Masthead 1995
This nameplate was used in 1995
Elvis Presly is dead 1977
This nameplate was used in 1977

This website was created and maintained from May 2020 to May 2021 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Stars and Stripes operations in the Pacific.
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From the Archives

Artistic background at Yokota, 1976

Artistic background at Yokota, 1976

Kaoru Miyazato
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Yokota Air Base, Japan, 1976: Kaoru Miyazato, a sixth-grader at Yokota West Elementary School, practices his yo-yo techniques in front of a rank of pop art partridges. The stylized birds are part of a base Civil Engineer Squadron project aimed at making the base more attractive.