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

  • Yokota COLA Decrease for 2018

    BLUF:• Cost of Living Allowance rates at Yokota Air Base will decrease significantly in 2018. • Decreases in the average costs of recreation, furniture, household products, tobacco and alcohol account for this year’s COLA decrease.• COLA is determined by where members shop, how much those goods and

  • OCD volunteers pack bundles

    Getting into the spirit of the holidays, with smiles on their faces and Santa hats on their heads, hundreds of volunteers gathered to fill nearly 140 supply bundles for the start of the 66th Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 9, 2017, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.As volunteers from all over the

  • Building bundles, checking them twice

    Once a year islanders throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau will see bundles parachute out the back of multiple planes to provide them with essential supplies that are necessary for their daily lives. The bundles include items

  • Vigilant Ace 18

    In preparation for exercise Vigilant Ace 18, three U.S. Air Force Bases: Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dyess AFB, TX, and Little Rock AFB, AR, came together to provide airlift support for the annual exercise, Vigilant Ace 18 .  Vigilant Ace 18, is a large scale annual exercise between the US and the

  • End of an Era

    When the last C-130H Hercules departed Yokota Air Base, it left like a rock star as a crowd of people cheered and waved. Breaking up the band isn’t easy, especially for the 374th Maintenance Squadron’s aerospace propulsion flight who have closed a nearly seventy year tour. The propulsion flight at

  • Yokota hosts first OSS Synchronization

    The 374th Operation Support Squadron hosted the first Operations Support Squadron Synchronization at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 15-18, 2017. The OSS sync was established to discuss common issues, disseminate best practices, and produce unified proposals for higher Headquarter requirements. This

  • Bio, EM completes joint training

    If a chemical agent was released on base, Yokota personnel would need to know as soon as possible the kind of agent it is, how it’s going to affect them and the type of response measures that are being taken to mitigate the release of the chemical agent. Airmen recently came together to improve