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 celebrates 70 years of C-130 operations

    Resilient, agile and reliable; for seven decades the C-130 has been the crux of international tactical airlift operations, helping sustain air superiority, dominance and operational effectiveness. The 36th Airlift Squadron and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron took to

  • YHS launches new academic year

    Students and faculty came together for an assembly to mark the start of the new academic year at Yokota High School on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 19, 2024.

  • 374th FSS changes command

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Hasmin Bolling assumed command of the 374th Force Support Squadron from Lt. Col. Jordan Hayes during a change of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 26.

  • 374th Contracting Squadron changes command

    Lt. Col. Scott Schneider assumed command of the 374th Contracting Squadron, from Lt. Col. Mark Wagner during a change of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base, July 16.

  • 374th MXS changes command

    Maj. Jessica Meadows assumed command of the 374th Maintenance Squadron from Maj. David Perkins during a change of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 14.

  • 753rd SOAMXS holds redesignation ceremony

    The 753rd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was redesignated as the 21st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron during a ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 21.