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C-17 Delivers Humanitarian Relief Supplies to Sendai Airport, Japan, Part 1
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
March 20, 2011 | 1:50
jpearthquake11, Operation Tomodachi. A C-17 Globemaster III crew from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, lands at Sendai Airport March 20. The aircraft delivered ten pallets of food, water and blankets. This marked the first C-17 landing at the airport since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron reopened the runway to fixed-wing aircraft March 16 and cleared the rest of the runway to accommodate larger aircraft such as the C-17, enabling larger shipments of humanitarian aid. Produced by Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Leahy.
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