Yokota MDG Observes National Public Health Week

The first week of April marked the beginning of National Public Health Week, a time to highlight all of the work done by public health professionals whose work is important in maintaining our health standards and quality of life, at Yokota Air Base.

Japanese Police teach traffic safety, hold concert

A Japanese National Police officer takes a photo of two 374th Security Forces Squadron members with Pipo-kun, JNP mascot, at the Yokota Community Center on Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 11, 2021. Pipo-kun posed for photos during a traffic safety campaign tailored to Yokota members. (U.S. Air Force

Yokota Hosts Bilateral Aviation Safety

Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing Safety Office and 353rd Special Operations Group Safety Office hosted guests from the Tokyo Aviation Police and the Japanese Coast Guard to speak about Yokota’s operational procedures on Mid Air Collision Avoidance or MACA, April 7, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.“MACA,

Yokota Air Base observes SAAPM with ice cream social, bowling, more

Yokota’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office kicked off Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month with an information table and ice cream social on April 7 outside the Yokota Community Center.SAAPM is observed nationally during the month of April. The Department of Defense’s 2021 theme

Air Ambulance UH-1 Transport Training

Recently, the 459th Airlift Squadron and 374th Medical Group partnered for an air ambulance UH-1 transport training.

Secretary of Defense Austin Lloyd III visits Yokota

U.S-Japan conducts historic airborne operation

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – In the bright Japanese morning sun, stretched across the flightline, more than 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members talk, rehearse jump procedures and shimmy parachute packs onto their backs. All the while, U.S. Air Force Airmen prepare 12 C-130J Super Hercules

U.S., Japan remember the Great East Japan Earthquake

The 374th Airlift Wing hosted a ceremony for the 10th Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Operation Tomodachi support efforts at the wing headquarters building March 11.The wing, alongside representatives from the North Kanto Defense Bureau and the surrounding municipalities’

Bravery: Action in spite of fear

Yokota Air Base sends fire engine to cool nuclear reactor following historic earthquake

Combat Arms Training

Yokota's combat arms training and maintenance (CATM) hosted an M240B and M249 machine guns qualification training for the Yokota defenders and leadership at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 4, 2021.