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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      A crew chief with the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron guides a C-130 Hercules to the taxiway at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2015. Members of Yokota provided humanitarian airlift and relief operations to support the U.S. Agency of International Development and the government of Nepal in response to the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated the country April 25, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Cody H. Ramirez)Nepal airlift support
                        
                        
                        A crew chief with the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron guides a C-130 Hercules to the taxiway at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2015. Members of Yokota provided humanitarian airlift and relief operations to support the U.S. Agency of International Development and the government of Nepal in response to the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated the country April 25, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Cody H. Ramirez)
                
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        Yokota Airmen board a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2015. Airmen departed to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in support of the government of Nepal in the wake of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated many regions of the country on April 25, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)Airlift support for Nepal
                        
                        
                        Yokota Airmen board a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2015. Airmen departed to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in support of the government of Nepal in the wake of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated many regions of the country on April 25, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
                
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        A C-130 Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2015. Airmen left Yokota to support the U.S. Agency of International Development and the government of Nepal. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)Airlift support for Nepal
                        
                        
                        A C-130 Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2015. Airmen left Yokota to support the U.S. Agency of International Development and the government of Nepal. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
                
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Nepal relief airlift expands with deployment of Yokota aircraftPublished May 7, 2015
                    
                    By 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
            **YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) --**As U.S. efforts to support the government of Nepal is recovering from the earthquake that struck the country April 25, the 374th Airlift Wing here sent four C-130 Hercules and accompanying personnel to aid Joint Task Force-505 (JTF) in its mission.The 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated Central Nepal, resulting in more than 7,000 people reported dead and 14,000 more reported injured in days since the incident.As the only tactical airlift capability in the Western Pacific, Yokota Air Base’s 36th Airlift Squadron is extremely capable of supporting the JTF in its efforts, as they consistently train and exercise to operate in the same type of environment, says Capt. Mark Nexon, a C-130 H pilot assigned to the 36 AS.According to Nexon, C-130s from Yokota have a practiced, proven ability to support the JTF in delivering dire supplies to remote areas that have been cut off from traditional supply routes in Nepal."As PACAF's airlift wing, we are ready to assist USAID (United States Agency for International Development) and the JTF in providing support to the people and the government of Nepal," said Col. Douglas Delamater, the 374 AW commander. "It is our priority to assist the Nepalese people in their time of need, and our annual preparedness allows us to have confidence in knowing that the job -- delivering life-saving supplies to the hard-to-reach areas of Nepal -- will be safely accomplished."Personnel leaving Yokota to join the JTF include enough maintainers, security force professionals, logisticians contracting personnel and other critical specialties to sustain operations for up to 30 days.Additionally, an emergency medical package with doctors, nurses and medical technicians is also joining the support effort. The expeditionary medical system includes a five-man surgical team consisting of a general surgeon, an anesthesia provider, an orthopedic surgeon, an operating room nurse and an emergency response doctor. Additionally, 374 AW deployed personnel to support the USAID and the overall U.S. government effort to support Nepal's request for humanitarian assistance."We continuously work with our partners across the region to build trust and create an environment of familiarization," Delamater said. "It is these relationships that allow us to quickly respond to contingencies that arise in the Pacific."Yokota AB 



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