Story by Patrick Ciccarone | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District | 12.14.2025
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Japan Engineer District (USACE JED) and Gilbane Japan GK construction agency marked a key milestone with a topping-out ceremony for the C-130J Corrosion Control Hangar (CCH) currently under construction....
Story by Airman Kayla Karelas | 374th Airlift Wing | 10.24.2025
Airmen assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing, alongside participating tenant units, kicked off exercise Beverly Morning 26-1 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 14-24....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Emerson Nunez | United States Forces Japan | 10.03.2025
U.S. Forces Japan leadership held a town hall for augmentees supporting the command's deliberate, multi-year transformation at Yokota Air Base, Oct. 3, 2025....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Emerson Nunez | United States Forces Japan | 09.05.2025
U.S. military logistics personnel stationed in Japan convened at Yokota Air Base Aug. 27-28, 2025, for the “Theater Service 4 Summit,” which focused on wartime sustainment strategies....
Story by Staff Sgt. Manuel Zamora | 374th Airlift Wing | 08.08.2025
Members of the 459th Airlift Squadron visited the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Niigata Air Rescue Squadron to commemorate their long-standing partnership and take part in a traditional Niigata dance before the UH-1N Huey is retired from the 459th in September, Aug. 8. The visit included a tour of the JASDF Niigata Air Rescue Squadron, taiko drum performance and concluded with the......
Story by Patrick Ciccarone | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District | 08.01.2025
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A major step forward in U.S. Air Force airfield resilience was reached this summer as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Japan Engineer District (JED), completed construction of a state-of-the-art Airfield Damage Repair (ADR) Equipment Warehouse at Yokota Air Base, home of the 374th Airlift Wing. “The completion of this warehouse represents a critical......
Story by Staff Sgt. Manuel Zamora | 374th Airlift Wing | 07.30.2025
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Malachi Mustango, 36th Airlift Squadron resource advisor, and Staff Sgt. Danaie Lloyd, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron inventory inspection supervisor NCOIC, received certificates of appreciation from the Okutama Fire Station, Tokyo Fire Department, July 30, in recognition of their lifesaving actions in rescuing a local national. The two Yokota Airmen were......
Story by Airman Kayla Karelas | 374th Airlift Wing | 07.13.2025
“It was a moment when you knew you had to be fast-acting; you can’t hesitate because losing one second could mean losing a life.” The roar of the current echoed through the air as the icy water surged below, uncontrollable and unforgiving. A Japanese local fell from a bridge into the near-freezing, churning waters of a river near Okutama, Japan. Battling the current and the clock,......
