Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse | 374th Airlift Wing | 03.28.2011
Maj. John Traxler, 320th Special Tactics Squadron commander, rushes to help two loadmasters from the 353rd Special Operations Group push a stack of empty aircraft pallets onto an MC-130P Combat Shadow at Sendai Airport, March 28. The pallets were reused to send more supplies to those in need in Sendai....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse | 374th Airlift Wing | 03.28.2011
A pallet of humanitarian aid from the American Red Cross sits on the flightline at Sendai Airport waiting for distribution, March 28....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse | 374th Airlift Wing | 03.28.2011
A Japanese dump truck drives alongside the passenger terminal at Sendai Airport, March 28. The area was impassable only a week before due to large amounts of debris left by the March 11 tsunami....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse | 374th Airlift Wing | 03.28.2011
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sasha Fanger feeds a "tsunami pig" found at Sendai Airport, March 28. Marines, airmen, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers donated food from their own rations to help feed the starving pig....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse | 374th Airlift Wing | 03.28.2011
The main clock in the departure terminal at Sendai Airport stays frozen at 4 p.m. serving as a reminder to the time power was lost in the terminal, March 11....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse | 374th Airlift Wing | 03.28.2011
Cracked tiles at the top floor of the passenger terminal at Sendai Airport serve as a reminder of the massive 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan, March 11....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse | 374th Airlift Wing | 03.28.2011
A Japanese Flag waves proudly outside the main passenger terminal at Sendai, exemplifying the hardy Japanese spirit shown in the Sendai Airport recovery effort. Once thought lost, the airport is now progressing to be reopened to international commercial travel once more. The rebuilding of Sendai has come to be seen as a symbol of Japan's recovery from the massive earthquake and tsunami that......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse | 374th Airlift Wing | 03.28.2011
Destroyed houses and businesses can be seen through windows and openings from the passenger terminal at Sendai Airport, reminding onlookers of the long road ahead to rebuild the Sendai community....
