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April 10, 2025
374 OSS responds to runway closure with rapid contingency landings

Members of the 374th Operations Support Squadron and 36th Airlift Squadron conducted rapid contingency landings on a recently approved alternate landing zone, Apr 8.The 374 OSS air traffic control tower received notification of an in-flight emergency of a Yokota-bound aircraft prompting a temporary
Sept. 24, 2024
Hercules Guardians 24 strengthens US-ROK alliance through tactical airlift interoperability

The phrase ‘We Go Together!’ is a chant that can be often heard during gatherings of U.S. and Republic of Korea military forces and symbolizes the ironclad bonds formed since the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty in 1953.
May 17, 2024
Aircraft generation preps, launches C-130J multi-ship

A multi-ship of eight C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron participated in an aircraft generation event on Yokota’s flightline May 15.
Dec. 22, 2023
No assistance needed: C-130Js airlift ops in black-out training

Yokota aircrew and their respective C-130J Super Hercules aircraft exercised airlift operations in black-out conditions through Airfield Marking Pattern-4 (AMP-4) training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 13, 2023.
March 16, 2023
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
Oct. 13, 2022
374th Airlift Wing kicks off wing readiness inspection

U.S. Air Force Capt. Madeline Atkinson, C-130J Super Hercules pilot, conducts preflight procedures before a formation flight at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 12, 2022. Formation flights can be used as a show of force to project power while defending the base during wartime or contingency operations.
Aug. 12, 2022
The Royal Thai Air Force, French Air Force visits Japan

Both the French Air Force (Armee de L'air) and Royal Thai Air Force’s 601st Squadron visited Japan between Aug. 10 to 13. Their visits coincided enabling them to perform their own multilateral trainings. Both France and Thailand are part of the United Nations and Yokota Air Base is one of seven U.S.
June 20, 2022
C-130s weave through mountains, perform dirt strip landings for RED FLAG 22-2

The 71st Rescue Squadron, from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, and the 36th Airlift Squadron, from Yokota Air Base, Japan, held a series of sorties over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex in support of RED FLAG-Alaska 22-2, which included low-level maneuvers and dirt strip landings, June 17,

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