In case of emergency: 459th AS supplies aid in joint, combined annual exercise

Airmen from the 459th Airlift Squadron, alongside members of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force, assisted the Tokyo Metropolitan Government with a disaster preparedness and response drill at the Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park, Japan, Sept. 2.

Air Cadets from National Defense Academy of Japan tour aircraft at Yokota

Air Cadets from the National Defense Academy of Japan visit Yokota Air Base for an immersion tour, July 26, 2022. Visitors included students from Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and Myanmar.

Yokota Hosts Bilateral Aviation Safety

Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing Safety Office and 353rd Special Operations Group Safety Office hosted guests from the Tokyo Aviation Police and the Japanese Coast Guard to speak about Yokota’s operational procedures on Mid Air Collision Avoidance or MACA, April 7, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.“MACA,

Rescue Rodeo

459 AS showcases CAPEX during Friendship Festival

Yokota’s 459th Airlift Squadron showcased one of their UH-1 mission sets during a Capabilities Exercise (CAPEX) at the 2018 Japanese-American Friendship Festival, Sept. 15-16 at Yokota Air Base, Japan to give approximately 145,000 visitors a better understanding of what the 459th AS does in Japan