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  • American Red Cross plays a key role in Yokota's disaster relief assistance

    Twenty days may not seem like a long period of time for some people, but just imagine how long that would seem for someone who is helping to support 24-hour emergency relief operations.For members of the Yokota community who teamed up with American Red Cross staff to support disaster relief

  • Rebuilding Sendai Airport: A photographic journey

    A dedicated team of U.S. and Japanese forces, catalyzed by the 320th Special Tactics Squadron from Kadena Air Base, worked to clear rubble, rebuild and ultimately reopen Sendai Airport -- located in the section of Japan that was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.Click here to view

  • Yokota's eyes and ears in Operation Tomodachi

    When engaged in a large effort like Operation Tomodachi, the U.S. Air Force effort to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the government of Japan in the wake of the March 11 disasters. military units need a centralized way to process and coordinate mission-essential details. The

  • Yokota Airmen tackle Herculean airlift missions into Sendai

    Over the past two weeks, Sendai Airport has served as a critical relay point for relief efforts throughout northeastern Japan, and the Airmen of the 36th Airlift Squadron are working to ensure that the airport stays open for business.Since the incapacitated airport reopened to air traffic, the 36th

  • Maintainers build mount for Fukushima sensors

    Since March 11, Airmen all over Yokota Air Base have performed key tasks in support of Japanese relief efforts, but for two Airmen the work took a greater personal significance March 28. The two Airmen, aircraft structural maintainers with Yokota's 374th Maintenance Squadron, worked late into the

  • Team Osan braves elements, runs marathon for Knights of Heroes

    On a cold, rainy morning, 55 Team Osan members made their way to the starting line dressed in running gear and homemade ponchos to run the 2011 Seoul International Marathon here March 20.While some had run marathons before and were looking to improve their times, all were there for an additional

  • Commander discusses Yokota's role in Operation Tomodachi

    Yokota Air Base's role as the sole airlift hub of the western Pacific increased in significance following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan.During a recent interview, Col. Otto Feather, 374th Air Wing commander at Yokota AB, sat down to discuss the importance of the wing's