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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)


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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Staff Sgt. David Carson, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory NCO in charge, fills a container with a cumulative sample of JP8 fuel from 12 tank cars at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2017. The lab ensures the fuel is clean, isn’t mixed with other types of fuel and meets the standards the military puts out. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
Staff Sgt. David Carson, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory NCO in charge, tests the conductivity of JP8 fuel at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2017. The lab ensures the fuel is clean, isn’t mixed with other types of fuel and meets the standards the military puts out. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
Single weight monitors sit in a box in the fuel laboratory at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2017. The monitors are used to field test the fuel to provide visual indication of contamination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
Staff Sgt. David Carson, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory NCO in charge, pours JP8 fuel back into a tank car after completing a visual test of the fuel at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2017. The visual inspection is performed to look for water or any other type of contamination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
JP8 fuel is put through a flash point test to simulate how it would work in an aircraft at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2017. The test determines the response of fuel to heat under a controlled condition to ensure it will work properly in an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
Senior Airman Robert Edmonds, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory technician, lifts a jar of JP8 fuel from a tank car to perform a visual test of the fuel at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2017. Lab members run daily tests on fuel that can take between five minutes and two hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
A member of Air Force Special Operations, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists jumps out of a C-130 Hercules while flying over Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 13, 2017. They performed a high altitude low opening parachute drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)
Staff Sgt. Justin Bender, 374th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training NCO in charge, jumps out of a C-130 Hercules while flying over Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 13, 2017. Members of Air Force Special Operations, SERE specialists work for Pacific Air Forces bases gathered for a SERE working group at Yokota to remain current and proficient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)
Staff Sgt. Justin Bender, 374th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training NCO in charge, waits to perform a static line jump on April 13, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. SERE is a program created to train aircrew how to survive on their own in any environment under any condition, in the event their aircraft goes down. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)
U.S. Air Force Tech.Sgt. Valentin Larios, 51st Operations Support Squadron, waits to perform a static line jump on April 13, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. SERE is a program created to train aircrew how to survive on their own in any environment under any condition, in the event their aircraft goes down. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)
A view from a window of a C-130 Hercules on April 13, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Members of Air Force Special Operations, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists work for Pacific Air Forces bases gathered for a SERE working group at Yokota to remain current and proficient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)
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)