Yokota Air Base

6 months after fatal V-22 crash, an Air Force Osprey squadron in Japan prepares to fly again

“It's our vocation to go fly this thing,” said 21st Special Operations Squadron commander Lt. Col. Matt Davis in his first interview since a V-22 crash killed eight servicemembers in November.

By Valerie Insinna

Air Warfare

In Japan, a US squadron’s future in limbo with Air Force plans to cut MH-139 buy

“It’s one of those things that you won't know what you're missing until it's gone," said Lt. Col. Samuel Shamburg, commander of the 459th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan.

By Valerie Insinna