Back from a deployment to the Philippines under Operation Enduring Freedom is one of the C-12J turboprops now stationed at Yokota AB, Japan, and the airmen to fly and support it. Just this summer, Yokota traded its C-21s for C-12Js. The Yokota team, during its first C-12 deployment, flew nearly 265 hours, transporting 552 passengers and more than 57,000 pounds of cargo over the two month deployment. (Report by A1C Eric Summers.)
Golden Dome Details Begin to Emerge
Dec. 7, 2025
The Golden Dome air and missile defense shield to protect the United States will have some “operational capability” in 2028, the program’s leader said Dec. 6 at the Reagan National Defense Forum.
