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Yokota Air Base, Japan (AFPN)- Airmen First Class Michael Cochran, a maintenance personnel from the 30th Airlift Squadron scrubs dirt off the horizontal stabilizer of a C-9 aircraft from inside the basket of a bucket truck during it's quarterly wash here. They use paint safe detergent to wash the aircraft which also prevent corrosion. The 30th AS is responsible for the rapid movement of casualities and personnel within the western Pacific theater during time of war.  Readiness for the mission is validated during peacetime through continuous training and equipment readiness required for routine and emergency aeromedical airlift. (Photo by: MSgt Val Gempis)

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Service Branch
US Air Force
Primary Equipment
C-9
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