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 conducts annual MARE

    Team Yokota held a Major Accident Response Exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 16. The exercise is also scheduled to repeat before the 2023 Friendship Festival, so the entire installation is primed for any emergency.

  • Japan – U.S. Joint Concert

    Leadership from Yokota, the North Kanto Defense Bureau, and Fussa City joined community members to listen to the U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific play alongside approximately 50 junior high school students from three local Japanese schools.

  • Super Bowl LVII at Yokota

    Team Yokota members watch Super Bowl LVII during a 374th Force Support Squadron Super Bowl party at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 13, 2023. The event featured a live viewing of the game as well as game day food, prizes, and meet-and-greets with National Football League cheerleaders.

  • US Marines train Mobile ATC system at Yokota

    U.S. Marine Air Control Squadron 4, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, deployed a team to Yokota to practice on a mobile Air Traffic Control (ATC) radar system at a simulated deployed airfield position near the base flightline, Feb. 7.U.S. Air Force 374th Operations Support Squadron ATC

  • Surviving life’s hardships

    Delagrave spoke to Team Yokota members at the base theater about his story of overcoming adversity to continue his life after a traumatic injury, as a kick-off event to Yokota’s Year of Professional Development on Feb. 7, 2023.

  • Airborne 23: where US airlift meets Japan tactical insertion

    The 374th Airlift Wing worked alongside Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members, assigned to the 1st Airborne Brigade, and U.S. Army paratroopers, assigned to the 1st Special Forces Group from Kadena Air Base, Japan, in support of Airborne 23, Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.The annual Airborne 23 training is the

  • Yokota University signed into action

    Col. Andrew Roddan, 374th Airlift Wing commander, signed a proclamation that officially activated “Yokota University” as part of a year-long commitment to professional development by the Yokota Professional Development Council on Jan. 31, 2023.

  • Building better bundles

    The 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force held the first joint Containerized Delivery System bundle build in preparation for Airborne 23, Jan. 25, 2023, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.The CDS bundles simulated cargo, which consisted of fuel, water, food, and different

  • Yokota ushers in a new generation of Airmen with JROTC ops demo

    Yokota High School students participating in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) toured 374th Operational Support Squadron facilities during a two-day immersive experience that featured multiple diverse aircraft operations career paths on January 24, 2023.