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 trainers instruct CQC tactics

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joshua Cordova, 374th Security Forces Squadron NCO in charge of training, shares tactical points with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers assigned to the 34th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, during close-quarters combat bilateral training at Yokota Air Base, Japan,

  • RED HORSE Airmen expand Yokota’s airlift capability

    Members of the 800th RED HORSE Group partnered with the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, as they continue construction on Yokota Air Base’s flightline June 30, 2021.Once complete, the nearly four-year phased construction project will enhance the capacity and capability of the 374th Airlift Wing’s

  • Yokota Hosts Celebrate America 2021

    Fireworks explode behind a C-130J Super Hercules during a celebrate America at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 2, 2021. The fireworks show was part of the Independence Day celebration hosted by the 374th Force Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing)

  • 311th Field Hospital performs medical exercise at Yokota

    Soldiers from the 311th Field Hospital from Blacklick, Ohio, prepare to lower a tent after an Army field exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 25, 2021. With the assistance of the 18th Medical Command and the 374th Airlift Wing, the 311th Field Hospital received the opportunity to mock forward

  • 18th Medical Command (Deployment Support) commander visits

    Maj. Gen. Michael Place, 18th Medical Command (Deployment Support) commanding general, center, enters into the War Reserve Materiel warehouse at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 24, 2021. During a tour of the base, Place visited both the WRM warehouse and Patient Movement Inventory Center to gain a

  • Air Force ground convoy, a story from Operation Iraqi Freedom

    It was about 5 a.m. when, then 1st Lieutenant Murray woke up to news that members from one of his squads outside the wire were to be medically evacuated.That morning a five-ton gun truck was involved in an accident while providing security for a convoy.  The five-ton gun truck rolled over three

  • En route to Red Flag- Alaska 21-2

    Fourteen A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, park at a ramp, May 24, 2021, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. This team of A-10s arrived at Yokota in preparation for Red Flag Alaska 21-2, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to