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Pilot for a Day

From left to right, Stephanie Gifford, Samantha Gifford, 9, and Noah Gifford, 10, wait while Maj. Frank Zientek, 374th Operations Group director of Operations prepares a Cessna 172 on the Yokota Air Base flightline, May 24. Zientek took the Giffords up for a night flight over Tokyo starting at sunset. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson/Released)

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Pilot for a Day

Noah Gifford, 10, sits in the cockpit of a C-130J Super Hercules on the Yokota Air Base, Japan flightline, with 1st Lt. Scott McClelland, a pilot assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, May 24. Gifford was given as close to the full pre-flight experience as possible for the C-130J before flying in a aeroclub-owned Cessna 172.

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Pilot for a Day

Noah Gifford, 10, walks toward a C-130J Super Hercules as if he were a pilot leaving for a mission while Maj. Frank Zientek, 374th Operations Group director of Operations takes video on the Yokota Air Base, Japan flightline. Gifford was selected as the 36th AS's pilot for a day and given as close to a real pilot's experience as possible, covering everything from the formation mission brief to the flight checklist of the C-130J Super Hercules.

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Pilot for a Day

Noah Gifford, 10, tries on night vision goggles for the first time in the 36th Airlift Squadron's equipment room at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 24. As the pilot for a day, Gifford was given a full tour of all the things a pilot may need to do during a normal flight day.

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Pilot for a Day

Maj. Frank Zientek, 374th Operations Group director of Operations, introduces Noah Gifford, 10, and his mother, Stephanie Gifford to the 36th Airlift Squadron in the squadron's heritage room at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 24. Gifford was selected as the 36th AS's pilot for a day and given as close to a real pilot's experience as possible, covering everything from the formation mission brief to the flight checklist of the C-130J Super Hercules.

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Pilot for a Day

Noah Gifford, 10, reads the documents he was provided during a formation mission brief at the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 24, as part of the 36th AS's reinstated Pilot for a Day program. Gifford's parents are Lt Col Tom Gifford, 374th Medical Group's officer in charge of Otolaryngology and Stephanie Gifford.

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Patient air evacuation training

374th Medical Group personnel practice loading patients onto a C-130J Hercules on the Yokota AB flightline April 18, 2019 as part of patient movement air evacuation training. The training took place as part of a larger, group-wide training day that included various potential crises.

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Patient air evacuation training

18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron personnel train 374th Medical group members on patient air evacuation procedures on the Yokota AB flightline, April 18, 2019. This was the first time traditional 374th MDG medical personnel had the opportunity to do hands-on patient air evacuation training.

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Patient air evacuation training

18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron personnel train 374th Medical group members on patient air evacuation procedures on the Yokota AB flightline, April 18, 2019. This was the first time traditional 374th MDG medical personnel had the opportunity to do hands-on patient air evacuation training.

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Patient air evacuation training

18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron personnel train 374th Medical group members on patient air evacuation procedures on the Yokota AB flightline, April 18, 2019. This was the first time traditional 374th MDG medical personnel had the opportunity to do hands-on patient air evacuation training.

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Patient air evacuation training

374th Medical Group personnel practice loading patients onto a C-130J Hercules on the Yokota AB flightline April 18, 2019 as part of patient movement air evacuation training. The training took place as part of a larger, group-wide training day that included various potential crises.

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Patient air evacuation training

374th Medical Group personnel practice loading patients onto a C-130J Hercules on the Yokota AB flightline April 18, 2019 as part of patient movement air evacuation training. This was the first time traditional 374th MDG medical personnel had the opportunity to do hands-on patient air evacuation training.

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Patient air evacuation training

374th Medical Group personnel practice loading patients onto a C-130J Hercules on the Yokota AB flightline April 18, 2019 as part of patient movement air evacuation training. The training took place as part of a larger, group-wide training day that included various potential crises.

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Patient air evacuation training

Maj. Marc Miller with the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron guides 374th Medical Group personnel onto a C-130J Hercules April 18, 2019 on the Yokota AB flightline as part of a patient movement air evacuation training. This was the first time traditional 374th MDG medical personnel had the opportunity to do hands-on patient air evacuation training.

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Patient air evacuation training

18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron personnel train 374th Medical group members on patient air evacuation procedures on the Yokota AB flightline, April 18, 2019. This was the first time traditional 374th MDG medical personnel had the opportunity to do hands-on patient air evacuation training.

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Patient air evacuation training

374th Medical Group personnel gather on the Yokota AB flightline, April 18, 2019 for patient movement air evacuation training. This was the first time traditional 374th MDG medical personnel had the opportunity to do hands-on patient air evacuation training.

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Patient air evacuation training

374th Medical Group personnel practice loading patients onto a C-130J Hercules on the Yokota AB flightline April 18, 2019 as part of patient movement air evacuation training. This was the first time traditional 374th MDG medical personnel had the opportunity to do hands-on patient air evacuation training.

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Taking the Leap: A Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault

U.S. Air Force Maj. Donna Sickler, 374th Medical Group group practice manager and alternate sexual assault response coordinator, poses for a photo at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 14, 2019. As the alternate SARC, Sickler makes it a point to share the story of her sexual assault to help others addressing their own traumas while working with the community to show that sexual assault will never be tolerated. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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190320-F-LQ965-2612

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Pacific Air Forces bands perform both the U.S. and Japanese national anthems as part of the opening ceremony for the Major League Baseball Japan Open Series in the Tokyo Dome, March 20, 2019. The bands were accompanied by volunteers form each nation's air force carrying their respective flags. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Joseph Stratton, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron lead productions superintendent, takes a picture of a signed baseball during batting practice for the opening game of the Major League Baseball Japan Open Series in the Tokyo Dome, March 20, 2019. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Pacific Air Forces bands performed both the U.S. and Japanese national anthems as part of the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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