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

  • Airlifters enable jump week

    The C-130 Hercules shakes with turbulence as it hits a thermal updraft. The seats are packed with adrenaline-soaked Soldiers fully equipped in gear and parachutes."Ten minutes!" A jumpmaster yells out over the aircraft noise. "Ten minutes!" Soldiers reply as they prepare themselves for the

  • International exchange summer sleep over

    Yokota Company Grade Officers' Council and the Junior Chamber International Japan hosted an international exchange summer sleep over event at the Taiyo Community Center Aug. 10, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.Children from 9 to 11 years of age from Yokota and the surrounding community attended the

  • Volunteers improve Airman's Attic

    Volunteers from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron and 374th Medical Group recently teamed up to renovate Yokota Air Base's Airman's Attic. The Airmen built a new frame around the attic's existing roof structure, installed metal-framed walls and constructed a new awning. "This was all volunteer work

  • Airmen accomplish airlift surge

    Twenty-eight powerful T56 turboprop engines sit on the flightline, idling as they prepare to generate over 125,000 horsepower to lift seven C-130 Hercules into the air in a coordinated take off.That was the sight as Yokota Air Base conducted a large formation training operation Aug. 19, 2013. Seven

  • 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