2009 Friendship Festival under way
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Capt. Jennifer Sherwood and Capt. Sean Silva, both from the 36th Airlift Squadron here, pose for a photo with Japanese children at a C-130 Hercules static display Aug. 22 during the first day of the two-day Yokota Air Base Japanese-American Friendship Festival. More than 80,000 people attended the first day. In addition to static displays and live music, the festival offered a variety of American and Japanese food items. The festival is designed to bolster the bi-lateral relationship shared by the United States and Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)