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Col. Kenneth Moss, 374th Airlift Wing commander, breaks

Col. Kenneth Moss, 374th Airlift Wing commander, breaks

Col. Kenneth Moss, 374th Airlift Wing commander, breaks open a sake keg along with the seven friendship club presidents during the Joint New Year’s Party at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 21, 2017. The event was ... More

Staff Sgt. Justin Bender, 374th Operations Support

Staff Sgt. Justin Bender, 374th Operations Support

Staff Sgt. Justin Bender, 374th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training NCO in charge, jumps out of a C-130 Hercules while flying over Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 13 2017... More

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tech. Sgt. Hironobu Kakuta,

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tech. Sgt. Hironobu Kakuta,

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tech. Sgt. Hironobu Kakuta, Flight Information Squadron air operation, measures distances between aircraft to ensure there is adequate wingtip clearance during the Bilateral Exchang... More

Tech. Sgt. James Chorn, 730th Air Mobility Squadron

Tech. Sgt. James Chorn, 730th Air Mobility Squadron

Tech. Sgt. James Chorn, 730th Air Mobility Squadron engine monitor and equipment custodian, puts his hand on an aircraft engine, July 31, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Chorn was selected as Airlifter of the ... More

374th AW Airlifter of the Week

374th AW Airlifter of the Week

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rainier Quade, 374th Airlift Wing Honor Guard lead trainer, practices drill movements, Aug. 30, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Quade was selected as Airlifter of the Week for his ... More

Participants conduct a moment of silence for the emergency

Participants conduct a moment of silence for the emergency

Participants conduct a moment of silence for the emergency responders who lost their lives on Sept. 11, before the Tower Run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 8, 2017. Approximately 70 people with 17 teams parti... More

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Sgt. Craig Bailey, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 airframes collateral duty quality assurance representative, talks to Japanese festivalgoer in front of CH-53 Sea Stallion during the 2017 Friendship Festi... More

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Capt. Cameron Hatch, 17th Special Operation Squadron M130-J pilot, poses for a photo with Japanese festivalgoer during the 2017 Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sep. 16, 2017. Tens of thousands of... More

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Staff Sgt. Preston Castillo, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron crew chief, right, Senior Airman Trevor Knoroski, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter and Sparky the fire dog pose for a picture with visitors du... More

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Staff Sgt. Terrell Beasley, 374th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, fires simulated rounds during the 2017 Friendship Festival K-9 demonstration at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sep. 16, 2017. Th... More

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

A Military working dogs show their take-down technique to a crowd during the 2017 Friendship Festival K-9 demonstration at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sep. 16, 2017. The K-9 demonstration was one of many events dur... More

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Festivalgoers watch a personnel airdrop demonstration during the 2017 Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sep. 16, 2017. The demonstration was one of many events during the weekend that showcased U.S... More

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Festivalgoers take shelter from the rain under the Hanger15 during the 2017 Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept.17, 2017. The two-day event features bands, aircraft displays, food vendors and ot... More

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

A festivalgoer eats pizza during the 2017 Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept.17, 2017. The festival was an opportunity for visitors to experience American culture, while strengthening the bonds... More

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Festivalgoers pass through in front of the C-130 Hercules during the 2017 Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept.17, 2017. The festival is held annually and offers the U.S. military on base a chanc... More

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

A festivalgoer throws a ball at a board at a game booth during the 2017 Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept.17, 2017. The festival was an opportunity for visitors to experience American culture,... More

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

A festivalgoer takes a photo in the rain during the 2017 Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept.17, 2017. The festival had various vehicle and airplane static displays for attendees to explore. (U.... More

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Yokota Friendship Festival 2017

Members of Yokota Tanabata Dancers, made up of military spouses, perform a dance in a traditional Japanese Yukata outfit during the 2017 Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 17, 2017. The Friend... More

374th AW Airlifter of the Week

374th AW Airlifter of the Week

Senior Airman Ashley Dennis, 730th Air Mobility Squadron special planning technician, poses for a photo, Sep 28, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Dennis was selected as Airlifter of the Week for her dedication ... More

374th AW Airlifter of the Week

374th AW Airlifter of the Week

Airman 1st Class Karina Sotomayor, 374th Operation Support Squadron airfield management operation shift lead, answers a radio call on the flight line at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 26, 2018. Sotomayor was sele... More

Yokota leaderships experience Japanese traditional Mochi-tsuki

Yokota leaderships experience Japanese traditional Mochi-tsuki

(Right to Left) Col. Sergio Vega, 374th Airlift Wing vice commander, and Jay Brown, Department of Defense Special Representative Japan director, pound steamed rice to make rice cakes during a rice pounding even... More

Service dog, Casey, lies down beside her handler while

Service dog, Casey, lies down beside her handler while

Service dog, Casey, lies down beside her handler while her handler gives a lecture during the assistance animal’s informational workshop at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 18, 2019. Casey demonstrated the importan... More

The pool at Yokota Air Base, Japan, is drained for

The pool at Yokota Air Base, Japan, is drained for

The pool at Yokota Air Base, Japan, is drained for repairs Jan.23, 2019. The 374th Civil Engineer Squadron along with the contractor drained the pool to repair leaks into the basement. (U.S. Air Force photo by ... More

Tech. Sgt. Brittany Kemp, 730th Air Mobility Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Brittany Kemp, 730th Air Mobility Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Brittany Kemp, 730th Air Mobility Squadron quality assurance inspector, speaks during a Women’s History Month luncheon at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 26, 2019. Five guest speakers shared their expe... More

Women’s History Month Luncheon

Women’s History Month Luncheon

Col. Tanya J. Anderson, 374th Mission Support Group commander, gives a presentation to audience during Women's History Month luncheon at Yokota Air Base, Japan, 26 March, 2019. Five guest speakers shared their ... More

Tech. Sgt. Nick Yankosky, 374th Medical Support Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Nick Yankosky, 374th Medical Support Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Nick Yankosky, 374th Medical Support Squadron hospital operation section chief, checks rooms for bystanders during an active shooter exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 18, 2019. The exercise t... More

(Right to left) Senior Airman James Pillman, and Airman

(Right to left) Senior Airman James Pillman, and Airman

(Right to left) Senior Airman James Pillman, and Airman 1st Class Fernando Flores, both 374th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, pose for a photo during Yokota’s 2019 National Police Week 5K Ruck March, May 20... More

Athletes, their buddies and coaches march in the opening

Athletes, their buddies and coaches march in the opening

Athletes, their buddies and coaches march in the opening parade of the Kanto Plains Special Olympics at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 1, 2019. The Special Olympics is a global organization. The Special Olympics ... More

Members from 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron stand

Members from 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron stand

Members from 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron stand in formation during a change of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 25, 2019. A change of command is a military tradition where one commanding... More

U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members

U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members

U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members pose for a photo after landing at Iruma Air Base, Japan, July 10, 2019. 374th Airlift Wing and JASDF personnel conducted a two day tactics symposium for a... More

Master Sgt. Michael McArty, 36th Airlift Squadron flight

Master Sgt. Michael McArty, 36th Airlift Squadron flight

Master Sgt. Michael McArty, 36th Airlift Squadron flight chief and C-130J evaluator, looks at a loadmaster station equipped with Japan Air Self-Defense Force C-2 assigned to 3rd Tactical Airlift Wing, 403rd Squ... More

A ceremonial bell is displayed next to firefighting

A ceremonial bell is displayed next to firefighting

A ceremonial bell is displayed next to firefighting gear during the 9/11 Tower Run, Sept. 11, 2019 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emergency services flight hosted the Towe... More

A young festivalgoer plays in bubbles during the 2019

A young festivalgoer plays in bubbles during the 2019

A young festivalgoer plays in bubbles during the 2019 Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 14, 2019. The festival was an opportunity for visitors to experience American culture... More

Col. Otis C. Jones, 374th Airlift Wing commander, speaks

Col. Otis C. Jones, 374th Airlift Wing commander, speaks

Col. Otis C. Jones, 374th Airlift Wing commander, speaks to festivalgoers upon their arrival to the 2019 Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 14, 2019. The festival was an oppo... More

Staff Sgt. Kyle Yeomans, 374th Operations Support Squadron

Staff Sgt. Kyle Yeomans, 374th Operations Support Squadron

Staff Sgt. Kyle Yeomans, 374th Operations Support Squadron NCO in charge of survival, evasion, resistance and escape training, prepare for a hoisting during a demonstration of UH-1N rescue operation as part of ... More

Festivalgoers race through the opening gates to get

Festivalgoers race through the opening gates to get

Festivalgoers race through the opening gates to get photos of their favorite aircraft at the 2019 Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 15, 2019. The festival gives community me... More

Joey DeGrella, Yokota High School senior and Junior

Joey DeGrella, Yokota High School senior and Junior

Joey DeGrella, Yokota High School senior and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. class commander, poses for a photo after changing into a flight suit with his very own name tapes during the 36th Airlift Squa... More

Joey DeGrella, Yokota High School senior and Junior

Joey DeGrella, Yokota High School senior and Junior

Joey DeGrella, Yokota High School senior and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. class commander, places his name tapes onto a flight suit before changing prior to DeGrella becoming an honorary Pilot for a D... More

Koku-Jieitai Staff Sgt. Satomi Ogasawara, 3rd Air Depot

Koku-Jieitai Staff Sgt. Satomi Ogasawara, 3rd Air Depot

Koku-Jieitai Staff Sgt. Satomi Ogasawara, 3rd Air Depot materiel management assigned with Iruma Air Base, Japan, assists in relocating aircraft parts to a new location, Oct. 21, 2019, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.... More

374th Airlift Wing Airmen work on a C-130J Super Hercules

374th Airlift Wing Airmen work on a C-130J Super Hercules

374th Airlift Wing Airmen work on a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron on the Yokota Air Base, Japan flightline, Nov. 12, 2019. Yokota Air Base is the Pacific’s premier power projection... More

Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, and

Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, and

Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, and Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, walk through the 374th Operations Group Garden, Nov. 14, 2019, at Yokota Air Bas... More

Col. Todd Wydra, 374th Maintenance Group Commander,

Col. Todd Wydra, 374th Maintenance Group Commander,

Col. Todd Wydra, 374th Maintenance Group Commander, briefs Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Lieutenants on their mission during a basic maintenance officer tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 21, 2019. JASDF ma... More

374th AW Airlifter of the Week

374th AW Airlifter of the Week

Tech.Sgt. Thomas McCarthy, 374th Dental Squadron dental logistics, poses for a photo, Dec. 6, 2019, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. McCarthy received recognition for his outstanding performance, leadership and commu... More

Japanese employees serve complimentary Ozoni, a Japanese

Japanese employees serve complimentary Ozoni, a Japanese

Japanese employees serve complimentary Ozoni, a Japanese traditional New Year soup containing rice cakes, and Oshiruko, a red bean soup with rice cakes, to members of Team Yokota. Ozoni is a dish made in Japane... More

Athletes run in a Half Marathon during the 39th Annual

Athletes run in a Half Marathon during the 39th Annual

Athletes run in a Half Marathon during the 39th Annual Frostbite Run, Jan.19, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Half Marathon Race gave runners a unique opportunity to run on an airfield and see Air Force ai... More

Lt. Col. Donavan Laskey, 374th Operations Support Squadron

Lt. Col. Donavan Laskey, 374th Operations Support Squadron

Lt. Col. Donavan Laskey, 374th Operations Support Squadron commander, speaks with attendees during the U.S.-Japan Joint New Year’s Party, Jan. 25, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The U.S.-Japan Joint New Year’... More

(Left to right) Airman 1st Class Te’Anne Dailey, and

(Left to right) Airman 1st Class Te’Anne Dailey, and

(Left to right) Airman 1st Class Te’Anne Dailey, and Airman 1st Class Deborah Kang, both 374th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, paint a mural at a main lobby of SFS’s building at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb.... More

A member of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force talks

A member of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force talks

A member of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force talks with Master Sgt. Napoleon Ortiz, 374th Operations Group group evaluator loadmaster, during a tour of a C-130J Super Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb.12,... More

374th AW Airlifter of the Week

374th AW Airlifter of the Week

Staff Sgt. Ashli Harris, 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron flight and operational medical technician, poses for a photo, March 4, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Harris received recognition for her outstanding... More

Cherry blossoms bloom, March 20, 2020, at Yokota Air

Cherry blossoms bloom, March 20, 2020, at Yokota Air

Cherry blossoms bloom, March 20, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Tokyo Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency cited the record unseasonable warm winter weather and noted that trees began ... More

A 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules performs

A 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules performs

A 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules performs an airdrop during the Yokota C‐130J Tactics Rodeo at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 3, 2020. The tactics rodeo is a friendly competition designed to test an... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Misawa Air Base, Japan,

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Misawa Air Base, Japan,

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Misawa Air Base, Japan, catches the cable during an annual certification test of the aircraft arresting system at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 29, 2020. The aircraft arresting syst... More

Two UH-1N Iroquois with the 459th Airlift Squadron

Two UH-1N Iroquois with the 459th Airlift Squadron

Two UH-1N Iroquois with the 459th Airlift Squadron take off during the 374th Airlift Wing’s Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The exercise was conducted in order to demon... More

Airman 1st Class Taylor Lynch, 730th Air Mobility Squadron

Airman 1st Class Taylor Lynch, 730th Air Mobility Squadron

Airman 1st Class Taylor Lynch, 730th Air Mobility Squadron fleet service technician, poses for a photo, June 2, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Lynch received recognition for his outstanding performance and co... More

Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider, United States Forces Japan

Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider, United States Forces Japan

Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider, United States Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, delivers a speech to Col. Andrew J. Campbell, 374th Airlift Wing incoming commander, and the crowd in attendance during an as... More

Staff Sgt. Joshua Cordova, 374th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Joshua Cordova, 374th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Joshua Cordova, 374th Security Forces Squadron flight sergeant, demonstrates a baton technique to Koku-Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) members during the bilateral aircraft security training a... More

(Left to right) Senior Airmen Maritzaida Amador, Band

(Left to right) Senior Airmen Maritzaida Amador, Band

(Left to right) Senior Airmen Maritzaida Amador, Band of the Pacific-Asia vocalist, and Miki Takahashi, a member of the Mizuho-Yokota Friendship Association sing together during the Joint New Year’s Party at Yo... More

Airman 1st Class Christian Williams, 36th Airlift Squadron

Airman 1st Class Christian Williams, 36th Airlift Squadron

Airman 1st Class Christian Williams, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, performs preflight checks on a C-130 Hercules before takeoff for a personnel drop training exercise on April13 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Ja... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Ober, 374th Operation

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Ober, 374th Operation

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Ober, 374th Operation Support Squadron non-commisiioned officer in charge of airfield management training, briefs while conducting a runway inspection during the Bilateral Exch... More

Staff Sgt. Nicole Gilmore, 374th Operation Support

Staff Sgt. Nicole Gilmore, 374th Operation Support

Staff Sgt. Nicole Gilmore, 374th Operation Support Squadron weather craftsman, looks up at the sky to check the weather, July 19, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Gilmore was selected as Airlifter of the Week f... More

Col. Kenneth Moss, 374th Airlift Wing commander, runs

Col. Kenneth Moss, 374th Airlift Wing commander, runs

Col. Kenneth Moss, 374th Airlift Wing commander, runs up a flight of stairs during the Sept. 11 Tower Run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 8, 2017. The Tower Run represented the 110 floors of the Twin Towers th... More

Jen Wong, 374th Force Support Squadron, Exceptional

Jen Wong, 374th Force Support Squadron, Exceptional

Jen Wong, 374th Force Support Squadron, Exceptional Family Member Program Family support coordinator, speaks to attendees at the assistance animal’s informational workshop at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan.18, 201... More

Equipment that keep the pool maintain such as, filter,

Equipment that keep the pool maintain such as, filter,

Equipment that keep the pool maintain such as, filter, heater and circulation system sit on the basement of the Natatorium pool at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 23, 2019. The 374th Civil Engineer Squadron along ... More

2nd Lt. Chelsey Hibsch, 374th Force Support Squadron

2nd Lt. Chelsey Hibsch, 374th Force Support Squadron

2nd Lt. Chelsey Hibsch, 374th Force Support Squadron officer in charge of logistics and supply, speaks during a Women’s History Month luncheon at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 26, 2019. Hibsch is the first fema... More

Tech.Sgt. Timothy Wright, 374th Dental Squadron dental

Tech.Sgt. Timothy Wright, 374th Dental Squadron dental

Tech.Sgt. Timothy Wright, 374th Dental Squadron dental hygienist, directs people in a hallway to evacuate to a shelter during an active shooter exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 18, 2019. The exercise w... More

Airman Noah Hernandez, 374th Security Forces Squadron

Airman Noah Hernandez, 374th Security Forces Squadron

Airman Noah Hernandez, 374th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, briefs participants on the photos of SFS’s airmen who died in service to the country during Yokota’s 2019 National Police Week 5K Ruck March, May... More

Raymond Denny, an establishing member of the Kanto

Raymond Denny, an establishing member of the Kanto

Raymond Denny, an establishing member of the Kanto Plains Special Olympics 40 years ago, gives a speech at the KPSO opening ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 1, 2019. Raymond is a retired sailor. The Non... More

Master Sgt. Napoleon Ortiz, 374th Operations Support

Master Sgt. Napoleon Ortiz, 374th Operations Support

Master Sgt. Napoleon Ortiz, 374th Operations Support Squadron evaluator loadmaster, asks questions to a member of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force during a bilateral airlift exchange over Chubu region, Japan, J... More

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force C-2 assigned to 3rd

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force C-2 assigned to 3rd

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force C-2 assigned to 3rd Tactical Airlift Wing, 403rd Squadron prepares for takeoff during a bilateral airlift exchange at Iruma Air Base, Japan, July 10, 2019. 374th Airlift Wing and ... More

Staff Sgt. Justin McDaniel, 709th Technical Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Justin McDaniel, 709th Technical Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Justin McDaniel, 709th Technical Maintenance Squadron Detachment 402 senior field maintenance technician, poses for a photo, July 29, 2019, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. McDaniel received recognition fo... More

Airmen bow their heads in prayer during the 9/11 Tower

Airmen bow their heads in prayer during the 9/11 Tower

Airmen bow their heads in prayer during the 9/11 Tower Run, Sept. 11, 2019 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. 31 teams consisting of 124 people participated in the event to honor the emergency responders who lost their... More

Festivalgoers race through the opening gates to get

Festivalgoers race through the opening gates to get

Festivalgoers race through the opening gates to get photos of their favorite aircraft at the 2019 Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 14, 2019. The festival gives community me... More

A young festivalgoer plays in bubbles during the 2019

A young festivalgoer plays in bubbles during the 2019

A young festivalgoer plays in bubbles during the 2019 Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 14, 2019. The festival was an opportunity for visitors to experience American culture... More

459th Airlift Squadron Airmen demonstrate UH-1N Iroquois

459th Airlift Squadron Airmen demonstrate UH-1N Iroquois

459th Airlift Squadron Airmen demonstrate UH-1N Iroquois rescue operations during the 2019 Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 15, 2019. The demonstration was one of many even... More

Festivalgoers walk through the gate and head to festival

Festivalgoers walk through the gate and head to festival

Festivalgoers walk through the gate and head to festival area during the 2019 Japanese-American Friendship Festival, Sept. 15, 2019 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The festival allowed tens of thousands of people to... More

Maj. Frank Zientek, 36th Airlift Squadron chief pilot,

Maj. Frank Zientek, 36th Airlift Squadron chief pilot,

Maj. Frank Zientek, 36th Airlift Squadron chief pilot, greets Joey DeGrella, Yokota High School senior and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. class commander, prior to making DeGrella an honorary the Pilot ... More

Joey DeGrella, Yokota High School senior and Junior

Joey DeGrella, Yokota High School senior and Junior

Joey DeGrella, Yokota High School senior and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. class commander, is given a mission brief by 1st Lt. Christopher Gullo, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules pilot, dur... More

Staff Sgt. Amanda Nanpei, 374th Logistics Readiness

Staff Sgt. Amanda Nanpei, 374th Logistics Readiness

Staff Sgt. Amanda Nanpei, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron aircraft part store supervisor, teaches Koku-Jieitai Staff Sgt. Satomi Ogasawara, 3rd Air Depot materiel management, assigned to Iruma Air Base, Japa... More

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron sits on the flightline, Nov. 12, 2019, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Yokota Air Base is the Pacific’s premier power projection platform. (U.S. Air Forc... More

Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, greets

Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, greets

Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, greets Col. Otis C. Jones, 374th Airlift Wing commander, prior to departing, Nov. 14, 2019, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Brown visited Yokota to meet with Airmen ... More

A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Lieutenant, left,

A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Lieutenant, left,

A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Lieutenant, left, asks Col. Todd Wydra, 374th Maintenance Group Commander, right, a question after the initial briefing during a Basic Maintenance Officer Tour at Yokota Air Ba... More

Yoichi Akimoto, president of the Japanese Welfare

Yoichi Akimoto, president of the Japanese Welfare

Yoichi Akimoto, president of the Japanese Welfare Association, gives opening remarks during the JWA New Year Fest, Jan.10, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The JWA is a non-profit group made up of Japanese empl... More

Children run the home stretch of the 2K Kids’ Run during

Children run the home stretch of the 2K Kids’ Run during

Children run the home stretch of the 2K Kids’ Run during the 39th Annual Frostbite Run, Jan.19, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The races, which consists of a Half Marathon, 5K, 2K kids and 2K Family Race, pro... More

Keiichi Hamanaka, mayor of Ome City, gives remarks

Keiichi Hamanaka, mayor of Ome City, gives remarks

Keiichi Hamanaka, mayor of Ome City, gives remarks representing all the guests during the U.S.-Japan Joint New Year’s Party, Jan. 25, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The New Year’s party was hosted by the 374t... More

Airman 1st Class Te’Anne Dailey, 374th Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Te’Anne Dailey, 374th Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Te’Anne Dailey, 374th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, paints a mural at a main lobby of SFS’s building at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 7, 2020. Five Airmen from 374 SFS dedicated more than ... More

U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members

U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members

U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members pose for a photo in front of a C-130J Super Hercules during a tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb.12, 2020. The tour was designed to exchange ideas and bu... More

A 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules flies

A 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules flies

A 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules flies over cherry blossom trees, March 25, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Cherry blossoms began blooming in the Tokyo area on March 14, the earliest date since re... More

A low‐cost, low‐altitude airdrop bundle dropped from

A low‐cost, low‐altitude airdrop bundle dropped from

A low‐cost, low‐altitude airdrop bundle dropped from a 36th Airlift Squadron C‐130J Super Hercules floats to the designated drop zone during the Yokota C‐130J Tactics Rodeo April 3, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Ja... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Misawa Air Base, Japan,

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Misawa Air Base, Japan,

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Misawa Air Base, Japan, comes to a stop on the runway during an annual certification test of the aircraft arresting system at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 29, 2020. Aircraft arrest... More

Aircrews conduct a physically distant pre-flight briefing

Aircrews conduct a physically distant pre-flight briefing

Aircrews conduct a physically distant pre-flight briefing before stepping out to their aircraft as part of the 374th Airlift Wing’s Samurai Surge training exercise. With an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,Yokota’s Ai... More

Tech. Sgt.Samantha Pienta, 374th Operations Support

Tech. Sgt.Samantha Pienta, 374th Operations Support

Tech. Sgt.Samantha Pienta, 374th Operations Support Squadron NCO in charge of airfield management operations, poses for a photo, May 29, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Pienta received recognition for her outs... More

Col. Andrew J. Campbell, 374th Airlift Wing incoming

Col. Andrew J. Campbell, 374th Airlift Wing incoming

Col. Andrew J. Campbell, 374th Airlift Wing incoming commander, salutes Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider, United States Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, during an assumption of command ceremony at Yokota Ai... More

Staff Sgt. Joshua Cordova, 374th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Joshua Cordova, 374th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Joshua Cordova, 374th Security Forces Squadron flight sergeant, demonstrates a baton technique to Koku-Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) members during the bilateral aircraft security training a... More

Adrian Uribe, 374th FSS Samurai Fitness Center Zumba

Adrian Uribe, 374th FSS Samurai Fitness Center Zumba

Adrian Uribe, 374th FSS Samurai Fitness Center Zumba instructor, leads the participants in a warmup before the Women’s History Month 5K run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2017. The 374th Airlift Wing kicke... More

Rebecca English, Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Rebecca English, Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Rebecca English, Defense Finance and Accounting Service Japan deputy director, gives a speech during the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new facility for the 374th Security Forces Squadron and DFAS Japan at Yoko... More

A competitor lights the Olympic flame at the 38th Annual

A competitor lights the Olympic flame at the 38th Annual

A competitor lights the Olympic flame at the 38th Annual Kanto Plains Special Olympics opening ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 17, 2017. The Special Olympics is a global organization. The Non Commissio... More

Staff Sgt. Justin Kiser, 374th Communication Squadron

Staff Sgt. Justin Kiser, 374th Communication Squadron

Staff Sgt. Justin Kiser, 374th Communication Squadron custodian of postal effects, poses for a photo, July 5, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Kiser was selected as Airlifter of the Week for his dedication to l... More

Lt. Col. Jason Jaeger, 374th Airlift Wing director

Lt. Col. Jason Jaeger, 374th Airlift Wing director

Lt. Col. Jason Jaeger, 374th Airlift Wing director of staff, exchanges a high-five with base leaderships after completing the Sept. 11 Tower Run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 8, 2017. Approximately 70 people... More

Jen Wong, 374th Force Support Squadron, Exceptional

Jen Wong, 374th Force Support Squadron, Exceptional

Jen Wong, 374th Force Support Squadron, Exceptional Family Member Program Family support coordinator, speaks to attendees at the assistance animal’s informational workshop at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 18, 20... More

Staff Sgt. Layton Little, 374 Civil Engineer Squadron

Staff Sgt. Layton Little, 374 Civil Engineer Squadron

Staff Sgt. Layton Little, 374 Civil Engineer Squadron service contract manager, poses for a photo under the Natatorium pool at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 23, 2019. Little is working as a foreman for the team ... More

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