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

  • Maintaining quality of life

    Military family housing units throughout Yokota Air Base are constantly undergoing repairs and upgrades to improve the quality of life for service members and their families. The 374th Civil Engineer Squadron Housing Maintenance Flight is committed to ensuring that family housing units on base

  • Making the move with your pets

    The personnel at Yokota's housing office know how hard a permanent change of station can be, especially when traveling with pets. To help make the transition a little smoother, they have teamed up with the veterinary clinic to help provide useful information to those who need it.Before traveling to

  • Weathering the storm

    All eyes are on one agency when bad weather strikes at Yokota. They are the ones who must alert personnel and residents of sudden and possibly dangerous conditions. The 374th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight provides both accurate and timely weather support for the 374th Airlift Wing and

  • Commentary: My job is prosecuting sexual assault

    Here's a simple truth...sexual offenders reject our core values of integrity, service and excellence, in favor of following their own base, undisciplined, criminal desires. Most sexual assaults committed by Airmen are "blue on blue," or Airmen victimizing other Airmen. So in addition to rejecting

  • USFJ, 5AF commander focuses on bilateral operations

    YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- With the Department of Defense's rebalance of military forces to the Asia Pacific region, the focus on bilateral operations is more critical now than ever, said the new U.S. Forces, Japan, and 5th Air Force commander."We plan to increase our bilateral and multilateral