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

  • 9/11 Tower Run

    More than 70 members from Yokota and local community came together during the Annual 9/11 Tower Run, Sept. 8, 2017, to remember the lives lost during the hostile attack 16 years ago.U.S. military units throughout Yokota, along with members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and off-base Japanese

  • LASS strengthens bilateral exchange

    Representatives and specialists from multiple nations gathered at Gifu AB, Japan from Sept. 4 to Sept. 6, 2017 for the 2017 C-130 Logistics and Safety Symposium. This is the 4th annual symposium and the first time being held at Gifu, the second oldest Air Base in the world.The event had Air Force

  • 459 AS participates in TMG Disaster Drill

    Capt. Jonathan Bonilla, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N operations flight commander, shows a planned landing zone during a mission briefing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 3, 2017. Airmen with the 459 AS picked up simulated disaster relief supplies at the Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park during

  • Defense Innovation Board visits Yokota AB

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Tanner Woolsey, 69th Reconnaissance Group Detachment 1 commander discusses the capabilities of the RQ-4 Global Hawk with members of the Defense Innovation Board Sept. 6, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Defense Innovation Board was established to help the United States

  • A&FRC is here to help

    Service members and their families crowded into the main room in the Airman & Family Readiness Center last week. Every seat was full and floor space was at a premium.It was time to take the driver’s test.“We were prepared for 100 people,” said Sonya Meier, chief of the Airman and Readiness Flight,

  • AS edges past WSA 12-11 in softball

    John Walitsch, 36th Airlift Squadron, hits the ball into the outfield during the first inning of an intramural softball game against the 374th Wing Staff Agency team at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 28, 2017. The 36 AS team scored seven runs during the first inning. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff