13 May 2022 Yokota – Misawa Airmen Participate in Joint Agile Combat Employment Exercise YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yokota Air Base’s iconic C-130J Super Hercules has been joined by 12 F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan, as Airmen and aircraft participated in a joint Agile Combat Employment (ACE) training exercise May 12, 2022.Airmen utilize ACE...
23 May 2022 Yokota Reopens Base for Annual Friendship Festival YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- 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...
13 May 2022 Yokota, Partners Complete Largest Major Accident Response Exercise in Base History YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Throughout the week, units across the 374th Airlift Wing (AW) practiced various multi-capable Airmen concepts with very focused goals, but they all came together to participate in a major accident response exercise May 11.The Major Accident Response Exercise (MARE), which...
04 May 2022 Yokota Hosts International Healthcare Symposium YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Roughly 70 guests from various medical facilities across Japan attended the International Healthcare Symposium April 22, 2022, in the Officer’s Club at Yokota Air Base, Japan.The primary goal of the event was to get to know each other and strengthen partnerships between...
20 April 2022 Yokota Receives Control Module, Steam Generator for Base Power Plant YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 374th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) received a packaged electrical control module (PECM) and a heat recovery steam generator for Yokota’s new power plant April 13.The PECM essentially works as the brain of the power plant. The computers connected to it to run the plant...
26 April 2022 Yokota Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary of Relocation of Air Defense Command HQ YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Leadership from the 374th Airlift Wing and 5th Air Force participated alongside their Japan Air Self-Defense Force or JASDF (Koku-Jieitai) counterparts in the 10th anniversary of the relocation of the Air Defense Command ( ADC) headquarters to Yokota Air Base, Japan on...
26 April 2022 Yokota Airmen Practice Agile Combat Employment Concepts at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- More than 30 members of the 374th Airlift Wing traveled to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to practice an Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise called Operation Mega Force from April 18 to 20.The purpose of the operation was to integrate with III Marine Expeditionary...
05 April 2022 Yokota Hosts First Project Enigma Class YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 730th Air Mobility Squadron (AMS) hosted a week-long professional development course called Project Enigma, which focused on retention while building supervisor-Airmen relationships, March 28 to April 1.“This workshop’s goals are boosting retention, improving culture,...
13 April 2022 Maintenance Repairs First CV-22 Osprey Heat Blanket YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 374th Maintenance Squadron (MXS) electrical and environmental shop performed the first ever patch repair on a CV-22 Osprey spinner panel in the entire Department of Defense, from March 31 to April 6.The shop fixed six panels, specifically patching a heater blanket that...
21 March 2022 U.S. – Japan Partners Execute Joint Ukraine Aid Mission YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance was on display as they rapidly coordinated the delivery of 38 tons of non-lethal equipment aid for Ukraine, Mar. 16, 2022.Allied forces mobilized within hours of the Japanese Government’s decision to provide humanitarian aid supplies...