Yokota Seventieth Anniversary

  • Published
  • By A1C Ryan Lis
  • 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
8/27/2010 - YOKOTA AIR BASE, JAPAN --  Airplanes have been flying out of Yokota Air Base for seventy years; but it wasn't always called Yokota Air Base, it used to be called Tama Air Field and used to belong to the Japanese Imperial Army. Airman First Class Ryan Lis Talked to Col Christopher Mardis and Mr. Tadao Ito to find out how Tama Air Field became Yokota Air Base.