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

  • AGE: Bringing vitality to the flightline

    No matter the time of day or night, you can hear it. Ratchets turn, metal drawers open and close, the smell of oil fills the air and the radio blares in the background. This is where the heavily used, olive drab equipment from the flightline is revitalized and takes on new life. This is Aerospace

  • Painting safer future for Air Force motorcyclists

    Sweat drips off his forehead hitting the white lines that run together creating an "S" on the asphalt. Six long handled, mini-paint rollers simultaneously hit the ground, each has a line to paint. The lines being made and those already laid play a vital role as they are the new motorcycle training

  • 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,