Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska -- Air Force Capt. Jessica Regni, 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III pilot, does pre-flight checks before flying to Japan for humanitarian relief efforts, March 12, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mark Leahy)

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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska -- Air Force Capt. Charley Morris, C-17 Globemaster III pilot stationed at the 517th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardsonin Alaska, preps for flight caring humanitarian relief supplies to Masawa Air Base Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mark Leahy)

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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska -- Air Force Staff Sgt. Adam Koerner, 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, directs generators into a C-17 Globemaster III for humanitarian relief headed for Misawa Air Base Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mark Leahy)

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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska -- Air Force Master Sgt. Stephen Mallory, loadmaster, stationed at the 517th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson Alaska, marshals 10KAT forklifts to offload 47,000 lbs of water for humanitarian relief efforts off a C-17 Globemaster III at Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mark Leahy)

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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska -- Air Force Master Sgt. Stephen Mallory, a loadmaster stationed at the 517th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Alaska, marshals 10KAT forklifts to offload 47,000 lbs of water for humanitarian relief efforts off a C-17 Globemaster III at Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mark Leahy)

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517th Airlift Squadron supports relief efforts in Japan

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska -- 10KAT forklifts offload humanitarian relief supplies from a C-17 Globemaster III, stationed at the 517th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mark Leahy)

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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. Adam Koerner and Master Sgt. Stephen Mallory, both Air Force loadmasters stationed at the 517th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, marshal humanitarian relief pallets of USAID search and rescue gear into a C-17 Globemaster III destined for Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mark Leahy)

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517th Airlift Squadron supports relief efforts in Japan

Published March 16, 2011