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The facility which houses Yokota Air Base was originally constructed by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) in 1940 as Tama Airfield, and used as a flight test center. During World War II Yokota became the center of Japanese Army Air Forces flight test activities and the base was the site of the first meeting between Japanese and Italian wartime allies.
Johnson AB Yokota AB, Japan Yonpo Airfield, North Korea, Pusan AB, South Korea George AFB, CA Misawa AB, Japan 1948–1957, 1991–1992, 1994–Present. Consolidated with 2167th Communications Squadron.
The final formation is the 374th Airlift Wing, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. According to a 2017 study by two US Navy commanders, in case of a surprise Chinese ballistic missile attack against airbases in Japan, more than 200 U.S. aircraft would be trapped or destroyed on the ground in the first hours of the conflict.
The 630th Air Mobility Support Squadron was one of Air Mobility Command's primary Pacific hubs for air traffic. It was AMC's senior activity at Yokota and it represented other AMC organizations in the Pacific including operating locations at Fukuoka Airport and Misawa Air Base, Japan. The 630th supported all strategic/commercial airlift ...
The 36th Airlift Squadron is an airlift squadron of the United States Air Force.It is part of the 374th Operations Group (374th Airlift Wing) at Yokota Air Base, Japan.. It is the only forward-based tactical airlift squadron in the United States Indo-Pacific Command Area of Responsibility.
On 16 August 1990, 24 F-4Gs of the 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron left George Air Force Base en route to Shaikh Isa Air Base, Bahrain. Once in the Middle East, its deployed people established operational, maintenance and living facilities for the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) .
The Air Force has officially declared all eight airmen who were aboard the CV-22 Osprey that crashed last week off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan, deceased, as they transition from search ...
Ashiya AB, Japan Tachikawa AB, Japan Naha AB, Okinawa Kunsan AB, Korea: Activated on 7 Feb 1955, replaced 6127th Air Terminal Group ().Stations: Ashiya AB, Japan, 7 Feb 1955; Tachikawa AB, Japan, 1 Jul 1956; Naha AB, Okinawa, 8 Mar 1966; Kunsan AB, Korea, 30 Jun 1971 – 1 Nov 1973.