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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Agency for International Development workers from the Los Angeles County Fire Department receive a briefing after arriving Mar. 13. The team arrived in support of Operation Tomodachi after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit 100 miles off the coast of Northern Japan Mar. 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)


Operation Tomodachi

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Agency for International Development workers from the Los Angeles County Fire Department receive a briefing after arriving Mar. 13. The team arrived in support of Operation Tomodachi after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit 100 miles off the coast of Northern Japan Mar. 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

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Akihiko Onodera, the Aomori City mayor, left, leads a small Nebuta parade during the 30th Annual Japan Day at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 7, 2017. For the first time ever, Misawa residents pulled a Nebuta float down the base street, reaffirming the commit, trust and friendship between the U.S. and Japan forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
Kanon, a Makibano Kids Drums taiko drummer, plays the taiko during the 30th Annual Japan Day at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 8, 2017. The event featured many performances including a dragon dance, shoto show and a Star Wars themed drum performance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
Hide Chika, an Aomori potter, creates a ceramic cup during the 30th Annual Japan Day at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 8, 2017. Along with pottery, attendees partook in creating Japanese kites, embroidery and origami crafts with the local community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
A float of the Japanese folklore character, Urashima Tarou, stands during the 30th Annual Japan Day at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 7, 2017. The float is one of many pieces from the Nebuta festival in Aomori, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
Mrs. Teiko Taneichi, left, wife of Kazumasa Taneichi, center left, Misawa City mayor, pause for a photo with Col. R. Scott Jobe, center right, 35th Fighter Wing commander, and his son, Chet Jobe, during the 30th Annual Japan Day at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 7, 2017. For the first time the base event featured one of the many floats from Aomori City’s larger Nebuta festival parade, which occurs every summer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
Japanese Air Self Defense Force Warrant Officer Tadahiro Hashinoki (center) and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Larman (right) review Aviation Training Relocation flight schedules at Komatsu Air Base, Japan, Nov. 14, 2014. As maintenance operations center controllers, Hashinoki and Larman dispatch resources from their respective Forces for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, and tracks maintenance actions, sorties and incidents such as in-flight emergencies and injured personnel. Larman, who is assigned to the 35th Maintenance Group at Misawa Air Base, Japan, is at Komatsu with more than 120 other Airmen from Misawa, supporting ATR missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alyssa C. Wallace)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eric Nolan, 13th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics technician, is welcomed home from a deployment by wife Heidi, and daughter Dakota, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 14, 2014. During the deployment, Nolan and more than 100 Airmen from the 13th Fighter Squadron and AMXS ensured the success of the U.S. Air Forces Central Command by standing ready, engaged and vigilant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alyssa C. Wallace/Released)
Melissa Biedenbach and her children approach U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Biedenbach, 13th Fighter Squadron director of operations, as he climbs out of an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 1, 2014. Biedenbach is one of more than 100 Misawa Airmen who recently returned from a deployment to the Middle East where they delivered decisive airpower for U.S. Air Forces Central Command operations, coalition nations and the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jordyn Rucker/Released)
Melissa Biedenbach waits on the flightline at Misawa Air Base, Japan, for the return of U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Biedenbach, 13th Fighter Squadron director of operations, Nov. 1, 2014. Biedenbach was one of several pilots who returned after a six-month-long deployment in support of U.S. Air Forces Central Command. During the deployment, members of the 13 FS supported the U.S. Air Forces Central Command mission by aggressively planning, preparing and presenting executable options to the commanders while standing ready to support contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jordyn Rucker/Released)
Heidi Nolan and her children, Dakota and Elijah, await the arrival of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eric Nolan, 13th Aircraft Maintenance Unit avionics technician, during a homecoming ceremony at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 14, 2014. Base leadership and more than 150 friends and family members were on hand to welcome the 13th Fighter Squadron pilots and AMU maintainers home from a six-month deployment. During the deployment, the units delivered decisive airpower for U.S. Air Forces Central Command operations, coalition nations and the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alyssa C. Wallace/Released)
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kristopher Struve, 13th Fighter Squadron commander, welcomes pilots from the 13th Fighter Squadron home to Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 1, 2014, after a deployment from the Middle East. More than 100 pilots and maintainers deployed from Misawa to conduct air support missions in support of U.S. Air Forces Central Command operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jordyn Rucker/Released)
F-16 Fighting Falcons pilots from the 13th Fighter Squadron taxi down the flightline at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 1, 2014, after returning from a six-month deployment. Members of the 13 FS, known as “Panthers,” continuously collaborated across the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jordyn Rucker/Released)