Yokota hits a snowfall

U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe
U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe

Yokota hits a snowfall

374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
January 7, 2022

An Airman assigned to the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron de-ices a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 7, 2022. Heavy snowfall hit Yokota and the Kanto Plain, accumulating 10 centimeters of snow in the evening, a level unseen in the past four years.

 

 

 

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