Four C-130H Hercules taxi as part of a 5-ship formation launch at Yokota Air Base, Japa, March 31, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Four C-130H Hercules taxi as part of a 5-ship formation launch at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 31, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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A C-130H Hercules waits to taxi down the flight line after returning from an earlier five-ship launch formation exercise at Yokoa Air Base, Japan, March 31, 2010. Yokota conducted an exercise 28 Mar. through 1 Apr. to help maintain operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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A member from the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron waits for a C-130's engine to shutdown during an operational readiness exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 31, 2010. Yokota conducted an exercise 28 Mar. through 1 Apr. to help maintain operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Airman 1st Class Sean Martin, 374th Airlift Wing, checks camera settings before capturing images at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 31, 2010. Yokota conducted an exercise 28 Mar. through 1 Apr. to help maintain operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Firefighters from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron searches a C-130H Hercules exit door due to a simulated fire on the flight deck at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 31, 2010. Yokota conducted an exercise 28 Mar. through 1 Apr. to help maintain operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Firefighters from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron searches a C-130H Hercules exit door due to a simulated fire on the flight deck at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 31, 2010. Yokota conducted an exercise 28 Mar. through 1 Apr. to help maintain operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Hoses used to extinguish a simulated fire, lay around a C-130H Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 31, 2010. Yokota conducted an exercise 28 Mar. through 1 Apr. to help maintain operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Airman 1st Class Robert Spear, 374th Operation Support Squadron, performs a chemical decontamination procedure on a simulated contaminated aircrew member at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 1, 2010. Yokota conducted an exercise 28 Mar. through 1 Apr. to help maintain operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Staff Sgt. Sadiq Stevens, 374th Operation Support Squadron, has steam rising off him after removing his gas mask after completion of an exercise scenario at Yokota Air Base, Japan April 1, 2010. Yokota conducted an exercise 28 Mar. through 1 Apr. to help maintain operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Staff Sgt. Sadiq Stevens, 374th Operation Support Squadron, prepares to don his gas mask at a Contamination Control Point while waiting for simulated contaminated aircrew members arrival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 1, 2010. Yokota conducted an exercise 28 Mar. through 1 Apr. to help maintain operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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A members from the 374th Operation Support Squadron wait to process simulated contaminated aircrew member through a Contamination Control Point at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 1, 2010. Yokota conducted an exercise 28 Mar. through 1 Apr. to help maintain operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Exercise life at night

Published April 2, 2010