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  • Mission 22’s “2 Wheels 2 Heal”

    Yokota’s chapter of Mission 22 held its 3rd annual motorcycle ride and car show officially dubbed “2 Wheels 2 Heal,” at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 25. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2020 there was 6,146 Veteran suicides, averaging to 16.8 deaths per day. Mission 22 provides

  • NFL Salute to Service comes to Kadena

    Roquan Smith breaks a huddle with football camp participants during a visit to Kadena Air Base, June 23, 2023. Smith and Jonathan Abram visited Kadena as part of the National Football League’s “Salute to Service” program in coordination with the United Service Organizations to visit Airmen and learn

  • American Day Returns to Misawa

    Japanese and Americans line the street, shoulder-to-shoulder, during American Day showcasing the strength of the U.S.-Japan Alliance in Misawa City, Japan, June 25, 2023.- American Day is one of the largest cross-cultural festivals in the area and it made a return after being on hiatus due to

  • Always there: 100 years of aerial support

    June 27 marks the 100th anniversary of the first air-to-air refueling test performed by U.S. Army Air Service Lts. Virgil Hine and Frank W. Seifert,who transferred gasoline through a hose between two DH-4Bs

  • Mission Partners pay tribute at B-29 Memorial

    Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Shizuoka City residents attended the annual U.S.-Japan Joint Memorial Service to honor the victims of the Shizuoka air raids during World War II, and to commemorate the selfless actions of Fukumatsu Itoh held at Mt. Shizuhata,

  • What’s bugging you Yokota?

    Summertime means longer days, a warmer climate, and more bugs. The increase in insects means more chances of insect-borne diseases, such as Japanese encephalitis, which spread via mosquitoes. The 374th Medical Group entomology Airmen collect samples of insects from across Yokota Air Base, and submit

  • U.S. Ambassador to Japan visits QZSS-HP Site

    The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), a Japanese regional augmentation system to the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) is sparking interest across the space enterprise. Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, recently visited the Kamakura, Japan site of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System

  • Readiness through virtual reality

    The 374th Security Forces Squadron conducted an arming and use-of-force training June 12, using the “Street Smarts” Virtual Reality training system, a tool designed to augment military security forces readiness and provide augmentee training to all Airmen that have completed their First Term Airmen

  • The passing of AMC's, TSgt Jean-Paul Trevino

    The 730th Air Mobility Squadron together with Yokota Air Base mourns the loss of Technical Sergeant Jean-Paul Lucien Trevino after his passing. We are deeply saddened by the loss of TSgt Trevino, who served as a maintainer, supervisor, colleague, and Airman. He was an incredibly intelligent person

  • Protecting Peace in the Pacific

    Four Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2B's fly alongside four U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II's over the Sea of Japan, June 16, 2023. The U.S. remains committed to peace and prosperity throughout the Indo-Pacific alongside our Japanese allies, together acting as the cornerstone of regional security