The 374th Force Support Squadron as Yokota AB, Japan, has won the Curtis E. LeMay Award for being the best force support, services, and mission support squadron in the Air Force. “This is a great achievement not only for the 374th FSS, but for Yokota overall,” said CMSgt. James Russell, the unit’s superintendent. The squadron, a part of Yokota’s 374th Airlift Wing, beat out units from Hill AFB, Utah, Maxwell AFB, Ala., and Nellis AFB, Nev. Air Force Services Agency evaluators visited Yokota and the other bases in February to determine the winner. Russell said the squadron would not have come out on top without the help of the base’s local community and the productive and successful Japanese-American working relationship. Japanese employees make up one-quarter of the base’s workforce. (Yokota report by SSgt. Ruth Curfman)
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.
