C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron taxi out for a mission during a seven-ship sortie Nov. 4, 2010, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The sortie was part of a Samurai Surge exercise. The squadron is the only forward-based tactical airlift squadron in the Pacific region. They provide C-130 aircrews to conduct theater airlift, special operations, aeromedical evacuation, search and rescue, repatriation and humanitarian relief missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)