"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Col. Joshua Bowman (right), 459th Airlift Squadron director of operations, and Capt. Nicholas Ringo, 459th AS co-pilot, synchronize their watches during a pre-flight meeting Aug. 21, 2011, at the Japanese-American Friendship Festival, Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Capt. Nicholas Ringo, 459th Airlift Squadron co-pilot, performs pre-flight checks on a UH-1N Iroquois Aug. 21, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Capt. Nicholas Ringo, 459th Airlift Squadron co-pilot, monitors the towing of a UH-1N Iroquois onto the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 21, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Jerry Palmer, 374th Maintenance Operations Squadron contractor, threads a communications cable out the window of a UH-1N Iroquois Aug. 21, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The cable allowed Palmer to maintain communication with the pilot and co-pilot during engine startup to monitor progress from outside the helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Capt. Nicholas Ringo, 459th Airlift Squadron co-pilot, looks out the window of a UH-1N Iroquois while waiting for the signal to fly during the Japanese-American Friendship Festival Aug. 21, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Col. Joshua Bowman, 459th Airlift Squadron director of operations, runs through pre-flight checklists in a UH-1N Iroquois Aug. 21, 2011, during the Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A UH-1N Iroquois helicopter flies over the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, during the Japanese-American Friendship Festival Aug. 20, 2011. The "huey" was only able to fly on the first day of the two-day festival due to inclement weather. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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"Hueys" fly free at Friendship Festival

Published Aug. 30, 2011