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

  • Team Yokota celebrates Sakura Spring Festival 2023

    Another successful Sakura Spring Festival had community partnerships on display as over 7,000 people from nearby communities came out to Yokota Air Base to enjoy a day of Springtime festivities alongside base residents, April 8.

  • 374th SFS fires at Fuji

    The 374th Security Forces Squadron conducted an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon sustainment firing April 6, at the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, to give defenders an opportunity to engage point targets beyond 25 meters.

  • 374th Airlift Wing supports JPMRC 23-02 Alaska

    The 374th Airlift Wing from Yokota Air Base, Japan, provided airlift support for Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Capability (JPMRC) exercise from March 21 to April 2, and successfully conducted multiple joint exercises with the U.S. Army and Royal Canadian Air Force out of Joint Base

  • STAFFDEL Diehl visits Yokota

    Dr. Glendon Diehl and Ilka Regino, professional staff members for the House of Representatives, House Armed Services Committee, visited Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 3, 2023. Diehl and Regino met with wing leadership, toured the 374th Medical Group and hosted quality of life focus groups with

  • Next Gen Aircrew Protection arrives at Yokota

    Representatives from the U.S. Air Force Next Generation Aircrew Protection project visited 374th Airlift Wing leadership and 36th Airlift Squadron members to provide research data and demonstrate the results of the project for the first time on a C-130J Super Hercules at Yokota Air Base, March 30.

  • Yokota tops list of best AF dining facilities

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Air Force Services Center recently announced the winners of the 2023 John L. Hennessy Trophy Awards for best dining facilities across the Department of the Air Force. The annual awards program, established in 1957 and managed by AFSVC, recognizes the top

  • USAFEC Maj. Gen. Klein tours Yokota 730th AMS

    Maj. Gen. John Klein, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Courtney Freeman, USAFEC command chief, visited the 730th Air Mobility Squadron stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on March 20-21.

  • Sakura, friendships bloom at Yokota

    U.S. Air Force leaders from the 374th Airlift Wing and their Japanese Air Self-Defense Force counterparts gathered at the Operations Support Wing annual sakura viewing on April 1 at Yokota Air Base, Japan.Sakura, also known as the cherry blossom, is Japan’s unofficial national flower. The blooming

  • Yokota SAPR hosts tournament to begin SAAPM

    The 374th Airlift Wing Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office hosted a volleyball tournament April 1, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, to begin their Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month informational campaign and symbolically ‘block out’ sexual assault.