Yokota AB aids Space Systems Command in historic US-Japan space partnership

Published Jan. 21, 2023
By Tech Sgt. Taylor A. Workman
374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) —

Staff Sgt. Bradley Livengood, 730th Air Mobility Squadron special handling, moves a pallet with a forklift in the Westpac hanger at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 17, 2023. The 730th AMS was critical in receiving and storing the first of two payloads to be hosted on Japan’s Geo-based Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, to the Japanese partner facility. The payload delivery follows the historic Memorandum of Understanding signed two years ago between Japan’s National Space Policy Secretariat and the US Space Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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