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

  • 374 AW hosts JASDF pilot candidates during tour

    Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing hosted a tour for 38 Japan Air Self-Defense Force Officer Candidate School students and three JASDF flight instructors at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 22, 2024.

  • ‘A Positive’ experience: Yokota medics revive mainland blood drive

    Airmen from the 374th Medical Group hosted a blood drive at the Samurai Fitness Center at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 21-22, 2024. The blood drive brought in approximately 182 donors and roughly 81,900 milliliters of blood, to bolster military medical readiness for bases across the Indo-Pacific

  • Yokota celebrates 70 years of C-130 operations

    Resilient, agile and reliable; for seven decades the C-130 has been the crux of international tactical airlift operations, helping sustain air superiority, dominance and operational effectiveness. The 36th Airlift Squadron and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron took to

  • 374th CES hosts Joint Operations Plans Examiner Course

    Mark Bird, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute Instructor, instructs the Plans Examiner Course at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 13, 2024. The week-long joint operations training course brought together personnel from all four military branches from across 10 installations in the Indo-Pacific region,

  • Exemplifying leadership: Master Sgt. Houston Clark

    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Houston Clark, 374th Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, was named the First Sergeant of the Year for the Air Force, July 25, 2024, for exemplifying qualities of leadership, critical thinking and the transparency of a first sergeant.

  • YHS launches new academic year

    Students and faculty came together for an assembly to mark the start of the new academic year at Yokota High School on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 19, 2024.