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 physical therapy: The road to recovery

    Twenty-two-year-old Linda Currier was a lieutenant stationed at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, for pilot training. Having washed out, she was in a hold pattern, wondering where her new career would lead her. The weekend of July 4, 1999, she and friends drove to Atlanta.  Currier fell asleep

  • Yokota practices emergency response during exercise

    Yokota conducts an aircraft Emergency Management Exercise, July 14, 2015, during a Samurai Readiness Training Week. The EME prepared Yokota for possible real-world situations requiring response and communication between base organizations.

  • CMSAF, Airmen display resiliency on Mt. Fuji

    Resiliency.  It's a word that every Airman serving today should know, as it's the cornerstone of the Air Force's Comprehensive Airman Fitness.The CAF is built upon four pillars that help build resilient Airmen: physical, spiritual, mental and social.Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, tested many of

  • CMSAF connects with Airmen at Yokota

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody visited Yokota for two days, July 10-11, during his tour through the Pacific Air Forces Command, taking time to visit with Airmen and host all-calls with junior and senior enlisted and commissioned Airmen alike.During the visit he often stopped to talk

  • EES/WAPS briefing team visits Yokota 16 July

    Personnel from Headquarters Air Force and the Air Force Personnel Center will visit Yokota on Thursday, 16 July, to share information about Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System changes. There will be a briefing in the Taiyo at 1 p.m.During the briefing, EES/WAPS subject