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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christian Estanique, a Fuels Apprentice with the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron from Misawa AB, and an Oak Harbor, Wash.-native, finishes a fueling operation of a C-130 Hercules aircraft that delivered cargo as part of the humanitarian assistance that was flown in here to support Operation Tomodachi on March 30, 2011.


Faces of Operation Tomodachi

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christian Estanique, a Fuels Apprentice with the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron from Misawa AB, and an Oak Harbor, Wash.-native, finishes a fueling operation of a C-130 Hercules aircraft that delivered cargo as part of the humanitarian assistance that was flown in here to support Operation Tomodachi on March 30, 2011.

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Gemini Sanford (right,) wife of Senior Chief Petty Officer Daniel Sanford of Naval Air Facility Misawa, escorts, Mr. Goto, a representative of Aomori Prefecture Orphanages, through Edgren High School at Misawa Air Base June 28. More than 96,000 lbs of donations, collected from listeners of
Misawa Air Base, JAPAN -- Col. Michael Rothstein, 35th Fighter Wing commander (second from left,) introduces Gemini Sanford (left) to Misawa City Mayor Kazumasa Taneichi (fifth from left) June 25 at Edgren High School here. City officials received their first glimpse of more than 96,000 lbs of donations collected by listeners of the
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Misawa City Mayor Kazumasa Taneichi presents a letter of appreciation to Col. Michael Rothstein, 35th Fighter Wing commander, for the support received from Misawa Air Base during Operation Tomodachi June 13. More than 2,400 volunteers from Misawa Air Base have provided more than 37,000 hours of support for the local community since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan March 11 (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Misawa City Mayor Kazumasa Taneichi presents a letter of appreciation to Col. Michael Rothstein, 35th Fighter Wing commander, for the support received from Misawa Air Base during Operation Tomodachi June 13. More than 2,400 volunteers from Misawa Air Base have provided more than 37,000 hours of support for the local community since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from Misawa Air Base offer a variety of desserts to shelter residents in Miyako City April 23. While hamburgers and hot dogs were offered, Airmen said the desserts were the big hit among the Japanese. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clarence Armas)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from Misawa Air Base feed evacuation shelter residents in Miyako City April 23. Misawa Helps partnered with Focus 5/6 to offer American-style barbecue for the shelter residents. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clarence Armas)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- An Airman with Focus 5/6 grills hamburgers and hotdogs outside an evacuation shelter in Miyako City April 23. Misawa Helps organized a volunteer mission with the Misawa International Club and Focus 5/6 to feed and entertain more than 65 shelter residents. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clarence Armas)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Cifuentes, 673rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, bioenvironmental technician, reads the display on a multi-purpose survey meter for radiation levels at Misawa Air Base April 29. The radiation levels displayed reflect the same readings Misawa Air Base has been receiving since the earthquake -- zero amounts of radiation above background levels found. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Cifuentes, 673rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, bioenvironmental technician, scans filter paper removed from a high-volume air sampler at Misawa Air Base April 29. Bioenvironmental engineers have found no significant traces of radiation since the March 11 earthquake. Sergeant Cifuentes is augmenting the 35th AMDS and she is from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – Maj. David Kempisty, 35th Aerospace Medicine Squadron installation radiation safety officer, shuts off a high-volume air sampler stationed on Misawa Air Base’s flightline April 29. The HVAS is used to detect radioactive particles in the air by collecting 1,000 cubic-feet of air every 50 minutes and trapping the particles on filter paper. Major Kempisty has been monitoring radiation levels here at Misawa since the earthquake and he has not detected any radiation above the normal background levels. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Kai Hall, 35th Communications Squadron, gets big hugs from his son Izaiah, and daughter Aniyah, 22 April. Airman Hall's wife Christina and children returned to Misawa on the first patriot express flight along with more than 150 other passengers. The families were in the United States as part of the Department of State-authorized voluntary departure program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Capt. Brandi Rountree, 35th Fighter Wing sexual assault response coordinator, holds her daughter Mikaia Rountree 22 April. During a one-week period following the 11 March earthquake in Japan, more than 1,300 family members travelled to locations in the U.S. on one of six chartered flights that departed Misawa as part of the Department of State-authorized voluntary departure program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)