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5th Air Force

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, listens to a brief during his immersion tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016. Winkler was previously the commander of the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Lt. Col. Trenton Alexander, 459th Airlift Squadron director of operations, gives a mission brief to Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, during the general’s immersion tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016. Winkler was previously the commander of the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Tech. Sgt. David Jacob, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N special mission aviator, gives a brief to Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, during his immersion tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 459 AS conducts operational support airlift, search and rescue missions and air evacuation mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, watches a F-2B life raft inflate during his immersion tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016. Aircrew Flight Equipment specialists with the 374th Operations Support Squadron make sure aircrew have the supplies necessary for their missions. The team of AFE Airmen pack emergency items such as parachutes and survival kits and also maintain helmets and oxygen masks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Senior Airman Zachary Cody, left, 374th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment journeyman, gives a brief description of the F-2B life raft inflating system to Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, second from the left, 5th Air Force vice commander, during his immersion tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016. Aircrew Flight Equipment specialists with the 374th Operations Support Squadron make sure aircrew have the supplies necessary for their missions. The team of AFE Airmen pack emergency items such as parachutes and survival kits and also maintain helmets and oxygen masks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Senior Airman Zachary Cody, left, 374th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment journeyman, gives a brief description of the F-2B life raft inflating system to Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, second from the left, 5th Air Force vice commander, during his immersion tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016. Aircrew Flight Equipment specialists with the 374th Operations Support Squadron make sure aircrew have the supplies necessary for their missions. The team of AFE Airmen pack emergency items such as parachutes and survival kits and also maintain helmets and oxygen masks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Col. Kenneth Moss, 374th Airlift Wing commander, gives a brief to Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, during his immersion tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016. Winkler spent the day touring facilities throughout Yokota to learn more about the installation’s capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Capt. Michael Chambers, 374th Operations Support Squadron C-130 Hercules navigator, gives a C-130H mission brief to Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, during the general’s immersion tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016. Yokota provides expeditionary forces ready to employ anywhere in the world and is the airlift and operational hub for U.S. forces in the Indo-Asia Pacific Region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Senior Airman Nathanial Bennett, 374th Operation Support Squadron joint airdrop inspector, explains a low-cost, low-altitude bundle to Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016. Winkler spent the day touring facilities throughout Yokota to learn more about the installation’s capabilities. (U.S Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Lt. Col. Julie Gaulin, left, 374th Operations Support Squadron commander, introduces Yokota’s air traffic control tower to Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, during the general’s immersion tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016. Winkler spent the day touring facilities throughout Yokota to learn more about the installation’s capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Tech. Sgt. Christopher Bahlman, 374th Operations Support Squadron air traffic control specialist, gives a brief on the operation of an approach control station to Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, during his immersion tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016. Yokota’s Radar Approach Control Airmen monitor and control aircraft over a 20,000 square mile area in the Kanto plains. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, is briefed by Dean Labdon, 730th Air Mobility Squadron mechanized material handling system manager, on the MMHS capabilities at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016, during his immersion tour. The automated system sorts, records and stores pallets in the warehouse based on their destination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, is briefed by Dean Labdon, 730th Air Mobility Squadron mechanized material handling system manager, on the MMHS capabilities at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016, during his immersion tour. The automated system sorts, records and stores pallets in the warehouse based on their destination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Published Aug. 4, 2016
By Yasuo Osakabe
374th Airlift Wing public affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan --