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

  • Mizuho Toy Drive: 374 MXG Airmen spread holiday cheer

    Airmen from the 374th Maintenance Group participated in the annual Mizuho Toy Drive at the Mizuho Multi-Generational Communication Center, Japan, Dec. 15, 2025. The event reflects Yokota's continued commitment to strengthening partnerships with the local community through community outreach and

  • 374 LRS conducts Yokota’s first ever CV-22 hot-pit refuel

    The 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron worked alongside 353rd Special Operations Wing counterparts to conduct the first CV-22 Osprey hot refuel at Yokota Air Base. This capability expands the CV-22’s operational range and loiter time, improving flexibility and strengthening regional presence.

  • Yokota Cookie Crunch 2025

    Spouses and volunteers in Yokota Air Base got together to conduct the yearly tradition of Operation Cookie Crunch, Dec. 16, 2025, Yokota Air Base, Japan. This tradition was created in order to raise morale and bring comfort to airmen who are away from home for the holidays. The entire base

  • OCD25 wraps up: delivering holiday cheer, supplies to Pacific islands

    Operation Christmas Drop 2025 came to an end at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 14, 2025.This year marks the 74th iteration, bringing together service members from the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Republic of Korea for the Department of War’s longest-running humanitarian airlift mission.Around 270

  • All Is Calm, All Is Rigged: 374 AEW CMF makes the mission bright at OCD25

    Delivering goodwill and cheer across the Pacific each holiday season, aircrew are one of many parts of the story of Operation Christmas Drop. The event’s success is shaped long before takeoff, forged through the long hours of patient, deliberate work by the 374th Air Expeditionary Wing combat

  • JASDF hosts annual mochi-pounding ceremony

    U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members participated in the annual mochi-pounding ceremony hosted by JASDF Operations Support Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 11, 2025.