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Tag: Yokota Air Base

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Juan Ortiz, radios in to his team for information on refueling at Yokota Air Base

Jan. 9, 2023

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Yokota Air Base website — Aircraft land at Yokota Air Base almost every day, serving as the busiest transportation hub in the Western Indo-Pacific and servicing aircraft from all over the world. But aircraft can’t get here without help. An important part of getting planes to where they need to go, is fueling them up.

Dec. 7, 2017

Building bundles, checking them twice

Andersen Air Force Base, Guam — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Yokota Air Base website — Once a year islanders throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau will see bundles parachute out the back of multiple planes to provide them with essential supplies that are necessary for their daily lives. Airmen started building 10 practice bundles and 140 supply bundles for the 66th Operation Christmas Drop at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 7, 2017.

Airman 1st Class Jacob Smith, 374th Maintenance Squadron propulsion apprentice, practices on a C-130H Hercules training component, May 16, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Smith is in the Organizational Maintenance and Troubleshooting course taught by instructors with the 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)

May 22, 2017

Sharpening PACAF Maintainers

Yokota Air Base, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Yokota Air Base website — Part of the training Air Force aircraft maintainers go through is a hands-on assessment of their skills to evaluate if they can effectively trouble shoot engine problems with minimal supervision.

Jan. 27, 2017

Loadmasters scheduled for C-130J training

Yokota Air Base, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Yokota Air Base website — As Yokota Air Base transitions from the C-130H Hercules to the new C-130J model, the 36th Airlift Squadron is ready to keep the mission going.

Tech Sgt. Shakuntala M. Willis, 374th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment flight NCO in charge of the C-130J transition, works at her desk surrounded by the survival and life-support equipment she is in charge of Jan. 25, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The AFE flight has been preparing aircrew survival and life-support equipment for the arrival of the new C-130J Super Hercules since May 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)

Jan. 27, 2017

AFE prepares for C-130J Super Hercules

Yokota Air Base, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Yokota Air Base website — With the new C-130J Super Hercules coming to Yokota Air Base, the 374th Operations Support Squadrons Aircrew Flight Equipment Flight has been preparing for their arrival.