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

  • US, Philippine maintainers conduct SME exchange

    Leaders from the 374th Maintenance Group at Yokota Air Base, Japan, visited Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base, Philippines, to conduct a subject matter expert exchange with their Philippine Air Force counterparts July 22–29.

  • Yokota Airmen support Pacific Airlift Rally 23

    Yokota Airmen have returned from Pacific Airlift Rally 23, a multinational, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief exercise involving the U.S., Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, and Malaysia Air Forces at Clark Air Base, Philippines, Aug. 14-18.

  • Yokota families kickstart school year during Back to School Expo

    As a kickstart to the 2023-24 School year, the School Liaison Program, Military and Family Readiness Center and the Integrated Prevention Office hosted the "Back to School Expo: World Travel Edition" Aug. 15, to provide important resources to families. The event showcased a plethora of activities

  • LEAP volunteers translate Air Force intent

    Yamakawa, guitarist for the U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific, currently serves as an operational representative for the Pacific Trends, which books performances throughout the region and helps community relations specialists coordinate musical events for Japan. He was recently asked to join

  • International Red Cross Medal awarded to Team Yokota nurse

    Capt. Brandi Branch, 374th Obstetrics and Gynecology Outpatient Clinic flight commander, is one of only 37 people from 22 countries that received the Florence Nightingale Medal this year from the International Red Cross–the highest recognition of medical service a nurse can be awarded for

  • USAF Medical Readiness Agency command team visits Team Yokota

    Brig. Gen. Thomas Harrell, U.S. Air Force Medical Readiness Agency commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Charles Wortman, AFMRA command chief, visited Yokota Air Base, July 31, to assess operations and understand the needs of the 374th Medical Group and other Air Force medical facilities in the Pacific