Pilots train to provide professional airlift

Capt. Michael Kelly, 374th Operations Support Squadron C-130 Hercules pilot, navigates the aircraft in the skies above Japan during a training exercise, June 19, 2015. Yokota Air Base’s 374th OSS collaborated with Misawa Air Base’s 35th OSS in testing the capabilities of Misawa’s new drop zone.

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Pilots train to provide professional airlift

Lt. Col. Andrew J. Campbell, 36th Airlift Squadron commander, observes pilot Capt. Michael Kelly, 374th Operations Support Squadron assistant training flight commander, during a training exercise, June 19, 2015. The flight helped certify Misawa Air Base’s new drop zone, in which the C-130H can simulate dropping cargo with limited visibility.

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Pilots train to provide professional airlift

Capt. Michael Kelly, left, 374th Operations Support Squadron, and Lt. Col. John R. Kerr, 36th Airlift Squadron director of operations, fly a C-130 Hercules during a training exercise in the skies above Japan, June 19, 2015. During the flight, pilots were required to simulate dropping cargo with limited visibility.

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Pilots train to provide professional airlift

Pilots from the 374th Operations Group receive a brief for a training exercise, June 19, 2015, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The flight tested the capabilities of a new drop zone courtesy of Misawa Air Base, Japan.

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Lt. Col. John R. Kerr, 36th Airlift Squadron director of operations, pilots a C-130 Hercules during a training exercise, June 19, 2015. The flight tested the capabilities of a new drop zone courtesy of Misawa Air Base, Japan.

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Pilots train to provide professional airlift

Published June 23, 2015
By Airman 1st Class Delano Scott
374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Pilots from the 374th Operations Group participated in a training exercise in the skies above Japan, June 19, 2015. . The flight helped certify Misawa Air Base's new drop zone, in which the C-130H can simulate dropping cargo with limited visibility.