374th SFS Military Working Dog Section Recognized by JASDF

Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) Maj. General Shizuo Kashiwase, 7th Airlift Wing commander recognized members of the 374th Security Forces Squadron for their help in training Japanese military working dogs and their handlers.With Yokota Air Base located in the heart of Japan, training is

C-130J statue unveiling marks fleet complete

The completed transition from the C-130H Hercules to the new J model has been a long time coming for Yokota Air Base, Japan. To distinguish this milestone, Team Yokota gathered in front of the 374th Airlift Wing Headquarters building for the unveiling of a C-130J Super Hercules statue, April 27,

Vice Chief of Staff, Civic Leaders experience the Pacific’s premiere airlift hub

Twenty-four civic leaders and Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, U.S. Air Force vice chief of staff, visited Yokota Air Base, April 26, 2018, as part of a Pacific Air Forces Area of Responsibility tour to discuss the best possible practices of supporting Airmen while stationed abroad and highlighting that the

C-130Js fleet complete

Yokota's First Responders Answer the Call

Hideki Ohashi, 374th Medical Group ambulance operator, performs bag-valve-mask ventilation while continuing to monitor patient cardiac rhythm during an inter-agency emergency medical response exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 24, 2018. Through the completion of scenarios like this, Yokota’s

USO Spring Tour Kicks Off at Yokota

Home. A place we all have, a place that is each entirely our own. To some a city, a state, to others a state of mind. Home is where the heart is, family, friends, community. It is familiarity. Home is the comfort of knowing the inner intricacies of everything around you. Home has a feel, a smell, an

Twelfth C-130J delivered to Yokota

374 MDG Conducts Open-Ranks Inspection

Airmen from the 374th Medical Group stand in formation during an open-ranks inspection at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 19, 2018. The 374 MDG are responsible for providing health care, including occupational health, preventative medicine and environmental protection to more than 11,000 personnel.

Airman Finds Himself Through Jiu-Jitsu

He rises out of bed in unison with the sun breaking the horizon in the distance to make his way for war…His heart begins to pound inside of his chest from fear of the possibility to fail as soon as he gazes upon the battlefront.Once Senior Airman Collin Eddington, 374th Maintenance Squadron

Team Yokota Lights the Night

A star in the night sky, but a speckle of light and safety from the surrounding darkness. Alone illuminating so little, yet when joined by other stars the night becomes so much brighter, shadows lose their places to hide and only the good remains.For those who participated, the Light the Night 5k at