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Staff Sgt. Gene Phonthipsavath, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron dedicated crew chief, holds aloft the ceremonial key during a ceremony held to celebrate the arrival of the first C-130J Super Hercules assigned to Yokota Air Base, Japan, Mar. 6, 2017. The new aircraft is scheduled to have fully replaced the 374th Airlift Wing's C-130 Hercules fleet by 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman David C. Danford)


Yokota welcomes PACAF's first C-130J Super Hercules

Staff Sgt. Gene Phonthipsavath, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron dedicated crew chief, holds aloft the ceremonial key during a ceremony held to celebrate the arrival of the first C-130J Super Hercules assigned to Yokota Air Base, Japan, Mar. 6, 2017. The new aircraft is scheduled to have fully replaced the 374th Airlift Wing's C-130 Hercules fleet by 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman David C. Danford)

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Leaders move a box of donated goods into the back of a C-130 Hercules during the 65th Operation Christmas Drop push ceremony at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 6, 2016. Left to right: Rear Admiral Bette Bolivar, commander, Joint Region Marianas, Brig. Gen. Douglas Cox, 367th Wing commander, Andersen AFB, Guam, Col. Kenneth Moss, 374th Airlift Wing commander, Yokota Air Base, Japan, Col. Scott Zippwald, 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing commander, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii and Manny Hechanova, Associate Director of Telecommunications and Distance Education Operation at the University of Guam. Operation Christmas Drop is the longest running humanitarian airlift operation in the history of the Department of Defense, impacting the lives of more than 20,000 islanders. The people of the Micronesian islands can expect to see service members aboard a C-130 Hercules drop a box, attached to a parachute, filled with rice, fish hooks, educational materials, clothing and toys. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Theanne Herrmann)
A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules waits to unload logistical supplies in support of the fight for Mosul at Qayyarah West airfield, Iraq, Oct. 22, 2016. This is the second aircraft to land there following completion of repairs to the runway after Da’esh damaged it in an attempt to disrupt Iraqi Security forces from gaining control of the area. Control of the Qayyarah West airfield has enabled the opening of an air corridor to support operations throughout northern Iraq. A Coalition of over 60 nations has formed to provide assistance and training to Iraqi forces to counter Da’esh, re-establish Iraq’s borders and re-take lost terrain thereby restoring regional stability and security. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Brecht)