Paratroopers from the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, board a C-130J Super Hercules in preparation for a joint forcible entry exercise during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Yokota News

  • Japan House of Representatives visit Yokota Air Base

    The Japan House of Representatives visit Yokota Air base; attending a briefing at USFJ and were able to tour a C-130J Super Hercules static display strengthening the relations between Japan and U.S. The House of Representatives is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is the more

  • 36 AS, 25 ID DIVARTY perform HIRAIN operations during Salaknib 26

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron partnered with U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Bravo Battery, 2-11 Long Range Fires Battalion, 25th Infantry Division Artillery to conduct a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Infiltration (HIRAIN) mission in support of Salaknib 26

  • 54th U.S.-Japan B-29 Memorial Ceremony

    Airmen assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing participated in the annual B-29 Memorial Ceremony at Sengen Shrine in Shizuoka, honoring the lives lost during a midair collision between two U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 bombers over Shizuoka on June 20, 1945, and the approximately 2,000 Japanese civilians who

  • AFSOC Commander visits Yokota Air Base

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Mike Conley, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Courtney Freeman, command chief of AFSOC, visited Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 25, 2026. During the visit, Conley and Freeman met with special operations forces in Japan to share AFSOC’s

  • 374 AW Airmen hone deployment readiness at IP&I

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing receive a brief during a rapid deployment training exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 23, 2026. The briefing covered required documentation and hand-carried items needed to support rapid deployment readiness across the 374 AW.

  • Samurai Challenge: Bataan Memorial Death March

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing and community members came together to participate in the monthly Samurai Challenge, the Bataan Memorial Death March at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 10, 2026. Participants completed a 10-mile ruck with at least 25 pounds, honoring the legacy

  • From start to finish: 374th AW commander immerses with Rise and Grind team

    U.S. Air Force Col. Richard McElhaney, 374th Airlift Wing commander, speaks with a Rise and Grind staff member during an immersion at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 17, 2026. The visit gave him an opportunity to hear directly from the staff about their experiences serving the Yokota community.

  • Yokota Airmen deliver humanitarian aid to typhoon-affected family

    After a typhoon affected Airman 1st Class Anthony Chiakis’ family home in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, members of Yokota Air Base came together to donate necessary supplies to assist them. Led by Tech. Sgt. Eyleen Colon Colon, the effort grew from a small collection into a large