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  • Raptors refuel over South China Sea

    An F-22A Raptor assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker to receive aerial refueling over the South China Sea, March 14, 2023, in support of a bilateral training mission with the Philippine Air Force. Bilateral training and cooperation with our Philippine Air Force

  • Internal medicine team paves paths to specialty care

    A team within the 374th Health Care Operations Squadron's internal medicine clinic works to facilitate escalated medical care when a patient’s needs exceed the scope of their primary care manager. The internal medicine clinic has a five-person team that is responsible for issuing referrals to

  • Yokota C-130 teams help find mariners lost at sea

    At 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 8, watchstanders at the U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam Joint Rescue Sub-Center received a mayday call reporting a vessel taking on water between Rota and Guam. The master stated they had three people aboard, and the vessel was sinking.The three mariners

  • Fifth gen fighters debut in the Philippines during bilateral integration

    KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptors from the 525th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska, with support from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, traveled to Clark Air Base, Philippines, to integrate and train

  • Yokota recognizes newest chief master sergeants

    Yokota Air Base celebrated the promotions of four Airmen and two Japan Air Self-Defense Force warrant officers at the 2023 Chief Recognition Ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 10, 2023. The six members were selected for promotion to chief master sergeant, which is the highest enlisted rank in

  • 36 AS & 374 CMS conduct routine training

    Members of the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron Combat Mobility Flight and the 36th Airlift Squadron frequently work together by testing their ability to effectively palletize and transport cargo, ensuring the airlift mission at Yokota is always ready.

  • JMSDF Hosts Fifth ISR Air Symposium

    The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) hosted the fifth Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Air Symposium at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni and in the airspace around Kyushu from 6 to 8 March 2023.The participants included ISR aircrew & aircraft from the U.S. Air

  • USAF, USSF Surgeon General visits Yokota

    Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, Surgeon General for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, visited the 374th Medical Group at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 27, 2023.