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

  • Two-phase power outage scheduled for Yokota's east side Aug. 27-28

    On Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27-28, there is a two-phase power outage scheduled for the east side area of Yokota. The first outage will be from 6 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, and the second outage will be from 10 p.m. on Saturday through 6 a.m. on Sunday. All east side residential housing (towers and

  • C-130 Hercules demonstration team performs for festival fans

    Large crowds of Japanese and American citizens showed up to watch the C-130 Hercules demonstration at Yokota's Japanese-American Friendship Festival Aug. 20-21.An elite selection of pilots and loadmasters from the 374th Operations Group were selected to demonstrate the capabilities of Yokota's

  • Yokota Tanabata Dancers grace the stage at Friendship Festival

    The Yokota Tanabata Dancers took to the stage Aug. 21 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, during the 2011 Japanese- American Friendship Festival. The dance group, established in 1973 to promote goodwill and friendship to the Japanese people by learning traditional dances and joining in the Japanese

  • Japanese-American Friendship Festival forms 'strong' bond during competition

    On the cloudy, cool day of Aug. 21, six contestants competed in the 2011 Friendship Festival's Strongman competition.The competition is an annual event that brings together Japanese and American competitors to prove their strength before a cheering crowd."The strongman competition is a good way to

  • 374th SFS visits children's home

    Airmen from the 374th Security Forces Squadron visited the Shisei Gakuen children's home Aug. 16, in Tachikawa, Japan. During the visit, Airmen brought smiles to the faces of many children by delivering more than 150 pounds of sporting goods, clothing and food. "Although we come out once or twice a

  • 36th AS takes to the skies during Pacific Airlift Rally

    Seventy-eight members from the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota will test their humanitarian-assistance and disaster-relief abilities in the Pacific Airlift Rally held in Sri Lanka, Aug. 18-22. The Pacific Airlift Rally strengthens interoperability between nations in the Indonesian and Pacific

  • 374th AW commander urges Yokota to reduce power consumption

    As part of ongoing power reduction efforts in partnership with the government of Japan, Yokota has been operating with a goal of keeping the peak power consumption to 15 percent below the peak consumption used in 2010. Unfortunately, Yokota did not meet this goal Aug. 16-17.According to Col. Otto

  • 374th AMDS provides mosquito awareness information

    Believe it or not, Japan is home to around 50 different species of mosquitoes. Of that 50, roughly a third of them bite humans, and fewer than 10 are capable of transmitting disease. Mosquitoes generally feed from two hours prior to sunset through dawn. Daytime biting may still occur if their