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

  • 374 SFS, JGSDF enhance readiness during bilateral exercise

    Defenders assigned to the 374th Security Forces Squadron integrated with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members assigned to the 1st Division during a bilateral Guard and Protect exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, march 17, 2026. Bilateral exercises like this further reinforces the U.S.-Japan

  • 374 SFS conducts FAS course, advances readiness

    Illuminated by the glow of the full moon, three defenders assigned to the 374th Security Forces Squadron moved out in full battle rattle and rifles poised. The final phase of the four day fly-away security course commenced– a field training exercise that would determine their readiness to serve as

  • 374th SFS Members train for upcoming Advanced Combat Skills Assessment

    Defenders from the 374th Security Forces Squadron completed their final days of extensive training in preparation for the Advanced Combat Skills Assessment in Guam at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 13-14, 2024.ACSA is an annual training event designed to test the physical endurance and core operational

  • 374th Security Forces Squadron conducts heavy weapons training at Camp Fuji

    Members assigned to the 374th Security Forces Squadron completed heavy weapons training at the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, April 24. The heavy weapons training, or Fuji Firing, is a semi-annual event where defenders travel to CATC to complete mandatory qualification training on

  • 374th SFS hosts retirement ceremony for MWD Fflorida

    The 374th Security Forces Squadron hosted a retirement ceremony for Fflorida, 374th SFS military working dog, at Yokota Air Base, Feb. 23.Fflorida distinguished herself in numerous missions, including 30 United States Secret Service assignments, safeguarding the President of the United States. She

  • US, Japan defenders practice bilateral security operations

    U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen responded to a simulated false credential alarm near the JASDF Air Defense Command building at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 23, 2023, as part of Exercise Beverly Morning 24-1.