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.

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  • 2017 Security Forces Advanced Combat Skills Assessment

    Grimacing, they run through the rain, their water-logged bulletproof vests getting heavier by the second while their teammate’s encouraging shouts grow louder.A finish line is crossed, usually denoting completion, but in this case, representing simply a line of demarcation between grueling

  • Focused Passege 2017

    Military members and family members participated in the annual exercise Focused Passage 17 here this week, arriving in a pair of C-17 Globemasters and a C-130 Hercules to simulate what might happen during a non-combatant evacuation (NEO).The military members and family members, assigned to U.S.

  • 374 CES completes flightline barrier certification

    Airmen with the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron observe an F-16 Fighting Falcon test an Aircraft Arresting System, June 1, 2017, Yokota Air Base, Japan. The AAS is required to be tested annually. Airmen from the 374 CES and 374th Operations Support Squadron are responsible for setting up the system

  • 374 OG commander completes fini flights

    (Left to right) Col. Robert Dotson, 374th Operations Group commander, Capt. Brandon Jones, 374th Airlift Wing UH-1N pilot, and Tech. Sgt. Michael Wright, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N special mission aviator evaluator, walk onto the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 25, 2017. Dotson made his

  • Busy week at Yokota

    An air traffic controller with the 374th Operations Support Squadron looks out from the control tower at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 4, 2017. Airmen with the 374th OSS keep yokota’s flightline and sky safe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)