Final steps
Master Sgt. Diane Marques, 48th APS Assistant Team Chief, boards a KC-10 Extender headed to Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 48th APS is a standby unit for emergency disaster response in the Pacific. “If anything were to happen to Japan, we need to be familiar with the environment, weather and equipment they have there in case we have a 48-hour [short notice] deployment,” said Marques. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Richard Gonzales)