3/18/2011 - Maintainers from the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron power up a C-130 Hercules for night-flying operations March 14, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. C-130s play a crucial role in disaster-relief operations because of their ability to land on dirt runways and other less-than-ideal landing conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
3/18/2011 - Maintainers from the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron talk with loadmasters and flight engineers from the 36th Airlift Squadron while starting up a C-130 Hercules March 14, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. C-130s play a crucial role in disaster-relief operations because of their ability to land on dirt runways and other less-than-ideal landing conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
3/18/2011 - Tech. Sgt. Douglas Harper mentors Airmen about the differences between a receiver-transmitter and a generator control unit March 14, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. C-130s play a crucial role in disaster-relief operations because of their ability to land on dirt runways and other less-than-ideal landing conditions. Sergeant Harper is crew chief assigned to the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
3/18/2011 - Maintainers from the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron talk with loadmasters and flight engineers from the 36th Airlift Squadron while starting up a C-130 Hercules March 14, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. C-130s play a crucial role in disaster-relief operations because of their ability to land on dirt runways and other less-than-ideal landing conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
3/18/2011 - Airman 1st Class Stephen Tessier reviews log books while powering up a C-130 Hercules March 14, 2011, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. C-130s play a crucial role in disaster-relief operations because of their ability to land on dirt runways and other less-than-ideal landing conditions. Airman Tessier is a crew chief assigned to the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)