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

  • HARRT Opens its Valves

    Operation Pacific Angel is a joint/combined humanitarian assistance operation conducted in the Pacific region. Over the past four years the humanitarian mission has helped thousands of people throughout the Pacific. SSgt Andrew Helmkamp talks to Staff Sergeant Jemaane Faulks, an Army medic, and Dr.

  • Operation Pacific Angel Begins

    Operation Pacific Angel is a joint/combined humanitarian assistance operation conducted in the Pacific region. Over the past four years the humanitarian mission has helped thousands of people throughout the Pacific. SSgt Andrew Helmkamp talks to Major Justin Wellen, the exercise logistics chief, to

  • Same Day Surgery Unit helps patients feel like new

    Most people may cringe at the idea of going "under the knife," but the professionals here, at the 374th Surgical Operations Squadron Same Day Surgery Unit, make the surgical process a relatively painless one.The unit is comprised of medical technicians and nurses who work with doctors to form

  • Air Force selects 77 Yokota Airmen for promotion to E-6

    Congratulations to Yokota's 77 staff sergeants recently selected for promotion to technical sergeant. The following individuals were selected for promotion: Staff Sgt. Joseph AlbertoStaff Sgt. Anthony Anderson Staff Sgt. Kit AtchisonStaff Sgt. Jason BarefieldStaff Sgt. Samantha BearyStaff Sgt. Kevin

  • Don't end your summer with a BANG!

    Independence Day is a major holiday in the United States and overseas at American facilities. This year, Air Force leadership urges members and their families to practice safe use of fireworks in an effort to prevent any mishaps.According to the American Pyrotechnics Association website,

  • PLAYpass, just in time for summer fun

    The Air Force Personnel Center recently announced the launch of a new discount services program in an effort to ease the strain of deployments on active duty Air Force members and their families.PLAYpass is a spin off the "DePlayment" program, which was created in 2010 as part of the Year of the Air

  • Not your average Chaplain

    "He's not your typical chaplain. He was an enlisted Navy nuclear submariner for goodness sake," said Lt. Col. John LaPore, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander. "His background gives him a connection with our Airmen and understanding of their challenges rarely seen in the officer or chaplain

  • U.S., Indonesian Airmen complete annual air mobility exercise

    The annual week-long combined exercise between Indonesian and U.S. Air Force personnel, known as Exercise Cope West, came to a close here June 24. More than 70 Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, and three C-130 Hercules aircraft with Yokota's 36th Airlift Squadron, as well as one Indonesian Air

  • Airmen deliver supplies to Indonesian school

    Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, delivered more than $1,200 worth of school supplies and sports equipment to the Negri Warakas No. 3 Elementary School during a goodwill visit in Binguang district, Indonesia on June 23.The visit, part of Exercise Cope West 11, was an opportunity for Airmen to

  • Yokota Airmen teach new cargo rigging techniques at Cope West

    In a hot, humid hangar speaking over the sounds of jet engines and turbo props, Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, explained Low-Cost, Low-Altitude bundle rigging techniques with servicemembers from the Indonesian Army and Air Force as a part of Exercise Cope West 11, at Halim Air Base, Indonesia