Yokota marks holiday season with annual tree lighting ceremony

Yokota Route 56 courses improve Airmen leadership

A variety of developmental courses aimed at improving NCO leadership skills and providing career-building resources for Airmen are offered quarterly by the Route 56 Organization at Yokota Air Base, Japan.The courses assist NCOs in growth and development, while providing them with tools needed to be

UNC celebrates the 67th Anniversary of the United Nations in Japan

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jan-Marc Jouas, Deputy Commander, United Nations Command, Korea (UNC-K); Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK); Commander, Air Component Command, Republic of Korea/U.S. Combine Forces Command; and Commander, 7th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, Osan Air Base, South Korea,

Japanese Minister of Defense visits Yokota

New tools in use for investigating, prosecuting child pornography

A few years ago, individuals who viewed and downloaded child pornography were rarely discovered. However, with new technology and assistance from the Department of Justice, law enforcement agencies within the Department of Defense are successfully detecting and prosecuting more offenders, in

Yokota begins Yard of the Month Program

The Yard of the Month Program began at Yokota Air Base, Japan, in October, when base leadership awarded the first Yard of the Month Awards to three unsuspecting base residents."The Yard of the Month program is to recognize housing occupants who display pride in ownership and give commanders and

Band ramps up engagement as command position returns to Japan

As U.S. forces rebalance to the Pacific, one group of Air Force musicians looks to play its way to new levels of engagement throughout the world's largest region.After a five-year absence, the command position for the U.S.A.F. Band of the Pacific has returned to Yokota Air Base, Japan--and with it,

374 MDG hosts The Great American Smokeout

One day a year, smokers put down their cigarettes, pipes and lighters to participate in The Great American Smokeout. This year, 374th Medical Group hosted The Great American Smokeout event outside the Yokota Community Center to support and educate the men and women of Yokota regarding smoking and

Happy 70th Birthday 374th Airlift Wing

On 12 November 1942, seventy years ago and nearly a year after the start of WWII, the 374th Troop Carrier Group was quietly activated in Brisbane, Australia under the 5th Air Force. From those harrowing days supporting Australian troops in Papua New Guinea, to flying essential airlift during the

Yokota Airmen participate in ORE

Yokota Airmen tested their mettle in a weeklong operational readiness exercise Nov. 5 to 9. The exercise gave the wing a chance to test their readiness to engage in professional airlift, base defense, response to regional contingencies and meanwhile take care of its Airmen.Click here to view the