374th maintainers keep C-130s flying

Airman 1st Class Daniel Drewien, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-130J instrument and flight control systems journeyman, attaches a portable interface unit into the flight data recorder in a C-130J Super Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 26, 2022. Instrument and flight control systems specialists have a critical role in maintaining standards to ensure aircraft systems operate as intended for every mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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374th maintainers keep C-130s flying

Senior Airman Nathan Collins, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-130J instrument and flight control systems journeyman, sets up data transfer and diagnostics system in a C-130J Super Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 26, 2022. Instrument and flight control systems specialists have a critical role in maintaining standards to ensure aircraft systems operate as intended for every mission.(U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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374th maintainers keep C-130s flying

Senior Airman Isaac Cooper, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron integrated communication, navigation, electronic countermeasure journeyman, verifies navigational equipment is working in order at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 26, 2022. Integrated communication, navigation, electronic countermeasure specialists inspect, remove and install integrated avionics systems on aircraft. These systems include video displays and electronic warfare systems, flight instruments and traffic-collision avoidance systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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374th maintainers keep C-130s flying

Airman 1st Class Noah Klaus, front, integrated communication, navigation, electronic countermeasure journeyman, and Staff Sgt. Griffen Boll, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron integrated communication, navigation, electronic countermeasure craftsman, checks a radar warning receiver system in a C-130J Super Hercules to ensure aircraft readiness at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 26, 2022. The radar warning receiver detects radio frequency energy hitting the aircraft, which allows aircrew to know if they are being targeted by a surface-to-air missile or air-to-air-missile and provides situational awareness by warning to the crew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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374th maintainers keep C-130s flying

Senior Airman Nathan Collins, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-130J instrument and flight control systems journeyman, performs an operational check of a head-up display at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 26, 2022. Head-up displays present information to pilots in their line of forward sight on a small clear screen, which projects key instrument data. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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374th maintainers keep C-130s flying

Aircraft maintenance tools utilized by 374th Aircraft Maintenance Airmen lay on a tray at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 26, 2022. 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintains mission-ready aircraft to sustain contingency and peacetime missions throughout the Pacific theater to accomplish U.S. Pacific Command and Pacific Air Forces' taskings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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374th maintainers keep C-130s flying

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron sits on the flightline, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 26, 2022. Yokota serves as the primary Western Pacific airlift hub for U.S. Air Force peacetime and contingency operations. Missions include tactical air land, airdrop, aeromedical evacuation, special operations and distinguished visitor airlift. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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374th maintainers keep C-130s flying

Published July 28, 2022
By Machiko Arita
374th Airlift Wing public affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan --