Hometown Heroes
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Jon-Cristofer Boam, 374th Maintenance Squadron, kneels under to a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 8, 2011. Airman Boam, a native of Erie, Penn., is currently deployed to Yokota in support of Operation Tomodachi. "This type of operation is important," said Airman Boam. "It feels great to know our efforts are going to a good cause." (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)