Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs

Dec. 5, 2024
Space Force activates component field command in Japan

The U.S. Space Force activated its sixth service component, United States Space Forces – Japan at Yokota Air Base.
Oct. 21, 2024
CSAF, CMSAF complete INDOPACOM trip to reinforce alliances, partnerships

CSAF and CMSAF traveled across the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility to engage key allies and partners.
Jan. 10, 2024
Wings of Unity: US, international airborne forces soar in annual New Year's Jump

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron displayed their tactical airlift capabilities during the annual New Year's Jump on Jan. 7, in the airspace above Camp Narashino, Japan, as part of a public exhibition hosted by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade.
Oct. 20, 2023
USAF, ROKAF join forces for Herk Guardians 23

United States Air Force representatives from Yokota Air Base, Japan, met Republic of Korea Air Force counterparts at Gimhae Air Base, South Korea, for a week of tactical airlift training and cultural exchange as part of Herk Guardians 23, Oct. 9–13.
May 17, 2023
Yokota ‘Dirt Boys’ train Japan forces in Kanoya

Members of the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan, traveled to Kanoya Air Base, Japan, to demonstrate a spall repair for Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force civil engineers, May 15.
April 18, 2023
Yokota medics train in cross-cultural exchange

Yokota Air Base recently concluded a semester of the Japanese Physician Fellowship Program (JPFP), a one-year, rotating education program designed to train Japanese physicians and familiarize them with U.S. medical practices.This unique program, which began in 2015, is conducted entirely in English
March 31, 2022
Pacific Air Forces delivers COVID-19 mitigation supplies to assist Timor-Leste

Pacific Air Forces Airmen recently delivered 109 boxes of medical supplies and personal protective equipment to the Ministry of Health in Timor-Leste to assist with Covid-19.
March 12, 2021
U.S-Japan conducts historic airborne operation

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – In the bright Japanese morning sun, stretched across the flightline, more than 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members talk, rehearse jump procedures and shimmy parachute packs onto their backs. All the while, U.S. Air Force Airmen prepare 12 C-130J Super Hercules
July 16, 2020
Green light, Go: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force conduct jump training from Yokota C-130's

Airmen assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan, and paratroopers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, 1st Airborne Brigade, conducted a jump training mission over the Ojoji drop zone, Japan, July 8 and 9.