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  • No runway? No problem for Team Yokota

    For the second time in recorded history, Team Yokota launched and recovered multiple C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from its Foxtrot taxiway to respond to a simulated damaged airfield during exercise Beverly Morning 24-1 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 22.In the scenario, Yokota’s primary runway was

  • CES, aircrew practice ACE, employ RADR and Launch to Survive

    In a demonstration of preparedness and resilience, 374th Operations Group aircrew swiftly followed the standards and procedures of “Launch to Survive” and launched their aircraft following simulated missile attack warnings during Exercise Beverly Morning 24-1 at Yokota Air Base, Japan.

  • 35th LRS Airmen shadow crew chiefs for a day

    Three Airmen with the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron shadowed crew chiefs to expand their knowledge on maintenance and see a different side of the Air Force at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 6.

  • Dirt Boys restore taxiway in 23 hrs despite record heat

    Despite record-breaking heat on the Korean peninsula, more than 20 Airmen spent 23 hours making an unusual repair to a flightline taxiway - and set a record of their own. From Aug. 4 to 6, the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron structures flight, the Dirt Boys, replaced 18 feet of taxiway after personnel