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

  • Pacific Air Forces Commander releases PACAF Strategy 2030: Evolving Airpower

    Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, released “PACAF Strategy 2030: Evolving Airpower” during a briefing at the Air and Space Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Sept. 11.In lockstep with the 2022 National Defense Strategy, PACAF Strategy 2030 provides Airmen with

  • Yokota Fire Department hosts 12th annual Tower Run

    More than 80 members of Team Yokota came together during the annual 9/11 Tower Run, Sept. 11, 2023, to remember the lives lost during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Tower Run represented the 110 floors of the World Trade Center that emergency responders ascended after al-Qaeda

  • MHS Genesis transition in focus during town hall

    Leaders from the 374th Airlift Wing and 374th Medical Group met with the Yokota community Aug. 31, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, to discuss the transition to MHS GENESIS, the new electronic health record for the Military Health System.The Yokota community gathered at the base officers’ club to learn

  • USSTRATCOM Commander Gen. Anthony Cotton visits Japan

    Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, commander, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), held several key engagements with senior leaders in Japan, Sept. 1-4, as part of his first visit to the Western Pacific since becoming the USSTRATCOM commander. The visit was preceded by a visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK)

  • FETAT conference pools partnerships

    The annual Far East Tactics Analysis Team conference, which brings together defense operations and intelligence representatives from five countries, was held at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 21-25.The event was hosted by the U.S. Fifth Air Force Intelligence Division, and participants hailed from the

  • Lt. Gen. Rupp hosts 2023 5AF Commanders Conference

    Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force commander, joined leaders from across Japan in Tokyo, Aug. 17 - 18, to discuss military quality of life issues, the global security environment, and increasing threats throughout the Pacific.The two-day conference included command team and