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  • Hickam Honor Guard always recruiting

    The Hickam Honor Guard precisely marches and proudly dresses, honoring Old Glory at local ceremonies and military traditions. The members of the team are hand picked and expected to be the finest representative of the Air Force and the United States military, according the Hickam Honor Guard creed. "Being a part of the Honor Guard isn't just about

  • Mamala Bay re-opened

    The Mamala Bay beach at Hickam was re-opened Monday after two tests affirmed the safety of the water, following Saturday¹s treated effluent discharge from the Navy¹s Wastewater Treatment Plant at Fort Kamehameha. Hickam¹s biological environmental engineering team conducted two safety tests following the discharge to ensure the water¹s cleanliness

  • Gear Up: Combat Dining In coming soon

    Enlisted members of Team Hickam will soon be arming up and heading to the field. The field behind Mokulele Elementary School, that is, for the Team Hickam Enlisted Combat Dining In April 27 at 5 p.m. at Area 61. During the dining in, themed "Operation Wing Ding", in celebration of our AF heritage that began with General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold's

  • Main Gate undergoes upgrades

    Maintenance will be done on the traffic barriers at the Hickam Main Gate from April 17 through May 10. Members of the 15th Civil Engineer squadron will refurbish the barriers and upgrading the wiring and sensor systems. During construction, one lane of traffic will be allowed to enter or exit the gate while the work is being done. Please exercise
  • HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- A ceremony to honor the remains believed to be those of six U.S. service members lost during the Korean War marks their return to American soil at Hangar 35 on Hickam Air Force Base. The remains were turned over by North Korean officials to a U.S. delegation earlier this week. (Air Force photo by Angela Elbern)

    At least six sets of U.S. servicemembers’ remains from Korean War return from North Korea

    "I will never leave a fallen comrade." The United States military servicemembers of today live by that creed as they deploy with their comrades in arms to the current warfronts in Afghanistan and Iraq. On April 12th, at 11 a.m., inside Hangar No.35, that same conviction was evident as at least six sets of the remains of American servicemen from the

  • Despite cuts, Hickam retains NISH contract

    Hickam's grounds maintenance contract with the National Institute for the Severely Handicapped was recently renegotiated, allowing a continued service to the base community, as well as a benefit to program employees. This contract will ensure that base athletic fields remain cut, watered, hedged, lined and ready for play, while also employing

  • Shake a tailfeather: Fab flight takes a creative approach

    The math couldn't be simpler: One bird times 300 miles per hour equals $60,000 in repairs -- unless you have Hickam Fabrication Flight on the case. "We are limited only by our imagination and our authorization by what we can do 99 percent of the time," said Senior Master Sgt. Roth Beebe, 15th Maintenance Squadron, Fabrications Flight Flight

  • ‘Superbug’ removes toxins from base golf course soil

    An environmental initiative results in the enhancement of an environmentally safe, locally grown 'superbug' that is cleaning up toxic chemicals dumped in an old landfill of the 1940s underneath Mamala Bay Golf Course. "These microscopic superbugs consume potentially toxic chemicals (present in the soil) and break them down to a level that is not
  • Hickam breaks ground on CDC Expansion

    Hickam breaks ground on CDC expansion

    A groundbreaking ceremony on base Monday at the Child Development Center signaled the start of a three-phase expansion of the currently maxed-out facility. Services and15th Civil Engineering Squadron devised a creative plan to greatly expand the number of available slots, according to CDC Flight Chief Beth Hodge. With no room to grow outward,

  • From the newest Airman to the recently promoted Pacific Command leader, Master Sgt. Benny Miguel is the ...Trainer to the stars

    If not for a sharp-eyed recruiter's assistant more than two decades ago, Team Hickam would assuredly be far less 'Fit to Fight.' Benny Miguel was a civilian personal trainer in 1985 when he joined the Air Force's delayed entrance program, awaiting basic training and then technical school in his assigned administrative career field. Just prior to
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