Oct. 3, 2023 Yokota FSS leader receives a Special Act of Service Award Col. Andrew Roddan, 374th Airlift Wing commander, presents a Special Act of Service Award to Richard King, 374th Force Support Squadron Yokota community center director, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 29, 2023.
Oct. 1, 2023 JASDF integrates with maintenance across Yokota Members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force 1st Technical Training School from Hamamatsu Air Base, Japan, toured facilities at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 27.
Sept. 13, 2023 Ready to Compete, Fight, and Win – AMC, PACAF, AFSOC commanders address AFA attendees Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, participated in a panel titled, “Ready to Compete, Fight, and Win in the Indo-Pacific” with the Pacific Air Forces commander, Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, and the Air Force Special Operations Command commander, Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, Sept. 13, at
Sept. 6, 2023 Pacific Air Forces Australian deputy commander visits Yokota Royal Australian Air Force Air-Vice Marshal Carl Newman, Pacific Air Forces deputy commander, met with Yokota Airmen Aug. 28-29.
Aug. 23, 2023 Yokota Airmen support Pacific Airlift Rally 23 Yokota Airmen have returned from Pacific Airlift Rally 23, a multinational, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief exercise involving the U.S., Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, and Malaysia Air Forces at Clark Air Base, Philippines, Aug. 14-18.
July 31, 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.
July 20, 2023 Yokota Hercs find their Northern Edge Airmen assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, supported units with air mobility operations during Northern Edge 23-2, at Kadena Air Base and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Hyakuri Air Base, Japan, July 2–21.
July 19, 2023 US, Japan host first-ever Space Engagement Talks The ongoing race against adversaries and competitors who possess advanced space capabilities and questionable intentions further emphasizes the need to reinforce norms of behavior in space.
June 5, 2023 US facilitates Japan Air Operations Center training Three years in the making, the 505th Training Squadron fulfilled a request by the government of Japan to assist with understanding how an air operations center plans and executes and how to build instructional standards to enable airpower at the operational level of war.
April 30, 2023 Yokota AB Airmen join Cope India 2023 exercise with Indian Air Force Team Yokota deployed 69 Airmen and two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to exercise Cope India 2023, a Pacific Air Forces training exercise conducted with the Indian Air Force at Air Force Station Arjan Singh, India, April 10-21.