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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 core hospital (headquarters of U.S. Naval Hospital, Yokosuka) is located on the grounds of the original hospital compound built in 1881 for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Earthquake and fire destroyed those buildings in 1923. The Imperial Japanese Navy rebuilt the hospital in February 1931 as a medical center and training school.
Phone number: 042-551-1511: Address: ... operates the following schools on Yokota Air Base and in the municipality ... The elementary schools of Yokota AFB are in ...
It is stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The unit's World War II predecessor unit, the 374th Troop Carrier Group operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater, being formed in Australia in 1942 using resources from the Air Carrier Service (formerly Air Transport Command).
• 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.
The 374th Airlift Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Fifth Air Force.It is stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan.It is part of Pacific Air Forces.The 374th Airlift Wing is the only airlift wing in PACAF and provides airlift support to all Department of Defense agencies in the Pacific theater of operation.
The repair ship Piedmont took charge of ship repair and maintenance, the hospital became a Naval Dispensary, later Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan, and the Supply Department was organized to provide support to the fleet and shore-based activities. The Public Works Department was established. Yokosuka Submarine Base was founded in September 1945. [3]
The 36th Airlift Squadron is an airlift squadron of the United States Air Force.It is part of the 374th Operations Group (374th Airlift Wing) at Yokota Air Base, Japan.. It is the only forward-based tactical airlift squadron in the United States Indo-Pacific Command Area of Responsibility.