Yokota Striders hosted the 37th Annual Frostbite Run

On a freezing morning at Yokota Air Base, it didn’t stop about 12,000 people from descending upon Yokota’s roads for the 37th Annual Yokota Striders Frostbite Run Half-Marathon and 5K and 2K Road Race, Jan. 14, 2018.

CMF, AS complete drop training

The sun begins to set in the distance and reddish-orange color consumes Mt. Fuji as four C-130J Super Hercules soar through the skies during golden hour to drop bundles during a training scenario.Airmen from the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron Combat Mobility Flight and 36th Airlift Squadron

Aerospace Ground Equipment

As the Pacific’s premier power projection platform, it’s Yokota Air Base’s mission to provide air power, and there is no air power without ground power. For every hour one of Yokota’s C-130J Super Hercules flies, it takes many hours of on the ground preparation and maintenance. The 374th Maintenance

Yokota receives 10th C-130J from Dyess AFB

A C-130J Super Hercules approaches the runway at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan 10, 2018. Yokota has received its tenth C-130J from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, as part of fleet-wide redistribution of assets set in motion by Air Mobility Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

Yokota welcomes first baby of the New Year

Caitlin Radigan holds her newborn daughter, Fiona Grace Marie Radigan, in her arms Jan. 3, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Fiona Grace was born on Monday at 7:42 p.m. making her the first Yokota baby of 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chelsea Sweatt)

New J's Arrive at Yokota

Sounds of the Season

The holidays. A time of year filled with the baking of festive treats to share with loved ones, the steam rising off of a freshly made cup of hot cocoa, lights shaped like icicles draping the rooftops, the smell of a freshly decorated fern overtaking the home. The holiday season can mean any number

OCD 2017 comes to an end

After another successful year, U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Koku Jieitai Airmen helped deliver Christmas to 54 Micronesian islands during Operation Christmas Drop 2017.Celebrating its 66th year, OCD is the longest-running Department of Defense humanitarian airlift training

JAIs are key to OCD success

During Operation Christmas Drop 2017, 120 bundles are airdropped to 54 islands throughout Micronesia. Each bundle represents much needed supplies for islanders who have very little as well as a training opportunity for aircrews on the ability to drop low-cost, low-altitude bundles in a coastal

USO Yokota's Cookie Caravan

The smell of freshly baked gingerbread cookies in the air. The leftovers of a frosting can discarded to the side after being the glue keeping the gingerbread house together. Red Hots outlining the rooftop and candy canes lining the pathway to a home built by a happy family. All the while siblings