Squadron taxi their way across the Yokota Air Base, Japan, flightline during the elephant walk portion of the Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020. The exercise was conducted in order to demonstrate the Wing’s ability to rapidly provide humanitarian aid and disaster relief across Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Torres)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

A C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, is prepared to participate in a Samurai Surge, May 21, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Samurai Surge allowed the 374th Airlift Wing to test its mission capability through an elephant walk and training flight providing aircrews the vital training needed to respond in area of responsibility as unique as the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Torres)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

A C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, is prepared to participate in a Samurai Surge, May 21, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Samurai Surge allowed the 374th Airlift Wing to test its mission capability through an elephant walk and training flight providing aircrews the vital training needed to respond in area of responsibility as unique as the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Torres)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, are prepared to participate in a Samurai Surge, May 21, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Samurai Surge serves as a training opportunity for aircrews to fine tune their skillsets and better prepare themselves to respond to humanitarian aid and disaster relief scenarios throughout the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Torres)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

Seven C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 374th Airlift Wing fly line up on the flightline as part of the elephant walk portion of the Samurai Surge training exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 21, 2020. The 374th AW operates a mission fleet of C-130J Super Hercules, C-12 Hurons and UH-1N Iroquois as the primary Western Pacific airlift hub for U.S. Air Force peacetime and contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

Seven C-130J Super Hercules' assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron taxi on the runway at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 21, 2020, during the Samurai Surge training exercise. The 374th AW operates a mission fleet of C-130J Super Hercules, C-12 Hurons and UH-1N Iroquois as the primary Western Pacific airlift hub for U.S. Air Force peacetime and contingency operations.(U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

A CV-22 Osprey assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron taxis on the runway at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 21, 2020, during the Samura Surge training exercise. This was the first time the CV-22 has been a part of a Yokota AB elephant walk.. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

CV-22 Ospreys assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron taxi on the runway at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 21, 2020, during the Samura Surge training exercise. This was the first time the CV-22 has been a part of a Yokota AB elephant walk. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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Yokota Showcases Adaptability and Mission Capability with Samurai Surge

Aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron, 459th Airlift Squadron and 21st Special Operations Squadron taxi their way across the Yokota Air Base, Japan flightline during the elephant walk portion of the Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020. With 17 aircraft participating, the Samurai Surge allowed the 374th Airlift Wing to test its mission capability through an elephant walk and formation flight, providing aircrews the vital training needed to respond in area of responsibility as unique as the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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