31 Days in PACAF: Spotlight on Yokota AB

Friendship and Culture: Yokota participates in local Tanabata celebration

Members of Team Yokota participated in the ceremonial opening parade of the 64th annual Fussa Tanabata Festival in Fussa City, Japan, Aug. 8, 2014.  Yokota Airmen took turns carrying a "mikoshi", a portable Shinto shrine, on their shoulders through the streets of Fussa as part of the festival. 

RED FLAG-Alaska: Yokota demonstrates airlift capability

Members of the 374th Airlift Wing participated in Exercise RED FLAG-Alaska, which kicked off earlier this month at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.  RED FLAG is an exercise that provides joint offensive counter-air interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a

Yokota Airlifters prepare for Red Flag

Yokota hosts displaced passengers

More than 100 passengers unexpectedly took up residence at the Samurai Fitness Center here on Aug. 1 after a flight to Kadena Air Base, Japan was delayed by a monsoonal trough passing through Okinawa. In what was, at first, a few hours delay for the 237 passengers of the 767 Patriot Express,

Asbestos detected, contained at Yokota

Base officials announced today that materials containing asbestos were detected in a dumpster located on Yokota's East Side near Building 4446."The materials are confined to a container that has been sealed and isolated and there is minimal concern of exposure," said Capt. Mark Lazane, 374th Airlift

Airlifters in Alaska

Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing are engaging with U.S. Army paratroopers from the 25th Infantry Division, during off-station training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.The training combines tactical airlift and combat forces employment in a joint, dynamic environment, with the aim to

Airmen help keep Fussa City parks clean

Members of the 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron pick up litter at Kami Josui Park in Fussa, Japan on Aug. 1, 2014. The Top 3 private organization, in coordination with Fussa City officials, created a park cleaning schedule allowing different units, squadrons and organizations at Yokota to lead

Eagle Airlifters take to the Alaskan skies

Four C-130 Hercules' and more than 70 personnel assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base Japan arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska this week to undergo joint-aerial training with paratroopers from the 725th Brigade Support Battalion.The training takes place one week

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