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

  • The passage to becoming a SNCO

    Forty-five technical sergeants were inducted into the senior enlisted ranks at the annual Senior Non-commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony, Aug. 16, 2013. "The induction ceremony represents a passage of joining a select group within the Air Force," Master Sgt. Galli Delfin, 374th Civil Engineer

  • New DFAC take-out process at Yokota

    As part of a new policy, the dining facility here has implemented a new carry-out procedure for Airmen and their food needs. The new policy allows Airmen to bring in their own takeout containers and transfer their food into them after returning to the dining facility seating area.As part of a larger

  • Festival of the Stars

    Master Sgt. Galli Delfin, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, reflects on Team Yokota's participation in the 63rd annual Fussa Tanabata Festival at Fussa city, Japan, Aug. 9, 2013. More than 80 members of Team Yokota participated in the annual festival, as members of the installation have done since the

  • Innovative Airmen modify mobile A/C unit

    Performing in extreme temperatures is the norm for many deployed service members, and adjustments in operations tempos are necessary to complete the mission on time to accommodate heat stress conditions. Two innovative Airmen assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron here

  • Explore for a day: Ueno Zoo

    Under cover of thick brush, leaves and a large log that branches out in multiple directions, a tiger patiently stalks his prey, who happens to be a small child. The tiger's pace quickens as he gets closer to the still oblivious child. Just feet away, the tiger stops at the one-inch thick slab of

  • Airmen at Yokota host DoD bone marrow drive

    Each year, an estimated 30,000 Americans will be diagnosed with a serious blood disease and more than 500 of them are in the Department of Defense. For many of these people, a bone marrow transplant is all that will save them and 75 percent of patients cannot find a match within their own family. To

  • 374 MOS inactivates at Yokota

    The 374th Maintenance Operations Squadron inactivated in a ceremony held in Hangar 15, July 31, 2013, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 374 MOS lineage dates back to Aug. 17, 1948, when it was the 374th Base Service Squadron, Troop Carrier, Heavy. The unit received five Air Force Outstanding Unit

  • Joint fire training in a flash

    There's a fire burning inside a red container. Firefighters are already at the scene, but they aren't there to put it out, they're there to lock themselves inside and experience what happens next.The fire burns brighter, smoke rises higher and the heat begins to concentrate at the center. Suddenly,

  • 374 AW, JASDF team up in support of Red Flag-Alaska

    More than 30 people filled the hangar checking and rechecking paperwork, ensuring each pallet was prepared for the weekend departure. Members from the 374th Logistics Readiness and 730th Air Mobility Squadrons worked hand-in-hand with their Japan Air Self-Defense Force counterparts Aug. 1, 2013, to

  • Growing partnership on hallowed WWII island

    A Japanese island that was once the site for one of the most iconic battles of WWII, Iwo Jima, now hosts Japanese and visiting U.S. service members who strengthen their bonds of friendship while paying mutual respect to the fallen.Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Warrant Officer Yoshihiro Obata,