Airmen practice MOPP levels at Base Y

Sixth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force visits Hawaii ROTC detachment

Cadets from Air Force ROTC Detachment 175 hosted the sixth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James M. McCoy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Feb. 17. Chief McCoy served over 50 years of combined service to the Air Force as an Airman and civilian.The day looked like any other ROTC Leadership

Paddling provides opportunity for military to embrace culture

The slender frame of Tim Awaya's canoe cleaves the water of Oahu's Lanikai Beach, ever watchful of his paddling partner struggling to keep up, like a young duckling laboring to keep pace with its mother. Like the intrepid people who first arrived by canoe in Hawaii, the spirit of the salty water

Hickam officers host 2011 PACAF regional CGOC conference

Jan. 31 commenced the annual Pacific Air Forces Regional Company Grade Officer's Professional Development Conference, hosted by Hickam's own Company Grade Officer's Council. The theme for this year's conference was "preparing today's CGOs for tomorrow's challenges." An appropriate designation,

Tuskegee Airmen are on the march

He looked up to the ceiling as he recollected memories of his years in the Air Force, as if to watch an invisible reel replaying his life for only him to see. Retired U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Norman Artis, a Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. member since 2003, spoke of his swearing in merely three years after

15th Wing runners participate in Great Aloha run

Wing announces annual award winners

Drum roll please...The 15th Wing announced their annual individual and team award winners during an awards banquet featuring bed pans, aloha shirts and surf boards at the Tradewinds Enlisted Club, sponsored by the Friends of Hickam.With the announcement of each name, the sold out crowd erupted from

Local military daughter becomes pilot for a day

The 535th Airlift Squadron has many pilots with various levels of military and aviation experience. None of them, however, have made quite the same journey as the unit's newest pilot - ironic, considering their newest pilot is only seven-years-old. Haley Tyrrell, a seven-year-old recovering from a

Air Force gears up for operational readiness exercise

Members of Joint Base Pearl Harbor- Hickam, Hawaii will be participating in an operational readiness exercise from March 1-6. The week long exercise is the first for 2011 and is set to test Airmen and Sailors ability to survive and operate in simulated wartime contingencies while fulfilling their

Thai security protecting joint U.S. forces

Hundreds of U.S. Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines are gathered at a hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand, as part of Cobra Gold 2011, a joint and multinational exercise that includes Thailand, the United States, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore as participating nations.In this 30th