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  • Explore for a day: Showa Park

    Right outside the main gate lies a wealth of adventure just waiting to be found. New food, music, language, clothing and culture are literally minutes away. But all those new experiences don't mean anything if all Airmen do while they're stationed at Yokota is stay on base. For those who may be

  • Mrs Petraeus brings financial knowledge to Yokota community

    Holly Petraeus, head of the Office of Servicemember Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, held a town meeting and discussed predatory business practices and personal financial tips with the military community at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 6, 2013.Petraeus visited Yokota to hear

  • Lanterns light up Buddha birthday celebrations

    U.S. Armed Service members serving in an Asian country may have noticed the brightly-colored lanterns recently strung throughout the streets. This, similar to the stringing of Christmas lights in December, is in celebration of Buddha's 2,557th birthday May 17.As part of the celebration, the

  • Grissom dishes out fuel to fight

    From the steady string of early morning risers entering the dining facility for a piping hot breakfast, to the hustle and bustle of the dinner crowd idly chatting about their day, Staff Sgt. Jessica Baldwin, 35th Force Support Squadron food services shift leader, is constantly alternating between

  • Mrs Petraeus brings financial knowledge to Yokota community

    Holly Petraeus, head of the Office of Servicemember Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, held a town meeting and discussed predatory business practices and personal financial tips with the military community at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 6, 2013.Petraeus visited Yokota to hear

  • FOD, the elusive enemy of aircraft

    Airmen from the 35th Fighter Wing worked together to search maintenance areas, runways and taxiways to locate and remove debris that could potentially cause damage to aircraft here May 6.The main purpose of conducting a Foreign Object Damage walk is to help prevent damage to aircraft, increase

  • From take off to drop off: Antarctic medical evacuation in only 60 hours

    A C-17 Globemaster III crew from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, together with Aeromedical Evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Team Airmen, safely evacuated an ailing individual from McMurdo Station, Antarctica Apr. 22 after responding to a request from the National Science Foundation,

  • Banner Shoot Prepares Pilots for Combat

    F-22 pilots from the 302nd, 525th and 90th fighter squadrons tested their aim during a banner shoot April 22 to 25. Banner shoots are a way for pilots to be comfortable in air-to-air combat. Pilots demonstrate the effectiveness of doing exercises like these by practicing their aim in the air."A

  • Iceman Team hosts NASA research

    A team of researchers from the NASA Airborne Science Program recently visited Eielson to assemble topography of glaciers and ice sheets in Alaska April 25 to 27, 2013.Due to some of the research taking place in the Beaufort Sea, Eielson's location provided NASA with necessary personnel and equipment