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

  • Progress on power restoration continues

    Electrical power to all Yokota Air Base East side garden units has been restored, however, two residential towers remain without power.All residents of towers 4302 and 4303 are asked to report to the Kanto Lodge for contingency billeting assignments if they do not yet have arrangements.Progress on

  • Yokota inclement weather outage information update

    Due to heavy rains and flooding, the East side housing area of Yokota Air Base is still experiencing a power outage. This outage has caused water service disruptions in three housing towers. As a result, residents of several towers have been evacuated to contingency lodging. Residents in many East

  • Power outage at Yokota Air Base

    Due to heavy rains and flooding, the eastside housing area of Yokota Air Base is experiencing a power outage.Additionally, this outage has caused water service disruptions in three housing towers. As a result, residents of Towers 1563, 4302 and 4303 have been asked to evacuate their homes by 8 p.m.

  • HQ PACAF Assessment Team to visit Yokota in August

    From August 2-6 a team of 20 assessors from HQ PACAF will visit Yokota Air Base to complete an Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment and Management Program, or ESOHCAMP, assessment. ESOHCAMP is a formal process designed to evaluate a base's compliance with

  • Yokota's Chief's Group hosts fundraiser

    The Yokota Chief's Group held a fundraiser in the form of a push-up/sit-up contest at the Samurai Fitness Center here, June 25.The contest, which was held to determine who could complete the most push-ups or sit-ups in 10 minutes, helped to raise money for the Enlisted Village and for the Chief's

  • Yokota Airmen participate in B-29 Ceremony

    The annual B-29 Memorial ceremony, in which thirty-eight Yokota personnel participated, was held June 12 in Shizuoka city.The Yokota Airmen observed the ceremony by pouring bourbon onto a memorial and lighting incense to honor the Japanese and Americans who died during a bombing raid of Shizuoka.On

  • Air Force selects 74 Yokota Airmen for promotion to E-6

    Seventy-four Yokota staff sergeants were among the approximately 370 selected in 10E6 cycle for promotion to technical sergeant. The selection rate for promotion was 19.9% percent. The average score for those selected was 317.63, with an average time in grade and time in service of 5.65 and 10.69

  • Motivated Airmen attend Below the Zone seminar

    Airmen from Team Yokota, along with their supervisors, attended a Below the Zone seminar here, June 15.Below the Zone is a special program that allows qualified Airmen to sew on their Senior Airman stripe six months prior to their promotion date.Seminars are held at the Professional Development

  • Arrive Alive!

    Look out everybody, its summertime...a period in the year we all long for! For the most part, the weather is very favorable and most people wander the countryside and celebrate the freedom that summer brings. Many people take to the highways in search of destinations for fun, rest, relaxation or