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

  • Maintenance Operation Center: Information flow readies aircraft

    The Pacific region looks to Yokota Air Base and the 374 Airlift Wing as the hub of rapid mobility and combat support. This role is accomplished by a dedicated support team of Airmen, Department of Defense civilian employees and their Japanese counterparts, whose work readies Yokota's fleet of C-130

  • Surge of Airpower

    Six C-130 Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron taxi out to support regional operations at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 16, 2014. The exercise tested Yokota's ability to perform large-force employment and tactics.

  • New BASH cannons prevent wildlife hazards

    Here at Yokota, we share the skies with more than just our own aircraft.As an airlift wing, one of the many considerations we take into account when we fly is how we can prevent wildlife hazards to our aircraft. The 374th Airlift Wing Safety Office's Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard program

  • Yokota brings combat airlift to Max Thunder

    Over the past two weeks, Yokota Airmen have been working around the clock flying C-130H aircraft in and out of Gwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, in support of Exercise Max Thunder.Max Thunder is the Air Component portion of Exercise Foal Eagle, a series of joint exercises that integrate ground,

  • Yokota’s Tanabata Dancers Celebrate Spring at Local Festival

    Yokota Air Base's Tanabata Dancers perform a dance in a traditional Japanese Yukata outfit during the Fussa Sakura Festival in Fussa City, Japan, April 6, 2014. In Japan, communities celebrate the arrival of the spring with festivals featuring the nation's signature cherry blossoms. Around Yokota,