Army unit trains at Yokota terminal

2013 Community Assessment launches at Yokota

The Community Assessment launches March 29, 2013, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, and is distributed to approximately 50 percent of Active Duty Airmen, their spouses and Air Force civilians stationed here. The Community Assessment is a survey that provides community members a direct voice to the Air

BSA Troop 45 visit Yokota fire station

Yokota Theater goes digital

Since 1977, the theater at Yokota Air Base, Japan, has provided service members with the latest Hollywood flicks through 35mm filmstrip rolls. Almost 40 years later and almost a century since film began ruling the movie industry, the base theater is converting to a digital format.The Yokota Theater

AFAF campaign kicks off at Yokota

The Air Force Assistance Fund is a program allowing Airmen to help Airmen in times of need. It was established as an annual effort to raise funds for the charitable affiliates providing support to the Air Force family -- active-duty members, family members, retirees, reservists, guardsmen who are

Airmen, Japanese remember the past, honor the present

Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, joined local Japanese citizens March 20, 2013, in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, to remember American B-29 flight crews who lost their lives during a World War II raid over the city and unveil a memorial monument in their honor. Since 1971, Yokota members have traveled

JASDF maintenance members visit with Yokota's Maintenance Group

Yokota partners with local community during EME

Yokota first responders joined North Kanto Defense Bureau liaisons as part of a joint emergency management exercise March 21, 2013. The exercise is the first of many that will partner the two organizations together for faster, more comprehensive emergency response. In the exercise scenario, the

Team USA wins Tomodachi Bowl

Team USA crushes Team Kanto 57 - 21, when the teams went head-to-head on the gridiron March 10, during the 2013 Tomodachi Bowl. Team USA, comprised of players from Yokota, Zama American, Nile C. Kinnick, American School in Japan, Kubasaki, Kadena and Seoul American high schools took on Team Kanto,

Slideshow: Within 100 million miles

Comet Pan-STARRS passes through the western twilight over earth from March to April. The comet is an ice ball made of dirt currently located approximately 30 million miles from the sun and within 100 million miles of Earth. Although billions of years old, Pan-STARRS is making its first-ever cruise