Operation Tomodachi

YAMAGATA, Japan -- Marines from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, exit a MC-130 here March 19. The Marines were transported by the 17th Special Operations Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, to Yamagata in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman J.T. Mills, a loadmaster from the 17th Special Operations Squadron out of Kadena Air Base, Japan, looks out a window during a flight on a MC-130P Combat Shadow March 19. Airman Mills is deployed here in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

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Operation Tomodachi

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman J.T. Mills (left), Staff Sgt. Nick Wisnoski, and Capt Daniel Gipper, 17th Special Operations Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, check over their flight manuals for their MC-130 before departing on a flight from Yokota March 19. The 17th SOS is flying missions in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by/ Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

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Operation Tomodachi

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman J.T. Mills (near), and Staff Sgt. Nick Wisnoski, 17th Special Operations Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, load a pallet on a MC-130 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 19. The 17th SOS was at MCAS Iwakuni to transport Marines in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

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Operation Tomodachi

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Marines from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, are transported to Yamagata, Japan, on a MC-130 March 19. The Marines are being transported by the 17th Special Operations Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

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Combat Shadow crew transports Marines to Yamagata

Published March 20, 2011
353rd Special Operations Group

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 17th Special Operations Squadron transported Marines from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, and relief supplies on a MC-130P Combat Shadow here March 19. The Marines were transported to Yamagata Airport in support of Operation Tomodachi.

So far, Airmen the 353rd Special Operations Group supporting Operation Tomodachi have transported more than 270 personnel, 278,000 pounds of cargo, and offloaded 185,000 pounds of fuel.