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  • Yokota cuts costs, boosts readiness with new power plant

    Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil a new power plant at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 3. The combined heating and power plant came as a result of an energy savings performance contract with Schneider Electric that went into effect in 2020. The plant

  • US, Japan Guard and Protect 2023

    Airmen from the 374th Security Forces Squadron trained with their security counterparts in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) during Exercise Beverly Morning 24-1, a two-week-long base readiness exercise meant to hone critical skills during realistic

  • Yokota Airmen soar through BM 24-1

    Exercise Beverly Morning 24-1 concluded recently at Yokota Air Base, Japan, reaffirming the role Yokota Airmen play in promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific region.The exercise, which tested the readiness and wartime capabilities of 374th Airlift Wing Airmen, saw participants execute critical tasks

  • Yokota Airmen support MQ-9 mission relocation

    U.S. Air Force aircrew from the 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron and the 36th Airlift Squadron loaded cargo into a Yokota Air Base C-130J Super Hercules as part of a unit relocation mission at Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base, Japan, Oct. 18, 2023.

  • Worth its weight in readiness

    BM 24-1 is a yearly exercise designed to train Yokota Airmen on base readiness, crisis communication and contingency operations.

  • Yokota first responders prepare for aircraft decontamination

    U.S. Air Force first responders from the 374th Security Forces Squadron, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management flight, and 374th CES fire department simulated an aircraft decontamination scenario at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 21, 2023.

  • US, Japan defenders practice bilateral security operations

    U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen responded to a simulated false credential alarm near the JASDF Air Defense Command building at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 23, 2023, as part of Exercise Beverly Morning 24-1.

  • No runway? No problem for Team Yokota

    For the second time in recorded history, Team Yokota launched and recovered multiple C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from its Foxtrot taxiway to respond to a simulated damaged airfield during exercise Beverly Morning 24-1 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 22.In the scenario, Yokota’s primary runway was