MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Daine Burke, deployed to Misawa Air Base from the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, pushes water pallets off of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, March 30. This particular mission, flown in from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., delivered 87,000 pounds of water. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez)

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Forklifts line the flightline here waiting to offload cargo March 30. Since Operation Tomodachi kicked-off, Misawa Air Base has received more than a million pounds of cargo in support of earthquake and tsunami relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez)

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. Damion Hankins, deployed from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., unloads pallets of water from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, March 30. Approximately 55 pallets of water have been delivered to Misawa Air Base to be used for Operation Tomodachi relief efforts. Sergeant Hankins is a native of Le Roy, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez)

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen unload pallets of water from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III here March 30. The aircraft delivered 87,000 pounds of bottled water in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joe McFadden)

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Corinthians McRae, deployed from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., monitors a forklift unloading cargo from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, here March 30. Airman McRae and others from the 621st CRW deployed to Misawa to assist with Operation Tomodachi and the earthquake recovery efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joe McFadden)

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Jeffrey Letendre, deployed from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., helps guide pallets of water along a cargo-loading vehicle known as a "K-loader," March 30. The U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., delivered 87,000 pounds of water in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joe McFadden)

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Misawa receives water in support of Operation Tomodachi

Published March 31, 2011