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

  • DoDEA partners with MOFA, plants SEEDs of friendship

    Yokota High School, in conjunction with the Department of Defense Education Activity Pacific and Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hosted the Student Educational Exchange and Dialogue project, Sept. 9-10, to give American and Japanese students a unique opportunity to interact with and learn

  • Yokota leaders participate in DoDEA facility groundbreaking ceremony

    Representatives from Yokota Air Base, Department of Defense Education Activity, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Nippo Corporation performed a groundbreaking ceremony for a new DoDEA Pacific East District superintendent office at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 1.The ceremony included a Shinto

  • 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)