Snapshot: Students from Japan visit Dover AFB

Col. Ethan Griffin, 436th Airlift Wing commander, greets junior high school students from the city of Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on the seventh floor of the Air Traffic Control Tower March 21, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The students visited the city of Dover and facilities on Dover AFB during this year's tour. The city of Iwanuma is the sister city to Dover, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Snapshot: Students from Japan visit Dover AFB

Aina Terui, a junior high school student from the city of Iwanuma, Miyaga Prefecture, Japan, tries on a HGU-55/P flyer's helmet at the 436th Operations Support Squadron's Aircrew Flight Equipment facility March 21, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Terui and 12 other students visited the city of Dover and facilities on Dover AFB during this year's tour. The city of Iwanuma is the sister city to Dover, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Snapshot: Students from Japan visit Dover AFB

Junior high school student Riho Shimizu from the city of Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, looks through AN/AVS-9 night vision goggles at the 436th Operations Support Squadron's Aircrew Flight Equipment facility March 21, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The students also toured the 436th Operations Support Squadron's Air Traffic Control Tower. Iwanuma is the sister city to Dover, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Snapshot: Students from Japan visit Dover AFB

Souta Sato, a junior high school student from the city of Iwanuma, Miyaga Prefecture, Japan, puts on a BA-22 personnel parachute at the 436th Operations Support Squadron's Aircrew Flight Equipment facility March 21, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Staff Sgt. Brittany Toth, AFE continuation training instructor, right and Airman 1st Class Andra Johnson, AFE technician, center, provided Sato and 12 other students the opportunity to try on the parachute. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Snapshot: Students from Japan visit Dover AFB

Published March 24, 2017
By Roland Balik
436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- Col. Ethan Griffin, 436th Airlift Wing commander, greets junior high school students from the city of Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on the seventh floor of the Air Traffic Control Tower March 21, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The students visited the city of Dover and facilities on Dover AFB during this year's tour. The city of Iwanuma is the sister city to Dover, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)