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

  • 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

  • 374 OSS Hosts MMC tour

    A student from Yokota West Elementary school holds a fire truck hose as they tour squadrons near the flight line at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 13, 2018. Students learned about the different types of fire trucks while seeing the equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)

  • Yokota Holds 2018 Sakura Spring Festival

    Taiko Drummers perform at the Sakura Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 7, 2018. Yokota personnel received the opportunity to team up with local citizens and share part of the Japanese culture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)

  • CST Airmen Keep Yokota Connected

    Reliance. Reliance on our computers, our networks, our phones. Without them communication suffers, ideas and information we expect to be shared instantly stumble right in front of us. As an Air Force we rely on our technology to complete our mission.When it comes to maintaining your communication

  • How maintainers move aircraft

    A C-130J Super Hercules sits parked in a hangar, Feb. 27, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 374th Maintenance Squadron brings aircraft into hangars when performing intensive preventive maintenance and inspections to keep Airman and equipment sheltered from the elements. (U.S. Air Force photo by

  • Helicopter patient transfer

    2nd Lt. Tera Hammond, 374th Medical Group clinical nurse and simulated patient, is prepped for an IV during helicopter patient transport training, March 30, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The training scenario simulated a member of Team Yokota requiring a transferred to another medical facility.