Yokota Airmen take part in Pacific Airlift Rally '09
SUBANG ROYAL MALAYSIAN AIR FORCE BASE, Malaysia -- Senior Airman Warren Smith, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron combat mobility flight technician, loads cargo onto a C-130 Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, for a heavy-equipment airdrop Aug. 19 during the 2009 Pacific Airlift Rally here. The PAR is a biennial exercise involving Pacific Rim nations which enhances military airlift interoperability with a focus in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. The exercise consists of a tabletop exercise and a field-training exercise involving three C-130 aircraft from the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, and one C-130 each from the Royal Malaysian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Republic of Singapore Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Pierce)