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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group unload an MC-130 at Sendai Airport, bringing fuel and supplies to help rebuild Sendai. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

A combat controller walks down the main runway at Sendai Airport, measuring the useable area to see if a C-130 can land there March 16. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron shovel mud and silt off the main apron at Sendai Airport March 16. The Airmen of the 320th STS did their part to help clear the flightline, even if it meant using their own two hands. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

A Japanese front-end loader begins clearing debris at Sendai Airport to make the apron ready for aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

Flowers and a pair of boots stand in a stairwell landing against a backdrop of destruction at Sendai Airport, showing the stark contrast between the destruction at ground level left by the March 11 tsunami and the relatively untouched upper floors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

A member of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron sets up a satellite link for communications at Sendai Airport March 16. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

A pararescueman with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron searches the rubble at Sendai Airport, looking for survivors March 16. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

A pararescueman with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron looks through rubble to find survivors at Sendai Airport March 16. The dirt along the ground-level exterior walls shows just how high the water level rose during the March 11 tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

Crushed lumber and houses fill a local waterway at Sendai Airport after a massive tsunami swept through the area March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron arrive at Sendai Airport March 16 and begin to assess the damage and what they can do to help. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Rebuilding Sendai: a photographic journey

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron fly up to Matsushima Air Base on an MC-130P Combat Shadow March 16, to later drive to Sendai Airport to help clear and reopen the airfield. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Relief supplies bring hope amidst the devastation

MATSUSHIMA, Japan -- Aircrew from a C-130 gaze across a sea of destruction in Matsushima, Japan. Nearly two weeks have passed since the area, once bustling with activity, was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. During the flight, members from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, delivered more than 11,000 pounds of relief supplies to support the Government of Japan's request for humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)

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Relief supplies bring hope amidst the devastation

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- 1st Lt. Christopher Baisch (left), a C-130 co-pilot, and Staff Sgt. Michael Farey, a C-130 flight engineer, from the 36th Airlift Squadron, discuss flight information during a mission from Matsushima Air Base, Japan, to Yokota, March 29. Lieutenant Baisch, a native of Selden, N.Y., and Sergeant Farey, a native of Albany, Ore., were part of a team from Yokota that delivered more than 11,000 pounds of humanitarian relief supplies at the request of the Government of Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)

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Relief supplies bring hope amidst the devastation

MATSUSHIMA AIR BASE, Japan -- Water level marks can still be seen on buildings surrounding Matsushima Air Base, March 29, nearly two weeks after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area. Members from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, were on scene to deliver more than 11,000 pounds of relief supplies to support the Government of Japan's request for humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)

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Relief supplies bring hope amidst the devastation

MATSUSHIMA AIR BASE, Japan -- A servicemember from Matsushima Air Base, downloads relief supply pallets from a C-130, March 29. Members from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, transported more than 11,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies from Chitose Air Base to Matsushima as part of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)

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Relief supplies bring hope amidst the devastation

MATSUSHIMA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Tyson Schoenmoser (left), 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crewchief, and Master Sgt. Anthony Pemberton, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 loadmaster, download pallets carrying more than 11,000 pounds of relief supplies at Matsushima Air Base, Japan, March 29. The U.S. military is fully committed to supporting the Government of Japan's request for humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)

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Relief supplies bring hope amidst the devastation

MATSUSHIMA, Japan -- Silence shrouds an aircrew as their C-130 passes over a cemetery in Matsushima, Japan. Nearly two weeks have passed since the area was hit by an unforgiving earthquake and tsunami. During the flight, members from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, delivered more than 11,000 pounds of relief supplies to support the Government of Japan's request for humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)

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Relief supplies bring hope amidst the devastation

MATSUSHIMA, Japan -- Aircrew from a C-130 surveys wreckage at a port in Matsushima, Japan. Nearly two weeks have passed since the port, once bustling with commerce, was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. During the flight, members from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, delivered more than 11,000 pounds of relief supplies to support the Government of Japan's request for humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)

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Relief supplies bring hope amidst devastation

CHITOSE AIR BASE, Japan – More than 11,000 pounds of food, water and blankets are loaded onto a C-130 bound for Matsushima Air Base, Japan, March 29. The supplies were transported by the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, to support the Government of Japan's request for humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robin Stanchak)

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Yokota's Command and Control

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Representatives from Yokota's Installation Control Center and Emergency Operations Center work together to collect and track information here, March 28, in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)

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