(D)r. Emma Poveromo: Airman selected for M.D. prep program

Estranged from family. Working two jobs. Barely making rent. Each day wondering how dinner would be afforded. Living in a neighborhood where caution is the default. All of this at the young age of 16 years old. Emma didn’t see many ways out, and it was even harder to see a bright future for

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PACAF Command Chief supports Airmen during Yokota tour

Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, Pacific Air Forces Command chief, visited Team Yokota’s Airman Leadership School class 23-E, to share his perspective on leadership, followership, and personnel management during a site visit at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 5.

A Lifesaving Encounter: A Red Cross Volunteer’s Heroic Act

Tiffani Grochalski, an American Red Cross volunteer, was awarded the Red Cross Certificate of Merit for saving an individual's life on Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 23, 2023. The Certificate of Merit award, the highest accolade within the Red Cross’ Lifesaving Award Program, recognizes the

U.S. Military and JASDF partner-up to clean base fence line

Volunteers, representing the U.S. military and Japan Air Self-Defense Force, cleaned up debris along the fence line of Yokota Air Base, May 27.

Yokota airlifts supplies to Guam after Typhoon Mawar

Team Yokota sprung into action and coordinated a delivery of over 36,000 pounds of frozen foods and refrigerated perishable items to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to aid in the ongoing Guam relief effort following Typhoon Mawar, June 3.

USAF volunteer efforts uplift Kanoya community

Members of the 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron and 374th Airlift Wing, deployed to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base, have now dedicated dozens of hours volunteering to serve the local area since arriving in October 2022, in addition to their primary mission of supporting

US facilitates Japan Air Operations Center training

Three years in the making, the 505th Training Squadron fulfilled a request by the government of Japan to assist with understanding how an air operations center plans and executes and how to build instructional standards to enable airpower at the operational level of war.

374 OSS Changes Command

Lt. Col. Scott Branco assumed command of the 374th Operational Support Squadron from Lt. Col. Sean Powers during a change of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 2.