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  • Pacific Air Forces deputy commander visits Japan

    Deputy Commander of the Pacific Air Forces Lt. Gen. James Jacobson visited Yokota Air Base, August 21 to 23, as part of a larger PACAF tour.Jacobson kicked off his tour meeting with U.S. Forces Japan and 374th Airlift Wing leadership where he received updates on current projects, future exercises

  • Speaker Pelosi visits Japan

    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 5, 2022. During her visit to Japan, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance and a free and open Indo-Pacific.

  • 70th Annual Operation Christmas Drop kicks off Dec. 6 in Guam

    U.S. and partner nation Airmen are set to participate in the Department of Defense’s longest running humanitarian assistance training mission out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, beginning Dec. 6, 2021. Operation Christmas Drop, or OCD, is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and

  • A Moment in Time

    The 374th Airlift Wing and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Operations Support Wing leadership participated in a time capsule burial ceremony, July 29, 2021, to reflect on obstacles Yokota faced and overcame in the year 2020. 

  • Yokota Medical Group observes National Public Health Week

    The first week of April marked the beginning of National Public Health Week, a time to highlight all of the work done by public health professionals whose work is important in maintaining our health standards and quality of life, at Yokota Air Base.

  • Yokota PAX; Gateway to the Far East

    It’s been over 12 hours since feeling solid ground. Flying from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Washington, to Yokota Air Base, Japan, on board a Patriot Express aircraft is mentally and physically exhausting. When finally landing, the thought of getting the chance to stretch, breathe fresh