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 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Yokota dental supports children's dental health month

    The annual observance of children's dental health began as a one-day event in Cleveland Feb. 3, 1941. That one-day event has grown into a one-month celebration known as National Children's Dental Health Month. Sponsored by the American Dental Association, the NCDHM is dedicated to expanding