AN airman works in a metal processing shop during exercise Purple Duck...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mark Bateman, USAF Release Status: Release... More
An overall view of a survival shop with airmen at their duties during ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mark Bateman, USAF Release Status: Release... More
Airmen board a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Purple Duck, a ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mark Bateman, USAF Release Status: Release... More
SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Ben Gonzalez, USAF, (left), and SRA Ken Tockey, US...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More
US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Clinton K. Boyd of the 374th S...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cohen A. Young, USAF Release Status: Released ... More
US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Phil Hill, 374th Civil Engin...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cohen A. Young, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More
US Air Force (USAF) Command CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CCMST) Kevin D. Est...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heather M. Norris, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More
US Air Force (USAF) medical and firefighting personnel from the 374th ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to P... More
US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Lontoc, Ground Radio Jo...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andrew Rodier, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More
US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Frank Bellinger, Computer...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Louis Rivers, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More
US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Carissa Parker (left, foregr...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Kinser State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah M. Harman, USMC Release Status: Released to... More
US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Kenneth Wavering, Vice-Commander, 37...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heather M. Norris, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More
US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jonathon Elzie (foregroun...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Msgt Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More
US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 35th Maintenance Squadron (...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andy Bellamy, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More
US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Stephanie Carrizosa, 35th Operation S...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andy Bellamy, USAF Release Status: Released to... More
US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Adrian Crumrine, Pharmac...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft, takes off duri...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More
From left-right, U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, STAFF ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Japanese Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More
U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Cason Conley (right), crew chief, as...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Japanese Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More
From right to left, U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, STA...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Japanese Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft, takes off duri...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More
A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 67th Fighter Squadron, K...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More
A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 67th Fighter Squadron, K...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More
U.S. and Indonesian military personnel unload 500 boxes of human remai...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Banda Aceh Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cohen A. Young, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More
U.S. Air Force MAJ. Brian Geronime, a C-130 Hercules cargo pilot from ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Phuket Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More
Marine Sgt. Jeremiah Crane, U.S. Forces Japan, carries
Marine Sgt. Jeremiah Crane, U.S. Forces Japan, carries a toy to the Ajiro orphanage in Akiruno city, Tokyo, Japan, March 24, 2014, during the annual Semper Fi Society's toy drop. Since 2012, Semper Fi Society h... More
Tech. Sgt. Laury Napoleoni, 374th Airlift Wing Safety
Tech. Sgt. Laury Napoleoni, 374th Airlift Wing Safety ground safety manager, talks to a driver during a safety week promotion at Yokota Community Center, March 4, 2015. The 374 Airlift Wing Safety held safety w... More
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Michael Knox, 18th
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Michael Knox, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron operations flight chief, is congratulated by Chief Master Sgt. Dustin Green, 18th Civil Engineer Group superintendent, Dec. 8, 2016, ... More
National Defense Academy drill team members pose for
National Defense Academy drill team members pose for a photo during the 2017 Friendship Festival, Sept. 17, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Friendship Festival is a two-day bilateral event aimed at enhanci... More
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kenneth O’Brien, special
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kenneth O’Brien, special tactics section chief from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, stands in front of a zodiac boat at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 30, 2019. O’Brien was selected ... More
$2B Air Force savings goal surpassed with help from 374 CONS
The 374th Contracting Squadron poses for a photo at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 23, 2020. This team recently helped propel the Air Force Installation Contracting Center past their $2B savings goal six months a... More
PACAF innovation lab ‘The Dojo’ now open
Finley Wilson, son of Master Sgt. Daniel Wilson, 5th Air Force intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and cyber effects operations superintendent, plays with a 3D print of a CV-22 Osprey in the newly-opened... More
Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Ernest Richardson,
Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Ernest Richardson, a member of the Veterans of Foreign War Post 9555, places a United States Flag during a Veteran Day ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 10, 2020. Veter... More
Col. Todd Hydra, 374th Maintenance Group commander,
Col. Todd Hydra, 374th Maintenance Group commander, and Hiroyuki Sugiura, mayor of the Mizuho town, pose for a photo during the MXG holiday toy drive. Every year, the 374th MXG donates educational materials to ... More
Cryogenics technicians from the 730th Air Mobility
Cryogenics technicians from the 730th Air Mobility Squadron transfer liquid oxygen (LOX) to an oxygen reservoir in a C-17 Globemaster III at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 7, 2013. The airmen are part of the "Bre... More
Airmen depart a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base,
Airmen depart a C-130 Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 13, 2014 as they return from a deployment to Southwest Asia. The airmen returned with the aircraft which had been deployed to the same location. (U... More
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Sarah Green, 18th Aeromedical
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Sarah Green, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, communicates to evaluators during a casualty training scenario while onboard a 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratota... More
Airman 1st Class Joseph Odonnell, 374th Logistics Readiness
Airman 1st Class Joseph Odonnell, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels facility technician, performs the Chicken Dance during the National American Indian Heritage Month kickoff ceremony at Yokota Air Base,... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Beau Bridges, 18th Munitions
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Beau Bridges, 18th Munitions Sqauadron productions supervisor, reports the build time of a munitions package during a Tactical Ammunition Rapid Response Package exercise Dec. 6, 2016, ... More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Calvin Cook, 18th
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Calvin Cook, 18th Communications Squadron postal clerk, gathers member’s P.O. Box information at the Kadena Air Base Post Office March 13, 2017, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. The dutie... More
U.S. Air Force and Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense
U.S. Air Force and Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) members participate in a mission brief during exercise COPE NORTH 2018 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 22. Exercise COPE NORTH is a long-sta... More
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Case Cunningham, 18th Wing
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Case Cunningham, 18th Wing commander, left, speaks to members of the Japan-American Air Force Goodwill Association during a visit to Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 13, 2018. The JAAGA s... More
A beaker of liquid oxygen sits filled July 27, 2018,
A beaker of liquid oxygen sits filled July 27, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron has the only operational cryogenic production plant in the entire U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air ... More
U.S. Air Force Col. Richard Tanner, 18th Wing Vice
U.S. Air Force Col. Richard Tanner, 18th Wing Vice Commander, addresses 18th Security Forces Squadron defenders during the Final Guard Mount ceremony at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 17, 2019. The Final Guard Mou... More
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 13th and 14th Fighter Squadrons, Misawa Air Base, Japan, park on the flightline in preparation for Exercise Cope North 21 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 29,... More
U.S. Air Force Airman Austin T. Clay, a 35th Maintenance
U.S. Air Force Airman Austin T. Clay, a 35th Maintenance Squadron weapons journeyman, looks out across the ocean at Sabishiro Beach in Misawa, Japan, July 16, 2019. The drive from Misawa Air Base to Sabishiro B... More
Tech. Sgt. Joe Gamble salutes as the U.S. flag is lowered
Tech. Sgt. Joe Gamble salutes as the U.S. flag is lowered during daily retreat at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 26, 2013. Gamble is a professional military education instructor at the Airman Leadership School. ... More
Senior Master Sgt. Sherlock Walker, 374th Communications
Senior Master Sgt. Sherlock Walker, 374th Communications Squadron operations superintendent and Total Force Leadership Development Program lead, facilitates a group discussion, Jan. 29, 2018, at Yokota Air Base... More
Senior Airman Brandon Ihnat, 374th Logistics Readiness
Senior Airman Brandon Ihnat, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron air transportation specialist, checks two chains that secure a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force vehicle to a C-130 Hercules at Chitose, Hokkaido, J... More
An MC-130H Combat Talon II idles on the flight line
An MC-130H Combat Talon II idles on the flight line July 27, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 1st Special Operations Squadron conducted a night-time hot refueling exercise with the 18th Logistics Readiness ... More
A C-130J Super Hercules approaches the runway at Yokota
A C-130J Super Hercules approaches the runway at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 22, 2018. Yokota has received its eleventh C-130J from Lockheed Matin Aeronautics Company, Ga., as part of fleet-wide redistribution... More
A C-130J Super Hercules taxis on the runway at Yokota
A C-130J Super Hercules taxis on the runway at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 21, 2018. This is the twelfth C-130J delivered to Yokota as part of a fleet-wide redistribution of assets in motion by Air Mobility C... More
An air filter is replaced as part of scheduled maintenance
An air filter is replaced as part of scheduled maintenance on a government operated vehicle Sept. 11, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. From ambulances to buses, and everything in between, the technicians from 1... More
Servicemembers from the U.S. Air Force, Japan Air
Servicemembers from the U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jietai), Royal Australian Air Force and volunteers from the local community gather together for a day of bundle building during Operati... More
Maj. Matthew Sims, 459th Airlift Squadron director
Maj. Matthew Sims, 459th Airlift Squadron director of operation, conducts a pre-flight inspection prior to each flight to ensure there are no mechanical faults in the aircraft at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 4,... More
A C-130J Super Hercules from the 374th Airlift Wing,
A C-130J Super Hercules from the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan, taxis to a parking spot on Kadena Air Base, Japan, for the third iteration of WestPac Rumrunner held Oct. 16, 2020. This exercise tes... More
A Thai student helps paint a building alongside U.S.
A Thai student helps paint a building alongside U.S. Marines, community volunteers and fellow students Feb. 13 at the Ban Tabaek Ngam School in Phitsanulok, Kingdom of Thailand, during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014.... More
Gregg Simmons, world records camp sprints coach, teaches
Gregg Simmons, world records camp sprints coach, teaches running form to participants from the Yokota High School during a two-day track and field camp hosted by World Records Camp at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Ma... More
Tech. Sgt. Ben Shest, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster,
Tech. Sgt. Ben Shest, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, holds on to the strap of a bundle while waiting to push a bundle out the back of a C-130J Super Hercules during the 66th Operation Christmas Drop over a M... More
Yokota Base Honor Guard posts the colors during the
Yokota Base Honor Guard posts the colors during the United Nations Command (Rear) change of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 29, 2018. The UNC-R is composed of eight nations accredited to the Un... More
A Boeing KC-46A Pegasus sits on the flightline at Yokota
A Boeing KC-46A Pegasus sits on the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 24, 2018. This is the first time visits Japan. The KC-46A is designed to provide aerial refueling support to the Air Force, Navy, a... More
A runner exchanges high-five with Team Kadena members
A runner exchanges high-five with Team Kadena members during the Okinawa Marathon Feb. 16, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Kadena AB has supported and strengthened relations with the local community through th... More
Twelve U.S. Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcons, 12
Twelve U.S. Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcons, 12 Koku-Jieitai F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, two U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers, a USN C-12 Huron, two USAF MC-130J Commando II aircraft, and a USN P-8 Pos... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dermayne Bullock (right),
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dermayne Bullock (right), an E-8C joint surveillance target attack radar system crew chief with the 5th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron, demonstrates proper aircraf... More
U.S. Air Force 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen
U.S. Air Force 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen and Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 3 Seabees recycle asphalt during a rapid airfield damage repair exercise Nov. 18, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Joint... More
Family members of the late Senior Airman Jeremy Jutba-Hake
Family members of the late Senior Airman Jeremy Jutba-Hake and service members gather for a memorial ceremony Dec. 7, 2016, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. A memorial flight and ceremony was dedicated to Jutb... More
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Keon Miller, special mission
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Keon Miller, special mission aviator assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, fires a GAU-18 machine gun aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk, July 31, 2019, out of Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 33rd... More
An Airmen with the 374th Security Forces Squadron and
An Airmen with the 374th Security Forces Squadron and his military working dog put on a demonstration for the crowd at the 2019 Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 14, 2019. T... More
Runners in a 5K Race wave during the 39th Annual Frostbite
Runners in a 5K Race wave 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, promote physical fitness an... More
(Left to right) Col. Andrew Campbell, 374th Airlift
(Left to right) Col. Andrew Campbell, 374th Airlift Wing commander, and Lt. Col. Donavan Laskey, 374th Operations Support Squadron commander, cut the ribbon at the C-130J Weapon System Training facility at Yoko... More
Staff Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron
Staff Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, performs pre-flight inspection at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 20, 2014. Airmen from the 459 AS regularly practice their airlift capabiliti... More
Master Sgt. Sidney Crawford, 18th Force Support Squadron
Master Sgt. Sidney Crawford, 18th Force Support Squadron career assistance advisor, speaks with Command Chief Master Sgt. Juliet Gudgel, command chief of Air Education and Training Command, during a distinguish... More
Attendees sign in for the "Operation That's My Dress"
Attendees sign in for the "Operation That's My Dress" event Sept. 18, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The event allows military personnel and spouses an opportunity to get a free ball gown, and provides inform... More
Kido Sueichi, Secretary-General Of Nihon Hidankyo,
Kido Sueichi, Secretary-General Of Nihon Hidankyo, Or The Japan Confederation Of A-And H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, speaks to middle schoolers at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 6, 2019. Sueichi survived the bo... More
Airman 1st Class Joseph Odonnell, 374th Logistics Readiness
Airman 1st Class Joseph Odonnell, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels facilities technician, performs the Chicken Dance during the National American Indian Heritage month kick-off ceremony at Yokota Air Ba... More
Camp Foster’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and families
Camp Foster’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and families who received support from the unit take a group photo during the NICU reunion April 23, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The NICU provides around-the-cloc... More
Airman 1st Class Alberto Padilla, A 374th Civil Engineer
Airman 1st Class Alberto Padilla, A 374th Civil Engineer Squadron structural apprentice, and Akiyama Yuta, a 374th CES painter, pour reflective glass beads into the paint machine at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Apri... More
Kido Sueichi, Secretary-General Of Nihon Hidankyo,
Kido Sueichi, Secretary-General Of Nihon Hidankyo, Or The Japan Confederation Of A-And H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, talks with his translator, Victor Jackson, at the Yokota Air Base, Japan middle school, Jun... More
Crew chiefs assigned to the 18th Aircraft Maintenance
Crew chiefs assigned to the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare a 67th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle for a mission at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 16, 2019. The 18th AMXS maintains numerous F-15s, allowi... More
Aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron, 459th Airlift
Aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron, 459th Airlift Squadron and 21st Special Operations Squadron participate in the elephant walk portion of the Samurai Surge training exercise, May 21, 2020, at Yokota Air ... More
Members from 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare
Members from 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare a KC-135 Stratotanker for a refueling mission during Exercise WestPac Rumrunner, Oct. 16, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Aerial refueling magnifies the... More
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron comes lands duing a training exercise April 11, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th Wing conducted a mission-focused exercise to ... More
Parade members pull a float across Kuko street at the
Parade members pull a float across Kuko street at the Okinawa International Carnival, Nov. 24, 2018, Okinawa City, Japan. The annual event helped showcase the partnership between the Okinawan people and U.S. fo... More
Air Force Airman 1st Class Justin Driver, 374th Logistics
Air Force Airman 1st Class Justin Driver, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron combat mobility ops technician, observes a bundle drop training at the Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 27, 201... More
A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 18th Security
A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 18th Security Forces Squadron, explains the rules with a U.S. Marine assigned to the Provost Marshal Office during a stress fire competition May 17, 2019, at Kadena Air B... More
Col. Todd Wydra, 374th Maintenance Group commander,
Col. Todd Wydra, 374th Maintenance Group commander, right, talks with Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj.Gen. Kenichiro Hiyama, First Technical School commandant at Hamamatsu Air Base, Japan, left, during a basic... More
A U.S. Air Force crew chief marshals a C-17 Globemaster
A U.S. Air Force crew chief marshals a C-17 Globemaster III at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6, 2016. This was the first time to a Japan Air Self-Defense Force electric power plant vehicle was loaded onto an USA... More
Firefighters of the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron secure
Firefighters of the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron secure fire hoses during a tower evacuation drill Aug. 15, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Firefighters trained in the tower to become familiar with the facilit... More
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Gary Patterson, a loadmaster
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Gary Patterson, a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, scans for a drop zone from a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft during an Operation Christmas Dr... More
Tech. Sgt. Joshua Montgomery, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron
Tech. Sgt. Joshua Montgomery, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron NCO-in-charge of plans and programs, controls Pluggy, an interactive fire hydrant, during a fire safety demonstration Aug. 24, 2018, at Kadena Air Base... More
More than 250 staff sergeants from around the 18th
More than 250 staff sergeants from around the 18th Wing celebrate their promotion to technical sergeant on Kadena Air Base, July 19, 2019. The promotees are charged with being their organizations’ technical exp... More
A 31st Rescue Squadron pararescueman freefalls with
A 31st Rescue Squadron pararescueman freefalls with a parachute after jumping from a 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules during training missions over Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 7, 2015. The training was par... More
Children play in a bouncy house during a fire safety
Children play in a bouncy house during a fire safety demonstration Aug. 24, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The demonstration showcased how to put out a common house fire, as well as a bouncy house, Pluggy (an... More
A Royal Australian Air Force member marshals for a
A Royal Australian Air Force member marshals for a RAAF AP-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft Oct. 3, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The AP-3C Orion project began in the early 1990s. (U.S. Air Force photo by S... More
A young concert goer watches the performance during
A young concert goer watches the performance during the Japan-U.S. Joint Concert Feb. 24, 2019, at the Hamura Learning Center in Hamura, Tokyo, Japan. The concert included various jazz, big band, and orchestra ... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Grandison, 374th
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Grandison, 374th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and his partner Tek, wave to the crowd after the annual air show at Iruma Air Base, Japan, Nov. 3, 2019.... More
Japan Air Self-Defense Force Staff Sgt. Yoshihiro Masuda,
Japan Air Self-Defense Force Staff Sgt. Yoshihiro Masuda, Security Guard Squadron, JASDF Iruma Air Base, with Trevi, JASDF security dog, searches for unknown objects during a joint K-9 training session at Yokot... More
U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Ryan Marr, 18th Medical Group
U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Ryan Marr, 18th Medical Group pharmacy craftsman, processes prescriptions, June 8, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The pharmacy processes and fills prescriptions for hundreds of differ... More
A member of the USAF Band of the Pacific plays alongside
A member of the USAF Band of the Pacific plays alongside a member of the Hamura Daiichi Jr. High School Band during the Japan-U.S. Joint Concert Feb. 24, 2019, at the Hamura Learning Center in Hamura, Tokyo, Ja... More
Master Sgt. Marsha Carll, 374th Medical Operations
Master Sgt. Marsha Carll, 374th Medical Operations Squadron primary care flight chief, checks triage during a simulated active shooter scenario at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 15, 2014. Medical professionals wer... More