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

  • No Heat No Cool soon to be underway at Yokota

    With the arrival of fall, the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron will flip the switch Monday, Oct. 21st, shutting off Yokota's heating, ventilation and air conditioning, or HVAC, systems.The program, called No Heat/No Cool, helps maintain Yokota's critical and aging HVAC infrastructure by allowing

  • Air Force unveils new resiliency tool

    The Support and Resiliency Inventory is an assessment tool that examines the perceptions of Air Force members and civilian spouses of AF members about sources of informal and formal support in their lives and about their success in adapting to life challenges and meeting personal and work

  • New DOD Safe Helpline Mobile App Now Available

    The Department of Defense announced its new DoD Safe Helpline Mobile Application. With this new app, service members transitioning to civilian life will have access to critical resources that assists in managing the short and long-term effects of sexual assault. This new app is the latest in a

  • Yokota wraps up Readiness Week

    In line with Department of Defense guidance to maintain mission focus amidst the ongoing government shutdown, members of the 374th Airlift Wing conducted a week-long "Readiness Week," Oct. 7-11, 2013, designed to test their response to a range of contingency scenarios.The exercise began with joint

  • Readiness Week: Emergency Management

    Airmen at Yokota Air Base, Japan, conducted multiple emergency management scenarios across the base in order to test their response capabilities Oct. 10, 2013. The scenarios were part of a larger Readiness Week that allowed the base to hone its skills in providing professional airlift to the Western

  • Readiness Week: Hercs in the Air

    Readiness week is five days of training designed to improve Yokota's contingency capabilities while testing Airmen's ability to generate aircraft under various conditions.

  • Readiness Week: ATSO Rodeo

    Yokota Airmen receive ability to survive and operate (ATSO) training Oct. 9, 2013 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Seven instructors taught different skills to include, Self Aid Buddy Care, decontamination and vehicle covering.

  • AMXS, LRS swarm to flight

    As bees work succinctly to collect flower nectar to make honey, Airmen work together during readiness week to provide professional airlift support for Yokota Air Base, Japan.A simulated deployment order propelled Airmen from the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 374th Aircraft Maintenance

  • Readiness Week: Base Defense

    Augmentees gain basic base defense skills from the 374th Security Forces squadron during training Oct. 8, 2013, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The training was conducted as part of Readiness Week at Yokota, which is focusing on a number of readiness related tasks and enhancing the wing's ability to

  • Wing inspection team training

    Members of Team Yokota receive training on the new Air Force inspection program at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 7, 2013.  Under the new Air Force Inspection regulations, Yokota's Wing Inspection Team members learn how to apply the Observe, Evaluate and Report process , enabling them to provide