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 holds first-ever 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run

    Team Yokota honored Americans who were prisoners of war and more than 81,000 who served and never returned home for National POW/MIA recognition day by hosting its first-ever 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run, Sept. 14-15.

  • Yokota leaders participate in DoDEA facility groundbreaking ceremony

    Representatives from Yokota Air Base, Department of Defense Education Activity, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Nippo Corporation performed a groundbreaking ceremony for a new DoDEA Pacific East District superintendent office at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 1.The ceremony included a Shinto

  • MHS Genesis transition in focus during town hall

    Leaders from the 374th Airlift Wing and 374th Medical Group met with the Yokota community Aug. 31, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, to discuss the transition to MHS GENESIS, the new electronic health record for the Military Health System.The Yokota community gathered at the base officers’ club to learn

  • US, Philippine maintainers conduct SME exchange

    Leaders from the 374th Maintenance Group at Yokota Air Base, Japan, visited Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base, Philippines, to conduct a subject matter expert exchange with their Philippine Air Force counterparts July 22–29.

  • Yokota families kickstart school year during Back to School Expo

    As a kickstart to the 2023-24 School year, the School Liaison Program, Military and Family Readiness Center and the Integrated Prevention Office hosted the "Back to School Expo: World Travel Edition" Aug. 15, to provide important resources to families. The event showcased a plethora of activities

  • OSI activates new squadron in Yokota

    The 9th Field Investigations Squadron (9 FIS) was activated during an assumption of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 25, 2023.

  • Yokota Medics test contingency response with UK, JP allies during MG23

    Yokota medics were put to the test July 18-19, to practice aeromedical evacuation and massive casualty response in cooperation with the U.K., Canada, New Zealand, and Japan in support of Mobility Guardian 2023 operations and an internal readiness exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan.