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

  • 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

  • Yokota displays airlift capabilities

    (Right to left) Capt. Jonathan Palka and Capt. Jonathan Coffey, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N pilots, prepare to take off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 17, 2016, during the 2016 Japanese-American Friendship Festival. The 459 AS demonstrated their airlift capabilities to festivalgoers. Yokota