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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A C-130 Hercules performs a demonstration of a combat offload Aug. 21, 2011, during the Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan. In a combat offload, the pilot of the C-130 boosts the throttle to full while the brakes are applied, and then releases the brakes using inertia to push cargo out the open back door of the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)


C-130 demo crew performs for festival fans

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A C-130 Hercules performs a demonstration of a combat offload Aug. 21, 2011, during the Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan. In a combat offload, the pilot of the C-130 boosts the throttle to full while the brakes are applied, and then releases the brakes using inertia to push cargo out the open back door of the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Airman 1st Class Christian Williams, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, performs preflight checks on a C-130 Hercules before takeoff for a personnel drop training exercise on April13, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The personnel drops were a part of Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape working group to remain current and proficient (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)