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  • FETAT conference pools partnerships

    The annual Far East Tactics Analysis Team conference, which brings together defense operations and intelligence representatives from five countries, was held at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 21-25.The event was hosted by the U.S. Fifth Air Force Intelligence Division, and participants hailed from the

  • Fifth Air Force hosts Yokota senior leader discussion

    U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force enlisted leaders from Yokota Air Base, Japan, gathered at Fifth Air Force headquarters to conduct a round-table discussion about increasing tensions in the Indo-Pacific, June 12, 2023. The discussion was led by U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Shawn

  • USINDOPACOM senior enlisted leader visits Yokota

    On June 1, U.S. Navy Fleet Master Chief David Isom, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL), visited Yokota Air Base, as well as several other bases in the Indo-Pacific region, to get an inside look at their capabilities and crisis response procedures. As the CSEL, Isom advises the

  • Frostbite Road Race reunites neighboring communities

    Team Yokota held its 42nd Frostbite Road Race, the first held in three years due to COVID-19 restrictions, on a course that wove throughout the base on Jan. 22, 2023.The run began in 1981 and has since gathered a large following, and now sits as one of the top 100 road races held in Japan.

  • Yokota leadership serves Christmas lunch

    The 374th Airlift Wing leadership served holiday meals to service members and families at the Samurai Café Dining Facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 23, 2022.

  • The 35th Fighter Wing Change of Command Ceremony

    Col. Jesse J. Friedel relinquished command of the 35th Fighter Wing (FW) to Col. Michael P. Richard during the wing’s official change of command ceremony, at Misawa Air Base, June 30, 2022.Lt. Gen. Ricky N. Rupp, U.S. Forces Japan, and Fifth Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony.

  • Yokota hosts JASDF Chief of Staff for U.S.-Japan Leadership Program

    Gen. Shunji Izutsu, Japan Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff, and local Japan leaders visited U.S. Forces Japan to attend a U.S.-Japan Leadership Program gathering, reaffirming the importance of the U.S. Air Force – Japan Self-Defense Force alliance, March 19, 2022.

  • Lt. Gen. Rupp Immersion Tour

    Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, thanks event organizers following an immersion tour of the base, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 5, 2021. An immersion tour gives commanders and senior leaders the opportunity to learn more about the unit's mission. (U.S. Air Force