Making connections for the future

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen toured maintenance operations at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 25, 2015. JASDF Airmen toured the 374th Maintenance Group to learn the similarities and differences between the two forces.

Team Yokota trains active shooter scenario

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service Japan in conjunction with the 374th Security Forces Squadron response forces hone their skills during an active shooter training scenario at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 25, 2015. This joint training exercise provided realism to employees and response

Yokota members display strengh at powerlifting competition

Twenty-one Yokota members competed in the 2015 Yokota Powerlifting Invitational held in the Samurai Fitness Center at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 21, 2015. The invitational tested competitors in the squat, bench press and deadlift exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano

COPE NORTH 15 kicks off at Andersen

Exercise Cope North 15 kicked off Feb. 15 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and will run through Feb. 27.This year marks the 86th iteration of the multilateral training exercise which is a long-standing, multinational event designed to increase interoperability and improve combat readiness and

Tax center opens at Yokota

Those stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan, can start filing their taxes for free at the Yokota Tax Center beginning today.Yokota's tax center is a full-service tax center offering services to all Department of Defense employees, service members, retirees and spouses."Yokota is one of the last bases

Yokota Airmen participate in multi-national training at COPE NORTH

Friendship blossoms at Yokota planting ceremony

More than 100 years ago, the first of thousands of Japanese Cherry Blossom, or "Sakura", trees arrived in Washington D.C.--an extension of friendship from the people of Japan to the people of the United States.Echoing that historic gesture, community leaders from Fussa, Japan donated two Cherry

DoD's senior enlisted visits Yokota

Yokota hosts 2015 Far East Culinary Arts competition

Students from six Pacific Air Force Department of Defense Education Activity high schools took part in the 2015 Far East Culinary Arts competition hosted at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 5, 2015. The competitors were graded on their teamwork, knife skills, sanitation, menu presentation and the taste

Course teaches Yokota efficient running

The Yokota Health Promotion Flight hosted an efficient running course taught by Mark Cucuzzella and Ian Adamson at the Samurai Fitness Center Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2015.The six-hour, repeated course taught participants the importance of running correctly, sitting less and living an overall healthy