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Cover of the inaugural issue of Fuji Flyer, Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Fuji Flyer was a free, official United States Air Force newspaper serving Yokota Air Base, Japan from June 1970 to June 2007. The air base wing public affairs office had full editorial control of the paper.
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.
The Air Force grounded a set ... CV-22B Ospreys assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Wing out of Yokota Air Base are now “not ... The Japanese coast guard said a member of the public called ...
The 1951 Sunagawa United Air Force B-29 Superfortress crash occurred on November 18, 1951, when a B-29 bomber from Yokota Air Base crashed during takeoff in Sunagawa, Hokkaido, Tokyo. The aircraft, carrying bombs, exploded upon impact, causing a fire that destroyed over 100 buildings and killed 15 people, including 10 firefighters.
• US Air Force Senior Airman Brian K. Johnson, 32, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, a flight engineer assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 353rd Special Operations Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan.
AFN-Japan's radio services consist of AM and FM stereo operations at Yokota Air Base (810 AM & cable FM), MCAS Iwakuni (1575 AM), FLTACTS Sasebo (1575 AM), Okinawa (648 AM & 89.1 FM) and Misawa Air Base (1575 AM). AFN-Okinawa ceased over-the-air analog TV operations along with all other Japanese TV stations on July 24, 2011.
The 459th Airlift Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan. It has been stationed at Yokota since 1993. It has been stationed at Yokota since 1993.
An airman from the 374th Maintenance Squadron marshals a Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 3, 2014. This is the 2nd year the JASDF members from 401st Squadron, Komaki Air Base delivered Operation Christmas Drop donations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released) Orientation: Normal ...