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Forces in Japan through daily one minute updates that air on AFN Pacific, AFN Prime and AFN News.Tokyo's AM radio service, Eagle 810, provides news and entertainment programming to U.Forces stationed throughout the Kanto Plain.The base houses 14,000 personnel.Units
The host unit at Yokota is the 374th Airlift Wing and is currently used for airlift missions throughout East Asia.Each group manages a various number of squadrons in order to carry out the wing's mission.Mission Support Group
The 374th Mission Support Group is responsible to the 374th Airlift Wing Commander for command, control and direction of support activities to 374 AW and 32 tenant units to include HQ US Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force.Medical Group
The 374th Medical Group, ensures medical readiness of 374 AW, 5 AF, and US Forces Japan personnel.Air Mobility Command (AMC) Passenger Terminal is located on the main part of the base next to the flightline.Available flights to various destinations in PACAF such as Singapore, Korea, Hawaii, Guam, as well as the Continental United States.Assigned to 2143rd Air Weather Wing at Andersen AFB, Guam.Operational history
The facility which houses Yokota Air Base was originally constructed by the Imperial Japanese Army 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 1st Cav named the facility Fussa Army Airfield, then renamed it Yokota Army Airfield at the end of September.Additional construction during the 1940s and 1950s was completed and the base reached its current size around 1960.Twin Mustangs at Nagoya AB Japan.Korean War
During the Korean War, Yokota was used for combat missions over North and South Korea.Cs on air defense missions.Twin Mustang missions over South Korea during the first few months of hostilities.October 1950)
Deployed squadrons from Spokane AAFld (later, Fairchild AFB), Washington.Bombing missions over North Korea.Two after arriving at Yokota, the squadrons a bomb mission against marshalling yards at Pyongyang, North Korea.The 98th BG engaged primarily in interdiction of enemy communications centers but also supported UN ground forces.Interdiction targets included marshalling yards, oil centers, rail facilities, bridges, roads, troop concentrations, airfields, and military installations.See 91st Intelligence Squadron
Absorbed the personnel and resources of the 31st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron in Japan.FEAF Bomber Command, flew other special photographic missions, and conducted electronic "ferret" reconnaissance to determine frequency, location, and other characteristics of enemy ground radar.Cold War
With the hostilities in Korea ending in 1953, Yokota Air Base returned to a peacetime Cold War status.All of these units were under the command of the 41st Air Division.Worldwide DOD Budget restrictions in the late 1950s caused several PACAF wings based in Japan to be reassigned or deactivated.Bombardment Wing where it trained in bombardment, reconnaissance and aerial refueling operations.Delta Dagger stood an air defense mission.The 6102d Air Base Wing assumed host unit status for the base, being replaced by the 6144th TFW (both temporary units) in 1964.Military Airlift Command assigned the 65th Military Airlift Group in 1967 to operate aerial port facilities at Yokota, moving passengers and cargo though the base.Tactical Fighter Squadrons (35th, 36th, 80th).Thailand to fly combat missions over North and South Vietnam, and to South Korea for alert missions.Initially the fighter squadrons were under the command of the 6441st Tactical Fighter Wing, in 1964.With the reassignment of the 347th Fighter Wing to Yokota in 1968, the 347th assumed responsibility for all tactical fighters until its reassignment to Kunsan AB, South Korea, in March 1971.MAC cargo and passenger aircraft.Headquarters, Fifth Air Force was transferred to Yokota on November 11, 1974, being transferred from Fuchu AS, Japan.The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has advocated opening Yokota to civilian flights, as a method of relieving traffic at Haneda and Narita Airport.Friendship Festival
Each year in August, Yokota Air Base opens the gates to the Japanese community for its annual Friendship Festival.For two days, local residents can learn about Yokota Air Base.Food and events are provided for all ages.The Kanto Lodge is one of PACAF's largest hotel operations.Temporary Lodging Facility (TLF) opened in the summer of 2001 .Education
The Department of Defense Education Activity operates schools at Yokota for children of personnel assigned to the base.School Dedication Ceremony took place on 13 June 2000.YMS initial year began with only grades 7 and 8, with the upstairs specialty wing housing High School classes until construction modifications to YHS were competed.Higher educational opportunities for those in the military and working for the Department of Defense, as well as for family members at Yokota are available through several contracted academic institutions.Ryu Murakami and published in 1976.References
Some of the text in this article was taken from pages on the Yokota Air Base website, which as a work of the U.Active Air Force wings as of 1 October 1995; USAF active flying, space, and missile squadrons as of 1 October 1995.Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.Air Force Combat Units Of World War II.Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.External links
Official Yokota AB Website
Official 374th Services Sq Website
List of USAF Tail Codes
Aerial photo by Google Maps
Picture Tokyo Travel GuideAs a member stationed at Yokota AB these are some of the things I have done.Yokota GalleryGallery of Aircraft, Friendship Festival, and Around Yokota.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.She was abducted on November 15, 1977 at the age of thirteen and apparently forced to help train North Korean spies to pass as Japanese citizens.Japan stated that a DNA test had proved that they could not have been her remains, and her family does not believe that she would have committed suicide.Nam, who has since remarried, was allowed to have his family from the South visit him, and during the reunion he confirmed Yokota had committed suicide in 1994 after suffering from mental illness, and had had several attempts at suicide before.His comments were however widely dismissed as repeating the official Pyongyang line, and many, especially on the Japanese side, still believe Yokota is alive somewhere; in August 2006, however, some accused the Tokyo government of hiding proof of her death.DNA controversy
An article in the 3 February 2005 issue revealed that the DNA analysis on Megumi's remains had been performed by a member of the medical department of Teikyo University, Yoshii Tomio.Yoshii, it later transpired, was a relatively junior faculty member, of lecturer status, in a forensic department that had neither a professor nor even an assistant professor.In other words, the man who had actually conducted the Japanese analysis pronounced it anything but definitive.The five tiny samples he had been given to work on (the largest of them 1.It seemed likely as a result that nobody could ever know for sure what Pyongyang's package had contained.Nature responded, in a highly unusual editorial (17 March), saying that:
"Japan is right to doubt North Korea's every statement.Nature's interview with the scientist who carried out the tests raised the possibility that the remains were merely contaminated, making the DNA tests inconclusive.This suggestion is uncomfortable for a Japanese government that wants to have North Korea seen as unambiguously fraudulent.But the DNA tests that Japan is counting on won't resolve the issue.Japan's policy seems a desperate effort to make up for what has been a diplomatic failure ...But the friction between North Korea and Japan will not be decided by a DNA test.Likewise, the interpretation of DNA test results cannot be decided by the government of either country.Media attention
Documentaries made about Megumi and the other kidnapping cases include: KIDNAPPED!It starred Mayuko Fukuda as a young Yokota, and Nana Katase as grown Yokota.Yokota's parents supervised the creation of a serial manga, one titled Megumi detailing her last days in Japan before her abduction, and another titled Dakkan about returned victim Kaoru Hasuike.Titled, 'Song for Megumi' (2007) Stookey toured Japan to sing the song in February, and attended various media interviews with the Yokota parents."Until The Day We Sing Together", mylessenex."Accounted For, At Last", Time Asia Magazine, September 24, 2002.Yokota", The Japan Times, February 16, 2007.Megumi Manga about Girl Abducted by N.External links
ABDUCTION: The Megumi Yokota Story site for Independent Lens on PBS
KIDNAPPED!Lee
Until They Took Her Away
"Megumi Yokota seen alive 2 months after N.Korea said she had died" (in English), Mainichi Shimbun (May 26, 2008).This page was last modified on 18 November 2008, at 12:26.The Guestbook is operating properly once again.Ellis who was also the top man at Johnson H.Yokota, you may send them in .The Boy Scout film is not up, but will upload missing file later this week............This site is a member of WebRing.Yokota High School, Yokota H.Yokota Panthers are Trademarks (TM) owned by the Yokota High School Alumni Association.Sign In or Create an Account.Read their travel tips for Yokota Air Base hotels!Tomorrow will be 1m 26s shorter.We've cooked up some fun dynamic images for you to put on your homepage.There are no recent blogs in this area.Would you like to share your weather data with the rest of the world?In addition to this website, we provide a number of free and professional weather services.
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