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

  • Japanese Defense Minister visits Yokota

    Japanese Minister of Defense Gen Nakatani visited Yokota Air Base, Japan, and met with Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost, U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force commander, Nov. 1, 2024.

  • Adm Paparo visits Japan; reinforces US-Japan alliance

    Adm. Samuel Paparo, left, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command commander, shakes hands with Gen Nakatani, Minister of Defense of Japan, in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7, 2024. Paparo visited the Ministry of Defense of Japan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan to reinforce the steadfast US-Japan alliance and

  • Air Advisor course provides partner nation skillset to Yokota

    Members of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Operations School traveled to Yokota Air Base to host the Air Advisor A course, Sept. 23-27, to equip Airmen with essential skills for engaging with partner nations in support of U.S. National Security Strategy objectives.An air advisor is a designated

  • Japanese civic leaders fly with 374 AW

    Over 20 Japanese civic leaders from the community surrounding Yokota Air Base took to the skies in C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing for a civic leader flight April 10.

  • USAF, ROKAF join forces for Herk Guardians 23

    United States Air Force representatives from Yokota Air Base, Japan, met Republic of Korea Air Force counterparts at Gimhae Air Base, South Korea, for a week of tactical airlift training and cultural exchange as part of Herk Guardians 23, Oct. 9–13.

  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff transits through Yokota

    U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew Roddan, 374th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Jerry Dunn, 374th AW command chief, greeted U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 13, 2023.

  • Yokota hosts 47th annual Japanese-American Friendship Festival

    The 374th Airlift Wing hosted the 47th annual Japanese-American Friendship Festival 2023 on May 20 and 21, welcoming over 193,000 people to the Yokota Air Base airfield.The base opened to the public for two full days of aircraft static displays, live music, food, fun, and aerial exhibitions of