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  • Phase II Housing set for Aug. 1 start; town meetings next week

    The Hickam Phase II Housing Privatization Project is planned to begin operations on Aug. 1, bringing all of the family homes on Hickam and Bellows Air Force Station under the ownership and management of Hickam Community Housing, with the exception of Fort Kamehameha. Hickam Phase II families are invited to attend one or both privatization town hall
  • Members of the 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform a Foreign Object Debris (FOD) walk prior to launching a C-17 Globemaster III. They are practicing for the Air Mobility Command rodeo at McChord AFB, Wash. Photo by Senior Airman Erin Smith

    Maintenance squadron prepares for AMC rodeo

  • HO'OMALUHIA PARK, KANEOHE, Hawaii -- Joseph Haines fishes during the Keiki Fishing Tournament held by Friends of Hickam June 2007. This year's tournament will be held June 10. See "Hickam Featured Links" for more information and application/registration forms. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Erin Smith)

    Girls Rule … again

    One hundred-thirty Hickam Keiki slathered on sunscreen and headed to 32 acres of lake waters nestled in Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden on June 22 for the free, 8th Annual Friends of Hickam Keiki Fishing Tournament. Each child who participated in the tournament went home with a prize, however, Friends of Hickam members joked that the Keiki Fishing
  • C-17 Globemaster III aircrew members practice aerial refueling as their aircraft receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker June 22, 2007 during a refueling training mission. The C-17 from the 535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii and the KC-135 from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan are practicing for the upcoming Air Mobility Command Rodeo. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

    Hickam crew prepares for AMC Rodeo

    Pilots normally don't want to see another aircraft traveling dangerously close to their own. But during in-flight refueling, jets have to get very close. "One of the first lines in the manual for in-flight refueling is 'flying two planes in close proximity is inherently dangerous,'" said Maj. Jason Mills, a C-17 pilot with the 535th Airlift

  • AFCEE builds new C-17 hangar at Hickam

    SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Officials at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, are making room for eight C-17 Globemaster IIIs with the construction of various facilities, including a new corrosion control hangar to paint and wash the aircraft and another facility to perform maintenance functions. The Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment is
  • Aircrew and maintenance personnel prepare to launch for a refueling mission from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii June 18, 2007. A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan is at Hickam practicing with a C-17 Globemaster III from the 535th Airlift Squadron for the Air Mobility Command Rodeo. The Airmen are with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

    Kadena Crew trains with Hickam C-17s

    A KC-135 aircrew from the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan is conducting training here this week. The team is working with Hickam's C-17 crews to practice in-flight refueling procedures. Kadena's crews don't get many opportunities to work with cargo aircraft like the C-17. At home they work mostly with smaller aircraft like the F-15. Working
  • Members of the Honor Guard post the colors during a memorial service honoring Senior Airman William Newman at the Hickam Air Force Base chapel June 13, 2007. Airman Newman, an explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to the 15th Civil Engineer Squadron, was killed June 7 by an improvised explosive device, which detonated while he was supporting Army and Iraqi security forces near the village of Mishna, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

    Hickam honors fallen EOD Airman

  • Members of Balad Air Base, Iraq, and Anaconda Base gather for the memorial service for Senior Airman William N. Newman June 10. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Alan Port)

    Balad honors fallen EOD Airman

    Senior Airman William N. Newman, an explosive ordnance disposal technician who was killed June 7 south of Balad Air Base, Iraq, was honored in a memorial service here June 10.   Airman Newman, 23, assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, was killed by an improvised explosive device, which detonated while he was supporting Army
  • Air transportation specialists pack a parachute in Hanger 7 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii June 11, 2007. The Airmen are from the 15th Logistics Readiness Squadron Combat Mobility Element. They are preparing the parachute to be rigged to a practice airdrop bundle. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

    Airman Rigs 'Chutes, Travels the World

    Sometimes, Airman 1st Class Darrius Armstead, Jr. would say his job is tedious.  Airman Armstead is an air transport specialist for the 15th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Combat Mobility Element. One part of his job is rigging huge parachutes for C-17 Globemaster III airdrop exercises. Rigging parachutes is the process of packing a parachute and
  • Airman 1st Class Brenda Davis and Staff Sgt. Lynn Brown work at their control consoles inside the command post at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii 8 June 2007. The Airmen are emergency actions controllers from the 15th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

    Emergency actions controllers work 'round the clock

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