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

  • Spirit of giving broadens during 62nd Operation Christmas Drop

    More than 200 Airmen from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and Yokota Air Base, Japan, joined with community members from Guam and Micronesia to celebrate the 2013 Operation Christmas Drop opening ceremony here Dec. 10.The event marked the official start of Pacific Air Forces' annual humanitarian

  • Multinational training improves defenses

    On the Northern tip of Japan, foreign ground forces are slowly pushing south. The U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force are trying their best to hold the foreign forces off. All the while, the Air Force monitors the airspace and the Navy tries to lockdown the sea. Japan is under full-scale

  • Small bags of treats bring joy

    After a long day of work, a young Airman returns to her dormitory. The houses she passes are adorned with bright lights put up by families celebrating the coming holiday season. As she climbs up four stories of stairs, the faces of her family members back home come to her mind; she thinks of the

  • UNC celebrates the 68th anniversary of the United Nations in Japan

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jan-Marc Jouas, United Nations Command, Korea, and U.S. Forces Korea deputy commander as well as commander of Air Component Command and 7th Air Force, traveled to Tokyo as the host and guest speaker at a reception honoring the 68th anniversary of the United Nations held

  • Dental cavities and what we eat: Together through history

    Anthropologists believe approximately 10,000 years ago humans stopped following the herd and began growing plants to eat. Able to feed more people in a more predictable manner, our diet became less diverse. We went from eating anything we could find or kill to eating a few domesticated items. While

  • Exercise learns from past, saves future

    5 a.m. It is a quiet Saturday morning in Tachikawa. The silence is broken with the birds singing to greet early commuters and the rising sun.5:05 a.m. The ground begins to shake violently. The concrete floor waves like jelly, the railroads turn and twist like a wild snake, and skyscrapers crumble as

  • Air Force shares airdrop techniques with JASDF

    Air Force members at Yokota Air Base, Japan, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members, have a unique relationship, continually sharing information, experience and events between each other. In the most recent exchange of knowledge, members with the 374th Airlift Wing showcased their low-cost,