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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

U.S. Air Force 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

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Trenton Alexander, director of operations, with the 459th Airlift Squadron, 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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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

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

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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

U.S. Air Force 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 (AFE) 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

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Zachary Cody, left, an aircrew flight equipment journeyman, with the 374th Operations Support Squadron, 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 (AFE) 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

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Zachary Cody, left, an aircrew flight equipment journeyman, with the 374th Operations Support Squadron, 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 (AFE) 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

U.S. Air Force 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

U.S. Air Force Capt. Michael Chambers, a C-130 Hercules navigator, assigned to the 374th Operations Support Squadron, 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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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathanial Bennett, a joint airdrop inspector, assigned to the 374th Operation Support Squadron, 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

U.S. Air Force 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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Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christopher Bahlman, an air traffic control specialist, assigned to the 374th Operations Support Squadron, 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

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, is briefed by Dean Labdon, a mechanized material handling system (MMHS) manager, assigned to the 730th Air Mobility Squadron, on the MMHS capabilities at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016. 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

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, is briefed by Dean Labdon, a mechanized material handling system (MMHS) manager, assigned to the 730th Air Mobility Squadron, on the MMHS capabilities at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016. 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 5th AF vice commander

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

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan --

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael Winkler, 5th Air Force vice commander, spent the day visiting facilities throughout Yokota Air Base, Japan, during his immersion tour, Aug. 2, 2016.

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership

Yokota welcomes new 5AF leadership