C130J Super Hercules shown to press, Yokota, Japan

[jolihokistix]

In Japanese, and bad weather today, but you get to ride aboard.
https://www.jiji.com/sp/movie?p=mov980-movie03

[DaveReidUK]

It only seems yesterday that the C-130J first flew - hard to believe it was more than 20 years ago. :O

[Hotel Tango]

Considering that they were transporting civilians, I was surprised that they left the engines running when they deplaned! I remember that even back in the days of short stopovers on multi sector piston or turboprop aircraft that the engine on the disembarkation/embarkation side would be shut down.

[jolihokistix]

The US military in Japan, particularly the Air Force and Marines, tends to get a negative press, so safe events like this marking new deployments are seen as important to gain the goodwill of the populace.