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

  • 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.

  • Yokota Red Cross honors volunteers during recognition ceremony

    The Yokota Air Base American Red Cross chapter recognized nine volunteers who continually went above and beyond in service to the base community during an award ceremony held at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 21, 2023.Two volunteers were coined by Col. Andrew Roddan, 374th Airlift Wing commander, for

  • Yokota Airman earns Logistics Officer Association Award

    Capt. Jackson Magdefrau, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft maintenance officer in charge, earned the 2022 Maj. Gen. Saunders Chapter Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his superior leadership and service to Yokota’s local Logistics Officer Association chapter.

  • National Prayer Luncheon

    The 374th Airlift Wing held a National Prayer Luncheon on March 23, 2023, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. For 70 years, the 374th Airlift Wing has held a meal in honor of the original “Presidential Prayer Breakfast" in 1953, which was attended by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United