YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Charles Kirchen, 36th Airlift Squadron, watches as the engines start up on a C-130H Hercules March 19 before a mission. Medical supplies were flown to Sendai and Hanamaki Airport to be distributed to local hospitals and evacuation centers as part of Operation Tomodachi. Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)

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