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

  • Yokota opens tax center for community

    It is that time of year again - tax season! Starting Feb. 5, 2013, several service members, through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, are helping Team Yokota members file their income taxes to receive the most out of their refunds. The VITA program here provides free tax advice and tax

  • Dental Squadron offers clinic for Little Teeth - Big Smiles

    The 374th Dental Squadron will host a walk-in dental clinic for children, up to 10 years old, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., on Feb. 2, 2013, at the Yokota Air Base Dental Clinic. During the Little Teeth-Big Smiles Clinic, patients will be offered well baby exams, dental examinations and cleanings and oral

  • Yokota teens clean the streets of Fussa

    On a typical Saturdays, many teens are playing video games, surfing Facebook or sleeping in. Saturday Jan. 19, was different.Yokota Teen Center Boys and Girls Club members helped clean the streets of Fussa City as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. The local Fussa citizens

  • Air Advisor Academy honors Yokota with first PACOM course

    The Air Force Air Advisor Academy instructed cultural preparation and engagement to a team of professional airlifters at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 14 - 18, making it the first time the academy has sent a mobility training team to train in the Pacific Command since the school began in May 2012.

  • Preventative measures keep Yokota Airmen healthy

    When it comes to illness prevention, Public Health is the filter between health and sickness.The 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Public Health flight is responsible for observing, controlling and containing possible disease outbreaks at Yokota Air Base, Japan. It maintains this control by working

  • Frostbite: More than a Run

    The sun warmed the brisk winter air as runners and their families piled through the gate here Jan. 13, 2013, for the Yokota Strider's 32nd Annual Frostbite Run. Though more than 11,000 runners came to Yokota to participate in the 5K, 10K and half-marathon races, the true spirit of the event cut