Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

A 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules prepares to land, March 26, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms began blooming in the Tokyo area on March 14, the earliest date since record‐ keeping began in 1953. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

A 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules flies over cherry blossom trees, March 26, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring and a time of renewal in Japan since the Japanese fiscal and school year begins in April, the season of cherry blossom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

A 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules flies over cherry blossom trees, March 26, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms began blooming in the Tokyo area on March 14, the earliest date since record‐keeping began in 1953. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

Cherry blossoms bloom, March 20, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Tokyo Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency cited the record unseasonable warm winter weather and noted that trees began blooming 12 days earlier than average years and seven days earlier than last year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

A bird rests on a cherry blossom tree, March 26, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms mark the unofficial end of the winter months and signify the long‐awaited start of spring year after year here at Yokota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

Cherry blossoms bloom, March 25, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring and a time of renewal in Japan since the Japanese fiscal and school year begins in April, the season of cherry blossom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

Cherry blossoms bloom, March 25, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Once cherry blossom trees begins to flower, their life is very short. Blooms will last only for a week or two before starting to fall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

A 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules flies over cherry blossom trees, March 25, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms began blooming in the Tokyo area on March 14, the earliest date since record‐keeping began in 1953. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom along McGuire Avenue at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 25, 2020. Once cherry blossom trees begins to flower, their life is very short. Blooms will last only for a week or two before starting to fall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arit

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom along McGuire Avenue at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 25, 2020. Once cherry blossom trees begins to flower, their life is very short. Blooms will last only for a week or two before starting to fall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

A bird rests on a cherry blossom tree, March 26, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms mark the unofficial end of the winter months and signify the long‐awaited start of spring year after year here at Yokota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

Cherry blossoms bloom, March 25, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring and a time of renewal in Japan since the Japanese fiscal and school year begins in April, the season of cherry blossom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

Cherry blossoms bloom, March 25, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Tokyo Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency cited the record unseasonable warm winter weather and noted that trees began blooming 12 days earlier than average years and seven days earlier than last year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

A 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules flies over cherry blossom trees, March 26, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring and a time of renewal in Japan since the Japanese fiscal and school year begins in April, the season of cherry blossom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

A bird rests on a cherry blossom tree, March 26, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring and a time of renewal in Japan since the Japanese fiscal and school year begins in April, the season of cherry blossom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

A Cessna owned and operated by the Aero Club flies over cherry blossom trees March 26, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms began blooming in the Tokyo area on March 14, the earliest date since record‐keeping began in 1953. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

A 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules flies over cherry blossom trees, March 26, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms mark the unofficial end of the winter months and signify the long‐ awaited start of spring year after year here at Yokota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Cherry blossoms signaling the coming of spring

Published March 30, 2020
By Machiko Arita
374th Airlift Wing public affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan --