Hickam Field Survivor’s remains make final journey through Hickam

Approximately 850 Airmen lined the road, standing rigidly at attention. Their right hands slowly rose to their brow and the salutes rippled down the line as a white hearse approached.The remains of Wilfred Toczko, a retired Army Air Corps Captain, passed around Atterbury Circle on Joint Base Pearl

President Obama and First Family depart Hawaii from JBPHH

JBPHH bids aloha to the president for the holidays

Airmen are brought face to face with consequences of poor decisions

The gentle hum of whispers filling the auditorium of the Hickam base theater died down as a slideshow began. The unmistakable crackle of a recorded 9-1-1 responder call grabbed everyone's attention."I have a possible drunk driver in critical condition. Vital signs are weak..."The slideshow began to

COMMENTARY: Holiday greetings from PACAF leaders

The holiday season is here again - this past year really "Flew by!" It's certainly fitting to pass a huge "Thank You" to our PACAF Airmen and their families...thank you for all you do in the PACOM region and around the world.The season always provides us the time to reflect on the truly amazing

Static F-86 display dedicated to Korean War ace

The Pacific Air Forces and 15th Wing leadership dedicated a newly repainted static F-86E Sabre fighter aircraft to a former PACAF vice commander during a ceremony here Thursday.U.S. Air Force Gen. Gary North rededicated the aircraft, located here on O'Malley Boulevard, to retired U.S. Air Force Lt.

Annual Cookie Caper event brings in more than 17,000 cookies for single Airmen

Hickam Chronicles: Memorializing our Heroes

Hickam honors legacy, pays tribute to storied past

At 7:55 a.m., some 70 years ago, lives on the sleepy island of Oahu were forever changed by an attacking force. Hickam took a living glimpse into a storied past filled with heroism, honor and valor on historic ground Dec. 7.On the very site Old Glory never left her post, where men like Joseph

Pilot’s wife, on Japanese attacks: ‘I never thought it would happen where I was’

Nineteen-year-old Bea Sullivan hid under the bed when Japanese airplanes attacked Hickam Field Dec. 7, 1941. Her newlywed husband, U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Robert Sullivan, a B-18 pilot, was off island in Sacramento, Calif., with two flying squadrons from Hickam, and she was scared."Of all the silly