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Friendship blossoms at Yokota planting ceremony

Leaderships from the 374th Airlift Wing salute during the singing of the Japanese and American National Anthem, Feb. 12, 2015, during the cherry tree planting ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Community leaders from Fussa city donated cherry blossom saplings descended from the cherry trees given to the U.S from Japan in 1912. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)

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Yokota and the Vietnam War, 1964-71

Three Yokota-based F-4s flying in front of Mt. Fuji circa 1970. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of the 374 AW History Office)

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Yokota and the Vietnam War, 1964-71

A 20 October 1967 article from the Yokota newspaper Afterburner announcing the newly arrived F-4Cs. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of the 374 AW History Office)

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Yokota and the Vietnam War, 1964-71

A circa late-1960s photo of the 347th Tactical Fighter Wing headquarters building at Yokota. This structure no longer exists, but was located where Building 314 is today. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of the 374 AW History Office)

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Yokota and the Vietnam War, 1964-71

A November 1969 view of Yokota's newly opened MAC (AMC) Terminal. A C-141 and contract airliner sit in the foreground, and the old Yokota West housing area and some off-base American housing can be seen in the background. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of the 374 AW History Office)

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Yokota and the Vietnam War, 1964-71

A pair of Yokota-based F-105s in front of Mt. Fuji sometime in the mid-1960s. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of the 374 AW History Office)

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Yokota History Article: Part 4

April 1958 ribbon cutting ceremony for the reopening Route 16 -- then known as the Old Nikko Highway -- following the northern extension of Yokota's runway. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of the 374th Airlift Wing History Office)

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Yokota History Article: Part 4

This photo shows WB-50 Superfortresses' from the 56th Strategic Weather Squadron on Yokota's north ramp in the late 1950s or early 1960s. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of the 374th Airlift Wing History Office)

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Yokota History Article: Part 4

This photo shows an entire wing of Strategic Air Command B-36 Peacemaker's on Yokota's east side hard stands in 1957. (U.S.Air Force photo courtesy of the 374th Airlift Wing History Office)

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Yokota History Article: Part 4

This photo is of a typical family at Yokota in base housing on Sept. 13, 1955. Cold War concerns would have been part of their daily lives. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of the 374th Airlift Wing History Office)

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Yokota History Article: Part 4

This Spring 1954 photo shows "atomic shelters" in front of the old Yokota West Elementary School. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of the 374th Airlift Wing History Office)

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Yokota History Article: Part 4

This Mid-April 1952 photo was taken in front of the Yokota theater where a lecture about the Communist menace was held. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of the 374th Airlift Wing History Office)

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Yokota History Article: Part 4

This is an image of 40th Fighter-Interception Squadron "Red Devils" emblem circa 1960. (Photo courtesy of the 374th Airlift Wing History Office)

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Yokota History Article: Part 4

This is a photo of a 35th Fighter-Interceptor Wing F-86D Sabre standing on alert at Yokota on Oct. 22, 1954. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of the 374th Airlift Wing History Office)

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Yokota History Article: Part 4

This is a copy of a Japanese-language article about the April 1961 filming of F-102 Delta Dagger's at Yokota Air Base for the Japanese monster movie Mothra. This article originally appeared in the Japanese version of the Yokota base newspaper Afterburner. (Photo courtesy of the 374 Airlift Wing History Office)

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Toy for tots: Yokota Marines deliver cheer to children

Kenneth Lucero, 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron health promotion flight commander, and former Marine, high-fives a child after the annual Semper Fi Society’s Toys for Tots drop at the Franciscan Chapel Center in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 14, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)

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Toy for tots: Yokota Marines deliver cheer to children

(Right to left) Marla Beyer, Embassy of the United States of America, and Kenneth Lucero, 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron health promotion flight commander and former Marine, talk after the annual Semper Fi Society’s Toys for Tots drop at the Franciscan Chapel Center in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 14, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)

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Toy for tots: Yokota Marines deliver cheer to children

Marine Major Fred Ingo, U.S. Forces Japan presents a child with a toy at the Franciscan Chapel Center in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 14, 2014, during the annual Semper Fi Society’s Toys for Tots drop. The SFS at Yokota delivered more than 200 toys to three orphanages located on mainland Japan and Kyushu area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)

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Toy for tots: Yokota Marines deliver cheer to children

Kenneth Lucero, 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron health promotion flight commander, presents a child with a toy at the Franciscan Chapel Center in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 14, 2014, during the annual Semper Fi Society’s Toys for Tots drop. The SFS at Yokota delivered more than 200 toys to three orphanages located on mainland Japan and Kyushu area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)

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Toy for tots: Yokota Marines deliver cheer to children

Marines from Yokota Air Base speak to children at the Franciscan Chapel Center in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 14, 2014, during the annual Semper Fi Society’s Toys for Tots drop. The SFS at Yokota delivered more than 200 toys to three orphanages located on mainland Japan and Kyushu area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)

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