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

  • Voting overseas

    Per the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE Act), starting with the 2 Nov 2010 general elections, States must send ballots to military voters 45 days before the election, both by traditional mail and at least one means of electronic transmission such as email, fax or online ballot

  • 374 AW, Bangladesh Airmen team up for Cope South 2010

    More than 40 Airmen and two C-130 Hercules deployed from the 374th Airlift Wing to team with the Bangladeshi air force for Exercise Cope South 2010 at Kurmitola Air Base, Bangladesh.During the exercise, the nations' air forces will exchange airlift, airland, and airdrop delivery techniques that will

  • Remembering 9/11

    "Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day?" this is the first line of Alan Jackson's song "Where were you", written in the wake of the September 11 attacks, and every time this song plays it makes me wonder how we could forget what happened on that day.Early Tuesday morning

  • Yokota's Precision Measurement Laboratory

    Sometimes it's the little things that count the most. Airman First Class Ryan Lis talked to Precision Measurement Laboratory NCOIC of Quality Assurance, TSgt Vicente La Luz to find out more about a career field that centers around making sure all the details add up.

  • Dr. Jane Goodall visits Yokota youth

    World renowned primatologist, environmentalist and humanitarian Dr. Jane Goodall visited with members of the Yokota chapter of Roots and Shoots at the base theatre here September 11.Dr. Goodall, who spends 300 days per year traveling the globe, spent the morning telling her story and spreading the