Explosive celebration

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Fireworks explode over Hickam Harbor during the grand finale of the All American Beach Blast July 4. The All American Beach Blast, hosted by 15th Services Squadron, began with camping and a movie under the stars July 3. The celebration continued July 4 with food booths, live entertainment, a kiddieland play area, bounce houses, swimming, as well as powerboat, sailboat and banana boat rides in the harbor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

Explosive celebration

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Fireworks explode over Hickam Harbor during the grand finale of the All American Beach Blast July 4. The All American Beach Blast, hosted by 15th Services Squadron, began with camping and a movie under the stars July 3. The celebration continued July 4 with food booths, live entertainment, a kiddieland play area, bounce houses, swimming, as well as powerboat, sailboat and banana boat rides in the harbor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

Explosive celebration

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Fireworks explode over Hickam Harbor during the grand finale of the All American Beach Blast July 4. The All American Beach Blast, hosted by 15th Services Squadron, began with camping and a movie under the stars July 3. The celebration continued July 4 with food booths, live entertainment, a kiddieland play area, bounce houses, swimming, as well as powerboat, sailboat and banana boat rides in the harbor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

Explosive celebration

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Fireworks explode over Hickam Harbor during the grand finale of the All American Beach Blast July 4. The All American Beach Blast, hosted by 15th Services Squadron, began with camping and a movie under the stars July 3. The celebration continued July 4 with food booths, live entertainment, a kiddieland play area, bounce houses, swimming, as well as powerboat, sailboat and banana boat rides in the harbor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

Explosive celebration

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Fireworks explode over Hickam Harbor during the grand finale of the All American Beach Blast July 4. The All American Beach Blast, hosted by 15th Services Squadron, began with camping and a movie under the stars July 3. The celebration continued July 4 with food booths, live entertainment, a kiddieland play area, bounce houses, swimming, as well as powerboat, sailboat and banana boat rides in the harbor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

Explosive celebration

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- A spectator uses a camcorder to record the fireworks as they explode over Hickam Harbor during the grand finale of the All American Beach Blast July 4. The All American Beach Blast, hosted by 15th Services Squadron, began with camping and a movie under the stars July 3. The celebration continued July 4 with food booths, live entertainment, a kiddieland play area, bounce houses, swimming, as well as powerboat, sailboat and banana boat rides in the harbor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

SERE Instructors

HICKAM AFB - 15th Airlift Wing SERE Instructors, Tech Sgt. Sherwood Brown of Muscatine, Iowa watches as Los Gatos, Calif. native Maj Will Martin, a pilot with the 535th Airlift Squadron, 15th Airlift Wing guides his parachute onto an aircraft carrier during a virtual refresher parachute training class on Jan 24, 2009 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Aircrew members are required to maintain current on their non-ejection emergency parachute training annually. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

SERE Instructors

HICKAM AFB - 15th Airlift Wing SERE Instructor Staff Sgt. Anthony Bittman of Long Beach, Calif. demonstrates what a crewmember sees when he or she is participating in refresher parachute training on Jan 24, 2009 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

SERE Instructors

HICKAM AFB - 15th Airlift Wing Survival Evasion Resistance Escape (SERE) Instructor, Tech Sgt. Sherwood Brown of Muscatine, Iowa instructs aids Los Gatos, Calif. native Maj Will Martin, a pilot with the 535th Airlift Squadron, 15th Airlift Wing with his parachute during refresher parachute training on Jan 24, 2009 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii as one of the four classes that they teach. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

SERE Instructors

HICKAM AFB - 15th Airlift Wing Survival Evasion Resistance Escape (SERE) Instructor Staff Sgt. Anthony Bittman of Long Beach, Calif. reviews proper procedures when pulling the rip cord of the simulator parachute with Los Gatos, Calif. native Maj Will Martin, a pilot with the 535th Airlift Squadron, 15th Airlift Wing during refresher parachute training on Jan 24, 2009 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Some aircrew members require annual non-ejection parachute training so they are current according to Air Force regulations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

Wing Commander attends Korean National Day reception

From left, Bong Joo Kim, Consul General of the Republic of Korea ( ROK), Capt Hyung Kyu Joo, ROK Defense Military Attache, and Col Giovanni Tuck, 15th Airlift Wing Commander shakes hands during a reception on Oct 3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jackie Hites)

The Honolulu Blend Show Chorus

The Honolulu Blend Show Chorus, a prospective Chorus of Sweet Adelines International group performed at Women’s History Month Scholarship Pageant. Their range of music is varied; they sing all types from patriotic to Hawaiian to contemporary and religious. Some are in 4 part harmony and some in the barbershop style.