May 20, 2025 Friendship Festival 2025 Col. Richard McElhaney, 374th Airlift Wing commander, speaks about Friendship Festival 2025, an open event that celebrates the enduring partnership between the U.S. and Japan. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Cayla Hunt)
May 22, 2024 Strengthening bonds through 48th Japanese-American Friendship Festival The 374th Airlift Wing opened its gates to welcome 302,000 visitors to the 48th Annual Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18–19.
May 19, 2024 Japanese-American Friendship Festival 2024: Day Two The 2024 Yokota Friendship Festival concluded its two-days worth of events with over 290,000 visitors from around Japan, May 19. The two-day bilateral festival allowed visitors to learn more about the U.S. and Japan partnership while strengthening bonds between Yokota and the local communities. The
May 18, 2024 Japanese-American Friendship Festival 2024: Day One The 374th Airlift Wing held day one of the 2024 Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18.The festival gives Japanese community members a chance to come onto Yokota to see static aircraft, witness military demonstrations, learn about the capabilities and training done
May 22, 2023 Yokota hosts 47th annual Japanese-American Friendship Festival The 374th Airlift Wing hosted the 47th annual Japanese-American Friendship Festival 2023 on May 20 and 21, welcoming over 193,000 people to the Yokota Air Base airfield.The base opened to the public for two full days of aircraft static displays, live music, food, fun, and aerial exhibitions of
May 20, 2023 2023 Friendship Festival highlights: Day 1 The 2023 Yokota Friendship Festival completes the first of its two-days worth of events, as Team Yokota opens its gates to welcome approximately 67,000 guests from around the world to celebrate the enduring partnership between the U.S. and Japan and take the opportunity to help strengthen ties
May 22, 2022 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.
May 22, 2022 Yokota, community comes together during Friendship Festival Yokota Air Base opened its doors for day two of the 2022 Japanese-American Friendship Festival May 22.
May 21, 2022 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
Sept. 18, 2018 459 AS showcases CAPEX during Friendship Festival Yokota’s 459th Airlift Squadron showcased one of their UH-1 mission sets during a Capabilities Exercise (CAPEX) at the 2018 Japanese-American Friendship Festival, Sept. 15-16 at Yokota Air Base, Japan to give approximately 145,000 visitors a better understanding of what the 459th AS does in Japan