LRS delivers fuel to keep the air in Air Force

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Technical Sgt. Keith Sutton, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels mobility support supervisor, palletizes a 3,000-gallon bladder for an aerial bulk fuel delivery system kit, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 28, 2011. Sutton took the bladder off to conduct an annual required inspection, then strapped it back onto the pallet for transport. (U.S. Photo/Staff Sgt Stacy Moless)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Sarah Bishop, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels mobility support operator, palletizes a 3,000-gallon bladder for an aerial bulk fuel delivery system kit, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 28, 2011. Bishop took the bladder off to conduct an annual required inspection, then strapped it back onto the pallet for transport. (U.S. Photo/Staff Sgt Stacy Moless)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan --Technical Sgt. Keith Sutton and Senior Airman Sarah Bishop, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels mobility support, palletizes a 3,000-gallon bladder for an aerial bulk fuel delivery system kit, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 28, 2011. Sutton and Bishop took the bladder off to conduct an annual required inspection, then strapped it back onto the pallet for transport. (U.S. Photo/Staff Sgt Stacy Moless)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Allie Paterson, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron cryogenic supervisor, dons a mask, gloves, apron and white coveralls to help protect himself from liquid oxygen at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 28, 2011. Paterson wears the protective gear to purge a liquid oxygen hose removing contaminants before performing maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Stacy Moless)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Hiroyuki Sekimoto, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution system operator, connects a hose to an 11,900-gallon rail car at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 28, 2011. Hiroyuki connects the hose to an off-loading header that will hold 154,700-gallons of JP8 aviation turbine fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Stacy Moless)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Legaspi, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels service center controller, issues a clipboard, checklist and an automated point of sale device to Akira Tanaka, 374th LRS fuels distribution operator, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 28, 2011. These items help operators to safely and accurately provide jet fuel to aircraft at Yokota. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Stacy Moless)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan --Susumu Iwasaki, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory technician, runs a monthly quality assurance test on an R-11 6,000-gallon JP8 refueling truck at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 28, 2011. Tests are completed to check for proper operation of R-11 filter separator, the final filtration point before fuel reaches an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Stacy Moless)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Hiroshi Onozawa, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution operator, trains Yutaka Sasazaki, 374th LRS, distribution operator, on refueling operations for a Boeing 747 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 28, 2011. The 747 can carry more than 63,500 gallons of fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Stacy Moless)

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LRS delivers fuel to keep the air in Air Force

Published Oct. 7, 2011