Sendai Airport
The squadron took part in Operation Tomodachi, the response by the USAF to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, flying relief supplies to Sendai Airport, and in 2013 deployed aircraft to the Philippines for relief missions following Typhoon Haiyan. It began re-equipping with the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules late in 2016. It will receive 14 C-130Js in all.