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After Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar on 2 May, the country’s military regime refused to let relief flights land until six days later when an Indonesian Air Force C-130H crew touched down in Yangon carrying food and medical supplies. An Italian Air Force C-130J crew flew a relief mission on 9 May. The first US Air Force aircraft, C-130E flown by a crew from Yokota AB, Japan, landed in Yangon on 12 May. A US Marine Corps KC-130J based at MCAS Futenma, Japan, arrived the next day. The US aircraft staged from U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand. The US military relief flights, called Operation Caring Response, primarily used C-130s and KC-130Js for the relief missions, which continued into June.
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