USFJ, 5 AF change of command ceremony

Lieutenant General Burton M. Field assumed command of U.S. Forces, Japan, and Fifth Air Force during a Change of Command ceremony held here today.General Field, the former Senior Advisor to the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan/Pakistan, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., replaced Lt.

374th Military Personnel Section helps Airmen save time

The 374th Military Personnel Section is working to give Team Yokota better customer service.The MPS used to be a walk-in office, but now they are implementing an appointment system for patrons to make appointments.1st Lt. Kailin Kwan, Chief of the 374th MPS, said they want to provide better customer

Yokota Airmen participate in ruck march

Yokota's Transient Alert

Keeping planes in the air is part of the mission of any Air Base. Airman First Class Ryan Lis talked to TSgt Rodney Brown and SSgt Gordon Kimura of Transient Alert to find out how they help Yokota Air Base accomplish that mission.

Online Ballots Can Help Overseas Votes Count

The Defense Department's Federal Voting Assistance Program has a solution for overseas service members and other U.S. citizens living outside the country who haven't received an election ballot: get it online.With Nov. 2 midterm elections two weeks off, Illinois and New York recently joined the list

Yokota Bus Safety Week

For many students, their school day begins and ends with riding the school bus. Airman First Class Ryan Lis talked with Yokota Student Transportation Manager, Mr. Milton Colon who tells us what the schools at Yokota Air Base, Japan are doing to educate these students on bus safety.

Yokota Airmen participate in Low Cost, Low Altitude training drops

Yokota Airmen used new Low Cost, Low Altitude training to practice new airdrop techniques at the Fuji Drop Zone, Oct. 7.Yokota's Airmen were supported by Army personnel from the Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems from Natick, Massachusetts. PM FSS provided the training equipment and technical

One month of construction means years of change for a small island

Eighteen Air Force civil engineers and Navy Seabees spent 41 days on the outer islands of Yap, Micronesia, remodeling and rebuilding a high school that desperately needed their help, as part of Operation Pacific Unity, a humanitarian civil engineering effort finishing Sep. 22. "The buildings needed

374th Logistics Readiness Squadron on the Job

No Heat/No Cool Season underway at Yokota

With the arrival of cooler fall weather, the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron flipped the switch Oct. 12, shutting off Yokota's heating, ventilation and air conditioning, or HVAC, systems.The program, called No Heat/No Cool Season, helps maintain the critical and aging HVAC infrastructure by allowing