374 FSS and 730 AMS team up to fill planes to capacity

Moving several hundred people from Japan is no small task, but two Yokota squadrons proved they were up to the task when they processed 296 people for Operation Pacific Passage March 23.It all began Wednesday morning. Airmen from Yokota's 374th Force Support Squadron and 730th Air Mobility Squadron

Yokota's Hometown Heroes 24 March 2011

Yokota airlifters deliver fuel to power Sendai Airport

Airmen from Yokota's 36th Airlift Squadron delivered 2,378 gallons of diesel fuel to Sendai Airport aboard a C-130H Hercules in support of Operation Tomodachi March 24. Team Yokota Airmen delivered the fuel to Sendai where it will be used to fuel generators and provide much-needed power.  Until

36th AS brings relief supplies to Matsushima, Japan

The view from my window

This was going to be my first flight up north since the earthquake and tsunami struck March 11. I was both eager and anxious to finally see what I, like so many others, had been supporting with 12+ hour work days and no days off. The mission was pretty straight forward: The C-130 Hercules crew

Yokota wing commander quells rumors on base

Col. Paul "Otto" Feather, the 374th Airlift Wing commander, expressed his desire to clear up misinformation at Yokota regarding the base's response to the recent disasters in northern Japan.Colonel Feather addressed local American Forces Network audiences in a radio broadcast Wednesday

Airmen keep cargo on course

Adding "fiber" for a well-balanced communications system

Yokota's Japanese Nationals help their own

In the aftermath of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, March 11, much attention has been given to the military members, U.S. and otherwise, supporting the relief effort from Yokota. Fewer people realize, however, that Yokota also houses another huge team of workers, without whom coalition

Fueling the rebuilding effort of Japan