22 March 2017 C-130J Super Hercules Completes First Training Sortie YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The C-130J Super Hercules completed its first training sortie at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 20, 2017. The aircraft soared over the skies of Japan, stopped at Misawa AB to for the aircrew to become proficient within the Super Hercules before returning to Yokota.This...
17 November 2016 KS17: 459th Airlift Squadron and Komatsu Air Rescue Squadron Conduct familiarization training Exercise YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- As the sun was setting behind the mountain terrain, it casted a deep orange hue onto the flight line as UH-1N Iroquois crewmembers completed their pre-flight inspections. Working diligently as twilight faded into darkness, the low hum of the twin turbo shaft engines started...
14 December 2016 Pushing Planes: a Labor of Love ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Throughout Operation Christmas Drop’s 65 years, C-130s have been taking off, aircrews have been delivering bundles of donated goods to the remote islands around the Pacific and at the end of every mission the OCD team has celebrated hard-earned success. The amount of...
15 November 2016 Keen Sword 2017: Bilateral Field Training Exercise Came Together YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members from the Japan Self-Defense Forces and United States Forces, Japan, came together for Keen Sword 2017 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, from Oct. 30 – Nov. 11, 2016. KS17 involved U.S. forces and the JSDF from all components of both militaries, training to conduct...
31 October 2016 U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Force Working Together YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 459th Airlift Squadron and 374th Medical Group participated in a mass casualty exercise with Yokosuka Naval Base personnel and Japan Self-Defense Force members at the JSDF Central Hospital, October 20, 2016.According to Capt. Brandon Murphy, 374th Operations Group...
09 August 2016 459 Airlift Squadron Attends 2nd Tachikawa Helicopter Conference YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Eastern Army Helicopter recently invited members of the 459th Airlift Squadron to attend the 2nd Tachikawa Helicopter Conference July 26, 2016 at Camp Tachikawa, Japan.The conference gathered approximately 50 representatives from a variety of U.S. and Japanese military...
14 May 2014 Expeditionary Medical Support: Medical Care Anywhere A major typhoon hits the Pacific, wiping out towns, destroying homes and leaving hundreds of thousands of people in need of medical care. This scenario is not unlikely in the dynamic climate of the Pacific region, which is why the 374th Medical Group tested its capabilities in setting up an...
12 June 2014 B-29 Ceremony Cultivates Compassion, Understanding Saturday was a dreary and rainy day for many at Yokota, but in Shizuoka, where the 42nd annual B-29 Memorial Ceremony was held on Sengen Hill, blue skies prevailed. Every year, U.S. and Japanese service members hike to the Sengen Hill monuments in honor of those who lost their lives in a B-29...
26 September 2014 U.S. Airmen Share Medevac Capabilities with Japan Air Self-Defense Force Taking care of your own--it is a responsibility maintained culturally by the U.S. Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. One way Airmen take care their own is through medical health care.The 459th Airlift Squadron, from Yokota Air Base, Japan, flew to Kadena Air Base Tuesday and Wednesday...
04 August 2014 36th Airlift Squadron Participates in Joint Training Four C-130 Hercules' and more than 70 personnel assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base Japan arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska this week to undergo joint-aerial training with paratroopers from the 725th Brigade Support Battalion.The training takes place one week...