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

  • Yokota implements new fitness components, diagnostic testing

    Yokota Air Base, Japan –Yokota’s Fitness Assessment Cell opened the Samurai Fitness Center to Physical Training Leaders for diagnostic testing and started offering alternative exercise options this past January.“Providing our Airmen with these options is a step in the right direction toward

  • Jumping in the New Year with a joint-partner exercise

    A bilateral collaboration of U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conducted an annual New Year’s Jump exercise at Camp Narashino, Chiba, Japan, Jan. 13, 2022.

  • 459th Airmen deliver important COVID tests on Christmas Eve

    Airmen from the 459th Airlift Squadron executed a high-priority, short notice request from the Japanese Government to help deliver 217 COVID-19 test samples from U.S. Marine Corps Camp Hansen, Okinawa, to U.S. Army Camp Zama, Kanagawa prefecture, Dec. 24, 2021.

  • U.S., Japan Forces perform bilateral logistics training

    Airman 1st Class Dakota Bernhart, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution operator, center, welcomes members of the Japan Air Self Defense Force, 3rd Depot, during a base facilities tour Dec. 15, 2021, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Opportunities such as tours, exchange events and combined

  • C-130 joint jump training at Yokota

    Marines assigned to the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, jump from the loading dock of a 36th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules during high altitude, low opening (HALO) parachute jumps at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 17, 2021. HALO training allows joint training

  • A loadmaster completes her first Operation Christmas Drop

    It was a hot, muggy day, but Santa still had to deliver presents to islands in the Pacific.For a lot of people in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau, one of their Santas during the 70th Anniversary of Operation Christmas Drop was Senior Airman Kim Doyle, 36th Airlift

  • Joint Jump Training at Yokota

    A Marine assigned to the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, sets up a drop zone marker during a helicopter high altitude, low opening (HALO) parachute jump training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 13, 2021. U.S. Marines and a U.S. Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape

  • U.S., Japan strengthen friendship during 374th AW Holiday Social

    U.S. Air Force leadership and Japanese partners from the Japan Air Self Defense Forces, Japan America Air Force Goodwill Association, friendship clubs, and the Government of Japan, attended a Christmas holiday social event at the Yokota Air Base Officer’s Club, Dec. 11, 2021. The social event was an