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

  • 374th maintainers keep C-130s flying

    374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintains mission-ready aircraft to sustain contingency and peacetime missions throughout the Pacific theater to accomplish U.S. Pacific Command and Pacific Air Forces' taskings.

  • New, improved passenger terminal open at Yokota Air Base

    The Yokota Air Base community celebrated the opening of a new Air Mobility Command passenger terminal with a ribbon cutting on Monday, June 13. The $27.5 million project spanned nearly seven years, with planning starting in late 2015, construction starting in June of 2020 and completion in June of

  • New gym opens with Murph challenge

    Yokota hosted a Murph challenge for the opening of a new box gym May 27. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee donated a high-performance box gym to Yokota Air Base during the 2020 Olympic games.

  • 374th SFS perform Police Week retreat ceremony

    The 374th Security Forces Squadron held a Police Week retreat ceremony May 20. The 374th SFS held the ceremony to honor law enforcement personnel as well as recognize the dangers and risks they face every day.

  • Yokota reopens base for annual Friendship Festival

    The 374th Airlift Wing hosted the Japanese-American Friendship Festival 2022 on May 21 and 22, the first one in three years.During the two-day festival, which aims to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the United States and Japan, approximately 110,000 people visited the base.

  • Yokota, partners highlight aircraft during Friendship Festival

    The 374th Airlift Wing and its partners highlighted numerous aircraft during day one of the Friendship Festival 2022, May 21. The two-day festival was an opportunity for visitors to learn more about the U.S. and Japan bilateral partnership, while strengthening the bonds between Yokota and the local

  • Fly-away security training keeps Airmen vigilant, aircraft safe

    The 374th Security Forces Squadron conducted fly-away security training, May 10, as part of a training during the exercise week. This training assessed Yokota's ability to perform Agile Combat Employment across a range of military operations in a complex and dynamic international security

  • Children mock deploy for Operation K.U.D.O.S.

    Children performed a mock deployment for Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations April 30, 2022. Operations K.U.D.O.S. consisted of toy weapon training, a C-130J Super Hercules tour and a mock medical checkup to simulate a deployed environment.

  • Ambassador’s Youth Council tours Yokota

    The Ambassador’s Youth Council of Kansai visited Yokota Air Base on April 22 as part of a larger study tour to learn more about U.S.-Japan relations.The program, run by the American Consulate General Osaka-Kobe, came to the base to see how Yokota operates in Japan and how it partners with the Japan