Yokota Airmen participate in Emergency Response Aviation Help Drill in Shizuoka

SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Maj. Hank Luke, 374th Operations Group deputy chief of standardization and evaluation, flies over the Shin-Tomei Expressway at Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, during an emergency response aviation help drill, Feb. 5, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

Yokota Airmen participate in Emergency Response Aviation Help Drill in Shizuoka

SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE, Japan -- From left to right, Staff Sgt. Arturo Fernandez, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, and Staff Sgt. Leslie Charles, 374th Medical Operations Squadron independent duty medical technician, talk to a member from the Shizuoka Prefectural Government after landing the Shin-tomei expressway's service area by a UH-1 Huey at Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, Feb. 5, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

Yokota Airmen participate in Emergency Response Aviation Help Drill in Shizuoka

SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Arturo Fernandez, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, looks out the open door of a UH-1N Huey before landing at the Ogasa-Yama park by the Shin-Tomei expressway in the Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, Feb. 5, 2013. The Shizuoka Prefectural Government hosted the drill, which required the practice of using expressway's service area as an emergency landing zone for helicopters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

Yokota Airmen participate in Emergency Response Aviation Help Drill in Shizuoka

SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE, Japan -- A UH-1N Huey helicopter crew from the 459th Airlift Squadron flies over the Shin-Tomei Expressway in the Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, during an emergency response aviation help drill, Feb. 5, 2013. The Shizuoka Prefectural Government hosted the drill, which required the practice of using expressway's service area as an emergency landing zone for helicopters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

EME prepares Yokota for worst-case scenario

Yokota Exercise Evaluation Team members inspect on-scene first responders during an Emergency Management Exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 22, 2013. Emergency Evaluation Team inspectors provide accurate after action reports to allow units to effectively evaluate how well they performed during an exercise and where they can improve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cody H. Ramirez)

EME prepares Yokota for worst-case scenario

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- 374th Medical Group Airmen provide treatment to an on-scene simulated casualty during an Emergency Management Exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 22, 2013. The need for quick and effective medical relief during real-world crises is important, because their readiness can be the difference between life and death. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cody H. Ramirez)