Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army units in the Pacific Theater wait to board a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. Over 100 soldiers and Yokota Airmen conducted routine airdrop training during an airfield surge exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Capt. Bryan Huffman (center), 36th Airlift Squadron navigator, gives a flight plan briefing to paratroopers from U.S. Army units in the Pacific Theater, by a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. Over 100 soldiers and Yokota Airmen conducted routine airdrop training during an airfield surge exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Six C-130 Hercules aircraft with the 36th Airlift Squadron taxi into position during a Samurai Surge formation flight at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. During the mission, 36th AS aircrews practiced a variety of airdrop techniques to include low-cost, low-altitude cargo drops and personnel airdrops. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)

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A U.S. Army soldier assigned to units in the Pacific Theater waits to jump in a C-130 Hercules, from more than 1,000 feet above Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. Over 100 soldiers and Yokota Airmen conducted routine airdrop training during an airfield surge exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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A U.S. Army soldier assigned to a unit in the Pacific Theater communicates with the loadmaster using hand signals to countdown a jump above Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. Over 100 soldiers and Yokota Airmen conducted routine airdrop training during an airfield surge exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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A U.S. Army soldier, assigned to a unit in the Pacific Theater, is ready for jumping in a C-130 Hercules, from more than 1,000 feet above Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. Over 100 soldiers and Yokota Airmen conducted routine airdrop training during an airfield surge exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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A U.S. Army soldier, assigned to units in the Pacific Theater, parachutes from a C-130 Hercules, from more than 1,000 feet above Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. Over 100 soldiers and Yokota Airmen conducted routine airdrop training during an airfield surge exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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A C-130 Hercules aircraft with the 36th Airlift Squadron performs a low-cost, low-altitude cargo airdrop over Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. Aircrews from the 36th AS regularly conduct LCLA training missions to ensure their readiness to support operational missions in the Pacific region and around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)

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Capt. Dereck Monnier (right) and 1st Lt. Tory Lodmell, both C-130 Hercules co-pilots with the 36th Airlift Squadron, observe as U.S. Army paratroopers descend onto the airfield during a Samurai Surge formation flight at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. The Airmen supported the mission as drop zone control officers, ensuring safe airdrop training operations at Yokota's airfield. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)

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A C-130 Hercules aircraft with the 36th Airlift Squadron performs a personnel airdrop during a Samurai Surge formation flight at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. Aircrews from the 36th AS regularly conduct personnel airdrop training missions to ensure their readiness to support operational mission in the Pacific region and around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)

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Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army units in the Pacific Theater of Operations, practice airdrops at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. More than 100 Soldiers and Yokota Airmen conducted routine airdrop training during an airfield surge exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

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Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army units in the Pacific Theater of Operations, practice airdrops at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan.10, 2012. More than 100 Soldiers and Yokota Airmen conducted routine airdrop training during an airfield surge exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

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Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron observe as U.S. Army paratroopers descend onto the airfield during a Samurai Surge formation flight at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. The Airmen supported the mission as drop zone control officers, ensuring safe airdrop training operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)

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A U.S. Army paratrooper descends onto the airfield at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. Yokota hosted parachute training during a Samurai Surge formation flight performed by the 36th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)

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Capt. Dereck Monnier, a C-130 Hercules co-pilot with the 36th Airlift Squadron, celebrates as a 36th AS C-130 flies overhead during a Samurai Surge formation flight at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2012. Monnier supported the mission as a drop zone control officer, ensuring safe airdrop training operations at Yokota's airfield. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Raymond Geoffroy)

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A C-130 Hercules aircraft flies towards Mount Fuji during an airdrop training mission, Jan. 10, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Yokota Airmen and U.S. Army perform joint airfield surge operations

Published Jan. 12, 2012