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

  • ARC delivers holiday greetings from the States

    The American Red Cross at Yokota Air Base, Japan, brings holiday messages from the U.S. to service members here and at Camp Fuji, Japan. More than 7,000 greeting cards were sent to the Yokota station this year to disseminate to service members through the Holiday Mail for Heroes program. "Each year,

  • Operation Santa gives holiday cheer

    More than 25 service members from Yokota Air Base, Japan, traveled five hours to the Fuji Kindergarten in Miyagi-ken, Japan, to hand out presents and spend time with more than 100 students Dec. 15.The school was largely affected by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11,

  • The overseas overseers: Yokota's incident commanders

    When an incident occurs on a base, such as an active shooter situation or major vehicle accident, many different organizations come together to resolve the situation. The person in charge of these operations on the scene is the incident commander.As incident commander, they oversee and direct

  • Band of the Pacific-Asia brings holiday spirit to Guam

    The students of Machanano Elementary School in Guam are familiar with the thunderous sound of the U.S. Air Force from near-by Andersen Air Force Base. However, on Dec. 13, the students were treated to a different Air Force sound -- the sound of the six-piece pop ensemble "Pacific Trends" from Yokota

  • Yokota Christmas Drop aircrew delivers life-saving medical supplies

    Despite a developing tropical cyclone nearby, a C-130 Hercules aircrew from the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, successfully delivered 25 boxes of life-saving IV fluids to the Micronesian island of Fais, Dec. 14, at approximately 10:50 a.m. The mission came in response to a recent

  • Exchange gift cards ensure troops' stockings are stuffed for the holidays

    According to the National Retail Federation, more than half of all holiday shoppers last year said they'd like to receive gift cards, marking four years in a row that gift cards have topped consumers' holiday wish lists. And while most any gift card will work for most, military supporters have long