Members voluntarily leave Japan in support of Operation Pacific Passage

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Passengers of a DC-10 military-chartered flight arriving from Japan de-board March 22, 2011, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Service members, family members and civil service employees voluntarily left Japan in efforts to assist and expedite recovery efforts in the country by reducing the demand for food, water, fuel and electricity during this national emergency while hundreds of thousands of Japanese citizens remain displaced. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Michael Battles)

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Passengers of the DC-10 military chartered flight de-boarded on the Travis Air Force Base, Calif., flightline early morning March 22, 2011. Operation Pacific Passage was launched in response to the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan March 11 and the subsequent tsunami that devastated the country and left multiple nuclear power plants damaged. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Michael Battles)

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