MC-130P combat shadow performs four successful aerial refueling missions

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Senior Airman Ramon Mortensen, a 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster, observes an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron during an aerial refueling March 18. The refueling missions are in support of humanitarian relief operations after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and following tsunami that rocked Northeastern Japan March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

MC-130P combat shadow performs four successful aerial refueling missions

PACIFIC OCEAN -- An MC-130P Combat Shadow from the 17th Special Operations Squadron refuels a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron March 18. The refueling missions are in support of humanitarian relief operations after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and following tsunami that rocked Northeastern Japan March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

MC-130P combat shadow performs four successful aerial refueling missions

MATSUSHIMA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Ramon Mortensen, a 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster, looks at damaged F-2 fighters after landing here March 18 to drop of relief supplies. The aircraft were damaged after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and following tsunami that rocked Northeastern Japan March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

320th STS, ready to fly anytime, anywhere

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Two team leads from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, discuss the upcoming mission before boarding an HH-60G Pave Hawk here March 15. The 320th STS has combat controllers, pararescuemen and special operations weather teams to go anywhere and set up forward operating locations and impromptu runways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

320th STS, ready to fly anytime, anywhere

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- An HH-60G Pave Hawk flies over the Japanese countryside carrying members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron from Kadena Air Base March 15. The 320th STS has combat controllers, pararescuemen and special operations weather teams to go anywhere and set up forward operating locations and impromptu runways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

320th STS, ready to fly anytime, anywhere

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Combat controllers with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, fly in an HH-60G Pave Hawk on their way to Sendai, Japan, March 15. The 320th STS has combat controllers, pararescuemen and special operations weather teams to go anywhere and set up forward operating locations and impromptu runways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)