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

  • YAB recruiter enlists American Airmen in Japan

    Only one percent of the U.S. qualifies for the Air Force.  For Air Force recruiters, finding that one percent can be a grueling task; epically when you are searching in Japan.Located in Bldg. 316 room 118 on Yokota Air Base, Japan is an Air Force recruiting office where Tech. Sgt. Angelo Barcelona,

  • Yokota AB prepares for flu season

    Members of the 374th Airlift Wing began receiving their annual flu shots, Sept. 12, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Flu season typically occurs during the fall and winter when the weather starts to become cold. “There are many flu viruses and they are always changing,” said Tech. Sgt. Nicole

  • The question that matters most

    It was about one in the morning when Jim Cunningham found out his eldest brother committed suicide.“I’m usually in bed by 9:30, 10 p.m. and my family knows this,” said Lt. Col. Jim Cunningham, 374th Comptroller Squadron Commander. “Nobody calls after 10 o'clock in my family. When the phone rang and

  • 9/11 Tower Run

    More than 70 members from Yokota and local community came together during the Annual 9/11 Tower Run, Sept. 8, 2017, to remember the lives lost during the hostile attack 16 years ago.U.S. military units throughout Yokota, along with members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and off-base Japanese

  • LASS strengthens bilateral exchange

    Representatives and specialists from multiple nations gathered at Gifu AB, Japan from Sept. 4 to Sept. 6, 2017 for the 2017 C-130 Logistics and Safety Symposium. This is the 4th annual symposium and the first time being held at Gifu, the second oldest Air Base in the world.The event had Air Force

  • 459 AS participates in TMG Disaster Drill

    Capt. Jonathan Bonilla, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N operations flight commander, shows a planned landing zone during a mission briefing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 3, 2017. Airmen with the 459 AS picked up simulated disaster relief supplies at the Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park during