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Fireworks explode behind a C-130 Hercules during the 2016 Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18, 2016. Over 135,000 visitors attended the festival designed to bolster the bilateral relationship shared between the United States and Japan. In addition to static displays and live music, the festival offered a variety of American and Japanese food. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)


Yokota displays airlift capabilities

Fireworks explode behind a C-130 Hercules during the 2016 Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18, 2016. Over 135,000 visitors attended the festival designed to bolster the bilateral relationship shared between the United States and Japan. In addition to static displays and live music, the festival offered a variety of American and Japanese food. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Crew members with the 459th Airlift Squadron check planned routes on a map during a mission briefing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 1, 2017. Airmen of the 459 AS demonstrated their rescue capabilities among local participants during the 2017 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Drill for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Poe, 459th Airlift Squadron special missions aviator, communicates with crew members over Sagami Bay, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 1, 2017, during the 2017 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Drill. Airmen of the 459 AS demonstrated their rescue capabilities among local participants during the Big Rescue Kanagawa for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Poe, 459th Airlift Squadron special missions aviator, communicates with crew members over Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 1, 2017, during the 2017 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Drill. Airmen of the 459 AS demonstrated their rescue capabilities among local participants during the Big Rescue Kanagawa for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Capt. Jonathan Bonilla, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N operations flight commander, flies near Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 1, 2017, during the 2017 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Drill. Airmen of the 459 AS demonstrated their rescue capabilities among local participants during the Big Rescue Kanagawa for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
(Left to right) 1st Lt. Emerson Woerner and Capt. Jonathan Bonilla, both 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N pilots, fly over Sagami Bay, Japan, Sept. 1, 2017, during the 2017 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Drill. Airmen of the 459 AS demonstrated their rescue capabilities among local participants during the Big Rescue Kanagawa for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
An aerial view of Odawara City from a UH-1N Iroquois assigned to the 459th Airlift Squadron, Sept. 1, 2017, during the 2017 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Drill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Tech Sgt. Nicholas Poe, 459th Airlift Squadron special missions aviator, communicates with UH-1N crew members over Sagami Bay, Japan, during the 2017 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Drill, Sept. 1, 2017. Airmen of the 459 AS demonstrated their rescue capabilities among local participants during the Big Rescue Kanagawa for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Staff Sgt. Justin Bender, 374th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, wears gloves over Sagami Bay, Japan, Sept. 1, 2017, during the 2017 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Drill. Airmen of the 459 AS demonstrated their rescue capabilities among local participants during the Big Rescue Kanagawa for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
(Left to right) Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Poe, 459th Airlift Squadron special missions aviator, and Staff Sgt. Justin Bender, 374th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, check a forest penetrator over Sagami Bay, Japan, Sept. 1, 2017, during the 2017 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Drill. Airmen of the 459 AS demonstrated their rescue capabilities among local participants during the Big Rescue Kanagawa for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Poe, 459th Airlift Squadron special missions aviator, performs a visual confirmation over Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 1, 2017, during the 2017 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Drill. Airmen of the 459 AS demonstrated their rescue capabilities among local participants during the Big Rescue Kanagawa for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Staff Sgt. Justin Bender, 374th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, descends on a forest penetrator at Odawara City, Japan, Sept. 1, 2017, during the 2017 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Drill. Airmen of the 459 AS demonstrated their rescue capabilities among local participants during the Big Rescue Kanagawa for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Staff Sgt. Justin Bender, 374th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, secures a simulated isolated person on a hoist as they are lifted into a UH-1N helicopter at Odawara City, Japan, Sept. 1, 2017, during the 2017 Big Rescue Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Drill. Airmen of the 459 AS demonstrated their rescue capabilities among local participants during the Big Rescue Kanagawa for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)