Nose art, “Spirit of Hope,” placed onto C-130J Super Hercules 15-5813 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 19, 2017. Yokota airmen and aircraft have been delivering humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations since 1952, including Operation Christmas drop, Operation Unified Assistance in 2004 Indian ocean tsunami, Operation Caring Response in Myanmar following tropical cyclone Nargis, Operation Tomodachi in Japan, Operation Damayan in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan, and Operation Sahayogi Haat following the 2015 Nepal earthquake. The nose art depicts the world’s longest running
Nose art, “Spirit of Hope,” placed onto C-130J Super Hercules 15-5813 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 19, 2017. Yokota airmen and aircraft have been delivering humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations since 1952, including Operation Christmas drop, Operation Unified Assistance in 2004 Indian ocean tsunami, Operation Caring Response in Myanmar following tropical cyclone Nargis, Operation Tomodachi in Japan, Operation Damayan in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan, and Operation Sahayogi Haat following the 2015 Nepal earthquake. The nose art depicts the world’s longest running airdrop mission of OCD. OCD has placed the 374th Airlift Wing at the forefront of humanitarian airdrop operations where airmen with the 36th Airlift Squadron perform low-cost low-altitude airdrop capabilities. “Spirit of Hope,” represents a spirit of goodwill and airmen delivering hope around the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. ( Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Size: 1974px × 1579px
Photo credit: © PJF Military Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: -12, -130h, 36as, 374aw, 459as, ab, hercules, huey, huron, uh-1n, yokota
