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

  • PACAF Band Spreads Joy of Music

    The U.S. Air Force Band of Pacific-Asia travelled to Kyotango City, Japan, to give local communities a chance to share and interact with U.S. service members, Mar. 8-9.The two-day event hosted by Japan's Ministry of Defense promoted mutual understanding and bilateral relationships through the

  • Team Yokota Helps Members Immerse in Local Culture

    Don’t you want to learn more about Japan?By learning about Japanese culture, customs, manners and a few words, you will be able to enrich your life in Japan.There are various on‐base opportunities to study Japan.

  • Guard and Protect 2019

    Patrolling the base just as they’ve always done. The sound of the rain a constant, the fog on the windows lingering. That’s when the call came. It may not have been from the same familiar voices. However, it came from the voice of an ally and that’s all that matters to the Defenders of the 374th

  • Cope North 2019: Allied Aeromedical Evacuations

    After a short pause caused by record-breaking super typhoon Wutip, the United States, Australia, and Japan were right back to business for Cope North 2019. The second week of the exercise had the three allied nations working together on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and its neighboring islands in

  • 374 CES, MDG Team up for Quality Care

    Approximately 150 feet of weather-resistant corridor designed to safely transport patients from one area of the hospital to another now stands in front of the hospital at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Two days prior it was just a parking lot, now it stands as not only a symbol of the level of patient care

  • Japan-U.S. Joint Concert

    This past weekend the USAF Band of the Pacific teamed up with the Hamura Daiichi Jr. High School Band to play as one during the 11th annual Japan-U.S. Joint Concert organized by the North Kanto Defense Bureau Ministry of Defense. The performance demonstrated the close partnership and friendships

  • Air Force wins Yokota-Kanto Bowl 14-7

    Air Force and Army players fight for the ball in the in zone during the first inaugural Yokota-Kanto Bowl February 23, 2019 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The event is designed to encourage espirit de corps between branches and provide a little bit of inter-service pride along the way.

  • Yokota Invest in Future Leaders

    Members of Team Yokota hosted the Total Force Leadership Development seminar Feb. 21, 2019. The course was designed to help encourage and grow not only airmen; but also officers, noncommissioned officers, senior noncommissioned officers and civilians.The TFLD consists of specially-designed lessons

  • Sri Lanka Air Force, JASDF, meet with USAF Search and Rescue

    YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Representatives of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and Japanese Ministry of Defense were hosted by the 459th Airlift Squadron on February 13, 2019 at Yokota Air Base as part of a trilateral search and rescue (SAR) exchange.The exchange was a free flow of information regarding