3/22/2011 - Staff Sgt. Charles Kirchen, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, assists Japanese relief workers in loading kerosene onto a C-130H Hercules at Iruma Air Base March 22. The kerosene was flown to Matsushima Air Base as part of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Strohmeyer)

3/22/2011 - Maj. Kurt Fife, 36th Airlift Squadron pilot, looks out his side window to assess damage from the earthquake and tsunami March 22 while flying a C-130H Hercules full of kerosene to Matsushima Air Base. The kerosene will be used to fuel heaters at relief shelters in northern Japan, where temperatures have repeatedly dropped below freezing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Strohmeyer)

3/22/2011 - Staff Sgt. Charles Kirchen, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, assists Japanese relief workers in unloading kerosene from a C-130H Hercules on Matsushima Air Base March 22. The kerosene was flown to Matsushima Air Base as part of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Strohmeyer)

3/22/2011 - Staff Sgt. Charles Kirchen, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, assists Japanese relief workers in unloading kerosene from a C-130H Hercules on Matsushima Air Base March 22. The kerosene was flown to Matsushima Air Base as part of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Strohmeyer)

3/22/2011 - Capt. Yuri Batten, 36th Airlift Squadron pilot, looks out his side window to assess damage from the earthquake and tsunami March 22 while flying on a C-130H Hercules full of kerosene to Matsushima Air Base. The kerosene will be used to fuel heaters at relief shelters in northern Japan, where temperatures have repeatedly dropped below freezing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Strohmeyer)