New resiliency training takes off at Yokota

First-term Airmen attend a new resiliency training course June 14, 2013, at the Professional Development Center at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The eight-hour class, which features interactive discussions and situational examples, teaches students skills based off of the four Comprehensive Airmen Fitness

Lifting of previous food procurement suspensions

The U.S. Army Public Health Command Region-Pacific, after completing comprehensive science-based assessments, implementing monitoring mechanisms and fully evaluating the radiation safety efforts of the Government of Japan, has determined it is safe to lift the food procurement ban on certain locally

Airmen divers clean Lake Motosu near Mt. Fuji

Seven Yokota Air Base Dive Club members and more than 100 other volunteers took part in a cleanup project at Lake Motosu, Japan, June 1, 2013. The cleanup is an annual event at Motosuko aimed at removing debris and litter from the lake bottom. "The cleanup helped out not only the community near

Slideshow: Surge of airpower

Eight C-130 Hercules aircraft take to the sky and trained on the ability to perform large-force employment and tactics at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 4, 2013.To view the slideshow, click here.

Yokota hosts 34th annual Special Olympics

Yokota's C-12 Huron: Small bird performs big mission

A C-12 Huron crew from Yokota Air Base recently completed a mission that tested new capabilities of the aircraft.Capt. Christina Lee, 374th Operations Group C-12 evaluator pilot; Lt. Col. Mark Allen, 459th Airlift Squadron commander; Capt. John Vergere, 459 AS pilot and Ben Lawrence, 374th

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force visits Yokota

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, visited the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base as part of a bilateral training and partnership event. The group toured facilities and learned about flying operations at Yokota in an effort to expand operational

Airlifters launch Joint Exercise Tomahawk

Yokota hosts the Healthy Base Initiative

Yokota Air Base is one of two Air Force bases and one of 13 Defense Department installations to pilot the Healthy Base Initiative recently launched by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of Military Community and Family Policy. The Healthy Base Initiative--operating under the

Today’s students compete using ancient skills

"Add 6, add 9, subtract 10..."As the announcer read off his numbers, all that could be heard in the large hall was the sound of wooden abacus beads tapping and the scribbling of pencils from students rushing to find a solution.The event was the 31st Kanto Plains Department of Defense School Soroban