JAPAN
Masato Hasegawa, 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron automobile repairman, maintains government vehicles with an NPL-500 Pulse Machine at Misawa Air Base.

(Kohei Sugisawa, U.S. Air Force)

Masato Hasegawa, 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron automobile repairman, maintains government vehicles with an NPL-500 Pulse Machine at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Apr. 8, 2025. The vehicle management flight is responsible for keeping the base’s vehicles service ready at all times for use during training and flight line maintenance operations.

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