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

  • 19 Airmen graduate from ALS Class 09-F

    Nineteen Airmen graduated from the 374th Airlift Wing Airman Leadership School Class 09-F Sept. 18 during a ceremony at the enlisted club. Senior Airman Justin Watson, 36th Airlift Squadron, received the John L. Levitow Award as the class' top graduate. Senior Airman Brian Weisman, 36th AS, earned

  • Wing requires visitors to have medical insurance

    When friends and family have serious medical problems while visiting Japan, medical care can be both difficult and expensive. Unless visitors are enrolled in DEERS and authorized care or military aeromedical evacuation, hospitalization and/or aeromedical evacuation can cost from $30,000 to more than

  • How to stay 'flu-free' this season

    The flu is a contagious respiratory infection caused by the influenza virus. The flu is different from the common cold in that people with colds rarely get fevers, headaches or experience extreme exhaustion, which are symptoms of the flu. This flu season, there's a new virus called H1N1 may cause a

  • PACAF commander focuses on future

    The commander of Pacific Air Forces spoke with national media members to outline his responsibilities during the 2009 Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 16 at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Gen. Gary North discussed his role as the Pacific Air Forces

  • Holiday greetings set for Sept. 25-26 at Yokota

    Taping for one of the most recognizable holiday programs in America will begin soon, months before wreaths are hung and lights are strung in homes across the country. Broadcast teams from the Joint Hometown News Service in San Antonio, Texas, will depart shortly after Labor Day this year to begin