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Master Sgt. Diane Marques, 48th APS Assistant Team Chief, boards a KC-10 Extender headed to Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 48th APS is a standby unit for emergency disaster response in the Pacific. “If anything were to happen to Japan, we need to be familiar with the environment, weather and equipment they have there in case we have a 48-hour [short notice] deployment,” said Marques. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Richard Gonzales)

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SLIDESHOW: Japan-bound

Published March 20, 2012
By Tech. Sgt. Richard Gonzales and Master Sgt. Peter Rieta

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- About 20 personnel from the 48th Aerial Port Squadron boarded a KC-10 headed to Yokota Air Base, Japan on Saturday. While there, they will assist operating Yokota's aerial port as part of their annual tour training.

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