Yokota implements new fitness components, diagnostic testing

Yokota Air Base, Japan –Yokota’s Fitness Assessment Cell opened the Samurai Fitness Center to Physical Training Leaders for diagnostic testing and started offering alternative exercise options this past January.“Providing our Airmen with these options is a step in the right direction toward

Yokota administers pediatric COVID-19 vaccine

Ford Campbell, right, receives the pediatric version of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 18th 2021. In accordance with Yokota’s mission to attain the highest safety and vaccination rates possible, the 374th Medical Group held a vaccination line specifically for children ages

U.S-Japan conducts airborne operation

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers assigned to the 1st Airborne Brigade, line up outside a C-130J Super Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, before a personnel drop, Nov. 15th, 2021. Yokota’s 374th Airlift Wing and JGSDF’s 1st Airborne Brigade organized this demonstration of interoperability,

First Lady of PACAF and Yokota key spouse group visit COVID-19 contingency towers

Cindy Wilsbach, center, First Lady of PACAF, and other command key spouses depart one of the COVID-19 contingency towers at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 1, 2021. Protecting the health and well-being of Yokota Airmen, families and civilian personnel, is a key component of mission readiness as base

PACAF commander visits Japan's Air Defense Command HQ

U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, participates in an office call with Japan Air Self-Defense Force leadership during an annual site tour of U.S. Air Force and allied commands at Yokota Air Base, Nov. 1, 2021. Wilsbach’s attendance represents synchronizing joint partner

374th FSS Airmen simulate mass casualty response

Airmen from the 374th Force Support Squadron responded to a simulated mass casualty scenario as part of a Samurai Readiness Inspection (SRI), Oct. 28, 2021.During SRIs, Mortuary Affairs is augmented with 374th FSS Airmen from multiple career fields. It provides experience in this specialized

Capt. Ryosuke Taki Receives Air Force Commendation Medal

Yokota Hosts Bilateral Aviation Safety

Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing Safety Office and 353rd Special Operations Group Safety Office hosted guests from the Tokyo Aviation Police and the Japanese Coast Guard to speak about Yokota’s operational procedures on Mid Air Collision Avoidance or MACA, April 7, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.“MACA,

Yokota RAWS revive mobile navigation aid, drive PACAF’s airfield ACE concept

Starting with a broken piece of electronic equipment, a small team of Yokota Airmen from the 374th Operations Support Squadron are leading the way in developing Pacific Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept. Yokota’s Radar, Airfield, and Weather Systems (RAWS) shop engineered a fix for a

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