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 stands down for Airmen resiliency

    Airmen from all areas of Yokota Air Base gathered at the Taiyo Community Center to hear resiliency-focused leaders and helping agencies talk about stresses within the military community and the importance of Comprehensive Airman Fitness (CAF) during a Wing stand-down event at Yokota Air Base, Japan,

  • Yokota kids visit AMC and board C-5M Super Galaxy

    Three classes of students from Yokota West Elementary School visited the Air Mobility Command Passenger Terminal at Yokota Air Base to learn about the mission of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron and get an inside-look at a visiting AMC C-5M Super Galaxy, assigned to Travis Air Force Base, California,

  • 353 SOW from Kadena visits Yokota for isochronal inspection

    Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, visited their counterparts at Yokota Air Base, on mainland Japan, to conduct an isochronal inspection on an MC-130J Commando II, from Feb. 22 to March 13.The inspection involved Yokota and Kadena

  • Port Dawg Rodeo

    Service members from the Pacific Air Forces and Japan Air Self-Defense Force participated in the first Port Dawg Rodeo hosted at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 1.Airmen from Yokota, Osan Air Base, and Kadena Air Base competed alongside members from over 11 different JASDF installations in a week-long

  • Yokota recognizes newest senior master sergeants

    Yokota’s newest senior master sergeant selects were recognized during a senior master sergeant release party at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 17, 2023. Air Force officials selected 1,629 master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant, out of 16,031 eligible, for a selection rate of 10.16

  • Yokota AFWERX team seeks to invest, innovate, inform

    Twenty members from Yokota Air Base attended the Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) Japan exhibition on March 16, in Tokyo, to seek out new, cutting-edge technology in a trip organized by YokoWERX, an AFWERX spark cell at Yokota that helps innovative Airmen bring their ideas to

  • 374th CES builds partnerships at Cobra Gold 23

    U.S. Airmen from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, rolled up their sleeves and got dirty alongside international partner forces from the Royal Thai Air Force and the Indian Army Engineer Corps from Feb. 8 to March 11, in the Chai Badan area of Thailand.Yokota Airmen worked

  • Internal medicine team paves paths to specialty care

    A team within the 374th Health Care Operations Squadron's internal medicine clinic works to facilitate escalated medical care when a patient’s needs exceed the scope of their primary care manager. The internal medicine clinic has a five-person team that is responsible for issuing referrals to

  • Yokota C-130 teams help find mariners lost at sea

    At 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 8, watchstanders at the U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam Joint Rescue Sub-Center received a mayday call reporting a vessel taking on water between Rota and Guam. The master stated they had three people aboard, and the vessel was sinking.The three mariners