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Learning a tune

Tech Sgt. Deborah Manning learns to play the bugle during an NCO Cultural Exchange at Iruma Air Base, Japan. The purpose of the program is to foster cooperation and understanding between the two countries. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class David Clark)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Yokota Air Base Fire Department responds to a simulated explosion on the flightline during the Initial Response Readiness Inspection here, March 5 through 9. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jonathan Fowler)

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Detained

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Erica James, 374th Security Forces Squadron, inspects Airman 1st Class Sara Howard for weapons during a Security Forces exercise during an Initial Response Readiness Inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Jonathan Fowler)

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Steppin' up to the challenge

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 374th Airlift Wing board a C-130 Hercules as part of a deployment scenario during the Pacific Air Forces Initial Response Readiness Inspection earlier this week. The inspection tested the wing's ability to execute its primary tasks of deployment, reception, employment, base defense and non-combatant evacuation operations in response to heightened tensions in the region. As the airlift hub of the Western Pacific, Yokota Air Base provides dedicated airlift support of passengers, supplies and equipment throughout the region. The wing will receive its official rating during the IRRI outbrief March 9. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Veronica Pierce)

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Wing conducts NEO for PACAF inspection

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Volunteers from Kunsan Air Base, Korea, offload from a C-130 Hurcules from the 36th Airlift Squadron as part of a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation exercise. The NEO exercise was part of an overall Initial Response Readiness Inspection conducted by the Pacific Air Forces Inspector General to test the 374th Airlift Wing's ability to respond to contingencies throughout the Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dominique Brown)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Robert Gore, 36th Airlift Squadron, and Airmen from the 374th Maintenance Squadron push a tank onto a C-130 Hercules during the base's last Initial Response Readiness Exercise. The 374th Airlift Wing will begin the PACAF IRRI this week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan M. Fowler)

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730th AMS shines during AMC inspection

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Kirk Jackson, 730th Air Mobility Squadron, inspects the nose landing gear door on a C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft while being observed by Senior Master Sgt. Darryle White, and inspector from Travis Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Samdahl)

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Serving it up!

Airman Rayshawn Fountaine, 374th Services Squadron food service specialist, serves up lunch to another Airman at the Samurai Cafe Tuesday. The dining facility is preparing for the John L. Hennessy competition which recognizes the best of the best food service operations throughout the Air Force. The Hennessy award is based on the entire scope of an installation's food service program to include exhibiting excellence in management effectiveness, force readiness support, food quality, employee and customer relations, resource conservation, training and safety awareness. The team will be conducting a review of the facility Feb. 26 and 27. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Ruth Curfman)

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Ready responders

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Charles Sarrazin, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron, guides forklift driver Staff Sgt. Bryan Wickline, 730th Air Mobility Squadron, while picking up a pallete Feb. 13 as part of the Installation Readiness Response Exercise that started Monday. IRREs are conducted regularly to ensure base personnel are prepared to carry out deployment operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airmen 1st Class John M. Albea)

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Securing cargo

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 730th Air Mobility Squadron work together as a combined team to inspect cargo and ensure that it is air worthy as part of the Installation Readiness Response Exercise that started Monday. IRREs are conducted regularly to ensure base personnel are prepared to carry out deployment operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dominique Brown)

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Steppin' up

Master Sgt. Jeff Harris, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is congratulated by Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright, United States Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, and Col. Scott Goodwin, 374th Airlift Wing commander during a surprise promotion ceremony, as part of the 5 AF Stripes for Exceptional Performers program , at the 374 AMXS nightshift roll call Jan. 24. Master Sgt. Leopoldo Polance-Sierra, 374th Operations Support Squadron, Tech. Sgt. Donald Cruz, 459th Airlift Squadron and Tech. Sgt. Robert Lumaban, 374th Mission Support Squadron were also recently STEP promoted in December. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. David Westover)

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Army officer becomes bone marrow donor

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Army Lt. Col. Matt Rasmussen, United States Forces Japan, deputy director for Manpower, Personnel and Support, recently became a bone marrow donor for an anonymous leukemia patient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dominique Brown)

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Happy homecoming

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Josh Joslyn, 374th Logistic Readiness Squadron, reunites with his daughter Jasmine Joslyn after his deployment supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Veronica Pierce)

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Airmen assitant people in Thailand during Cope Tiger exercise

KORAT, Thailand -- Senior Airman David Hernandez, an optometry technician with the 374th Medical Group from Yokota Air Base, Japan, uses a tumbling E chart to gauge visual acuity during and eye exam at the Ban Chai Mong Khon School. Airmen Hernandez is one of 14 medical and dental personnel from bases throughout the Pacific participating in the Exercise Cope Tiger 2007 Humanitarian Civil Action projects in Thailand. The tumbling E chart is used when language or literacy is an obstacle when giving an exam. (Photo by U.S. Army Sergeant Catherine Talento)

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Celebrating the New Year

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech Sgt. Dean Macomber, noncomissioned officer in charge of the Pacific Showcase, thrills more than 320 Japanese and American guests during a New Year's celebration here Jan. 21. The party held between between Yokota Air Base and four surrounding friendship clubs welcomed in the new year in hopes of greater cooperation between the United States and Japan.

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