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

  • Holiday Teacher Drive

    The simple act of one person donating some inexpensivepencils or paper around the holidays may not seem like much, but those simpleacts of kindness can add up quickly and have the ability to help ease theburden on Yokota’s teachers. The 374th Logistics and Readiness Squadron’s Rising Six

  • Teen dating violence: raising awareness

    No parent wants to see their child get hurt. As children grow up to become teenagers and young adults, they are exposed to new life experiences and situations, to include dating. This confusing time of emotional upheaval can potentially lead to unhealthy relationships and even abuse.February is Teen

  • Yokota completes Wartime Readiness Inspection

    Tech. Sgt. Eric Peters, 374th Maintenance Squadron ISO aerospace maintenance NCO in charge, communicates with a Post Attack Reconnaissance team by radio at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 8, 2017, during the Wartime Readiness Inspection. The inspection was designed to evaluate Yokota’s ability to

  • Yokota Spouses Take Off

    Yokota is unique in many ways, not only is it in the heartof Japan but the mission requires three airframes. On Feb. 3, 2017 the lastscheduled spouse orientation flight on an active duty C-130H took place, givingmilitary spouses a chance to walk in their military counterparts boots. The flights

  • Breaking the Stereotype: Tutus to takedowns

    Air Force Security forces personnel exist to secure, defendand fight. Their responsibilities include protecting some of the world’s mostpotentially lethal weapons, securing air bases around the globe and handlingcombat arms. The kind of person who aspires to become an Air Force defendermight be

  • Aircrew Flight Equipment Flight

    Before the pilot hears voices crackle over the headsetsspeakers and the engines start; the Aircrew Flight Equipment flight ensuredthat the aircraft had all the necessary life-support and survival gear neededto complete the mission.    The AFE flight is responsible for all the flight crews

  • Yokota Traveling: Snow Monkeys

    Cold weather, snow, monkeys and hot springs are a unique combination that make up the ‘snow monkey park’ of the Jigokudani Yaen-koen facility in the northern part of Nagano, Japan.The facility was established in 1964 with the objective of researchers performing ecological observation and biology of